Sports
Sports
Controlling the uncontrollable: athletes’ superstitions and rituals
Men’s tennis player Benjamin Burrows (senior) said competitive sports are inherently mental. Burrows said he and many other athletes partake in rituals or have...
Sports
Women’s tennis finds rhythm after early-season struggles
The Occidental women's tennis team has been on a winning streak, recording three consecutive 7-0 sweeps. The team shut out Whittier March 27 and has...
Sports
‘We-before-me’: student managers star in supporting roles
Occidental sports teams have done well this year, with several teams reaching their respective SCIAC conference tournaments and others with seasons still in full swing. Every sports program at...
Sports
Athletes of the Week Okamoto and Yurich lead playoff push
Olivia Okamoto Olivia Okamoto (senior) is currently the lacrosse team’s leading scorer and has been on All-SCIAC teams from 2023–2025. An attacker from Redmond, WA,...
On Campus
Gibbs shines in her final season
Katie Gibbs is the "iron woman" on the Occidental women's water polo team this year in more ways than one. In a literal sense,...
Baseball
Players of the week
Jeffrey Johnson Although the Tigers lost all three games against Cal Lutheran over the weekend, Jeffrey Johnson (senior) had a great series, tallying six...
Sports
Dominant West may struggle to produce NBA champion
The marathon that is the NBA regular season has finally drawn to a close, and this week the main event of the playoffs has...
Baseball
Tigers fall to Cal Lu, drop to sixth in SCIAC
Extra innings proved to be too much for the Occidental baseball team (19-16, 14-10) as the Tigers dropped all three games—two of which extended...
Lacrosse
Players of Week
Beebe Finch Sanders Beebe Finch Sanders scored five goals on Saturday, powering women’s lacrosse to a 16-12 win at Redlands. The senior midfielder also scooped...
Baseball
Scully remains unique among MLB changes
Returning to call Dodgers games for a 66th straight season, Vin Scully makes watching baseball a truly unique experience in this era of sports...
Basketball
Morris adds third court to career
Occidental women's tennis head coach and men’s basketball associate head coach Will Morris has gone from being at court to on the court, leaving...
Softball
Tigers don pink to "Strike Out Cancer"
The Occidental women's softball team donned hot pink uniforms on Saturday for their double-header against Chapman, part of the team's annual Strike Out Cancer...
