Sports

Retired student-athletes Hulett and Jorsling stay involved in their sports

Elizabeth Hulett Elizabeth Hulett (senior), a former outside hitter on the volleyball team, said she became a student coach after competing with Occidental for three...

Tiger Talk puts the mic in athletes’ hands

Tiger Talk is a podcast run by Oxy Athletics that allows student-athletes to share their voices and personalities while promoting their teams across campus....

Competitiveness drives success for Athletes of the Week Wolak and Reyes-Sanchez

Owen Wolak The men’s golf team competed in The Clash, a tournament hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Oct. 19-20. Owen Wolak (senior) tied for first against...

Shum and Gersch achieve SCIAC Athlete of the Week recognitions

Jasmine Shum Volleyball outside hitter Jasmine Shum (sophomore) earned SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week honors after leading Occidental to a 2-0 week with wins...

Athletes of the Week Ari Solomon and Amirah Al-Sagr are back on the field after two-year pandemic hiatus

Ari Solomon For first baseman Ari Solomon (junior), Saturdays during baseball season begin at Anderson Field at 7:40 a.m., where he gets in some extra...

Women’s basketball team plays final game and celebrates their seniors

The Occidental women's basketball team played their final game of the season against the University of La Verne Feb. 19. That day was also...

Toni Thompson and Beau Brauer share a love for team community as Occidental’s Athletes of the Week

Toni Thompson Occidental women’s basketball player Toni Thompson (sophomore) was named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s (SCIAC) Defensive Athlete of the Week on Feb. 7. Thompson...

Opinion: Geopolitical tensions surrounding Beijing Olympics amplified by biased media reporting

I cannot, in good faith, call myself an avid fan or spectator of the Winter Olympics. California born and raised, I’m deeply unqualified to...

Highly infectious omicron brought more challenges to winter and spring sports, but teams adapt

Winter and spring sports teams returned to campus almost immediately after Christmas to resume training and competition. According to Kyle Dosa (senior), a player...

Winter and spring sports roundup, what comes next for Occidental athletes

Winter and spring athletes have been hard at work preparing for their upcoming seasons. Despite many matches being canceled or postponed due to COVID-19...

Occidental welcomes jiujitsu world champion Mario Alvarado to its first-year class

Before enrolling at Occidental on the pre-med track, Mario Alvarado (first year) competed in over 100 jiujitsu tournaments and earned the title of a world champion...

‘Always ready to work hard’, Gabriela Etopio and Tim McClure take charge as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week

Gabriela Etopio Guard Gabriela Etopio (sophomore) led the Occidental women’s basketball team to a 67-45 victory in their home game against Bethesda University Nov. 10. Etopio had 11...