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 27Â 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,...
Baseball
Baseball one victory away from clinching SCIAC No. 4 seed
The Occidental baseball team (18-20 overall, 14-13 SCIAC) entered SCIAC pool play Saturday competing with La Verne (18-20 overall, 14-13 SCIAC) and Redlands (15-22...
Sports
Occidental sprints both an art, science for track assistant Tyler Yamaguchi
There is a science and an art to coaching. For track and field and cross country assistant coach Tyler Yamaguchi, the science is in designing...
On Campus
Women in the Locker Room
Feminism in Sports: Part 1 of 2 In her on-campus talk “Women in the Locker Room,” New York Times (NYT) sports reporter Karen Crouse compared...
Golf
Sports in Brief Issue 10
Women's Water Polo (6-18 overall, 4-4 SCIAC)
The Occidental women’s water polo team honored its seven graduating seniors prior to its final home game of...
Baseball
Baseball completes final series, prepares for SCIAC pool play
After winning two straight series, the Occidental baseball team (16-19 overall, 12-12 SCIAC) suffered a setback over the weekend against Pomona-Pitzer (15-20 overall, 11-13...
Softball
Kocjan anchors Tiger softball defense from behind plate
After playing every softball position except for shortstop and pitcher for Occidental, biology major Kristine Kocjan (junior) has found her niche squatting behind home...
Sports
Smith registers NCAA 10th-best 5k at Mt. Sac
On a warm and windy Saturday afternoon, the members of the Occidental track and field teams proved that their historic SCIAC Multi Dual 2...
Sports
Water Polo posts largest victory margin of season
The Occidental women’s water polo team (5-17 overall, 3-3 SCIAC) has started to find its stroke in the pool with just two games remaining...
