Sports

‘The largest crowd [we] ever played for’: Oxy’s most famous football game

Former Occidental football head coach Dale Widolff said he was in his office Sept. 26, 1982, preparing for his team's next game against the...

Roark renews ‘Oxy Way’ as Assistant AD for Sports Medicine

According to the Occidental Athletics website, Becky Roark was hired over the summer as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine. Assistant Athletic Director...

Sports commentators bring athletic contests to life

According to Athletics Communications Assistant Justin Lee, Occidental’s athletics program currently has five student commentators working in game management, each one assigned to the...

Athletes of the Week Jack Elfenbaum and Alessia Sacchi find leadership strides

Jack Elfenbaum Jack Elfenbaum (senior) placed 4th at the Men’s Open 8K at the UC Riverside cross country invitationals Sept. 19, with a time of 24:33.7. Last season,...

LA NFL stadium should not be funded by taxpayers

As talk about the NFL's possible return to Los Angeles continues to heat up once again, the public should temper its excitement until it...

Olivia Sabins: Unsung hero of Occidental Athletics

Athletics Department Service Coordinator Olivia Sabins has been working at Occidental since before most of the current student body was born. The Los Angeles...

Players of the week

Onyekachi Nwabueze In the second SCIAC Multi Dual meet Saturday, sprinter Onyekachi "Onye" Nwabueze (sophomore) placed first in the 200-meter dash and second in the...

Johnson steals home, salvages Pomona-Pitzer series

The Occidental baseball team finished last weekend with late inning theatrics. Tied 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning of the final game...

Runners and throwers set personal bests

Occidental’s track and field teams performed strongly in the second SCIAC Multi-Dual meet this past Saturday. The men’s team swept the competition, defeating Caltech...

Women's tennis gains new coach, family spirit

Tennis is usually viewed as an individual sport, a one-on-one battle between a player and their opponent. For the Occidental women's tennis team, however,...

NCAA shines as leader against discrimination

Tonight, the men's college basketball Final Four tips off in Indianapolis, where last Thursday, the state legislature passed a "religious freedom" bill that will...

Oxy women's water polo drops close game

It was the last two minutes of the game, and the Occidental women's water polo team (1-19 overall, 0-3 SCIAC) was in a stalemate...