Sports
Sports
‘She wanted more’: Olivia Haga’s soccer journey beyond Oxy
Olivia Haga ‘23 played for the Occidental women’s soccer team and has played professionally overseas since graduating. Haga said her path to the pros...
Sports
Men’s soccer kicks off as favorite in SCIAC preseason poll
The Occidental men’s soccer team was voted No. 1 in the SCIAC Preseason Poll. The 2025 SCIAC regular season and tournament champions, who exited...
Sports
Larry Layne bestows gift upon Oxy rugby
As of April 23, the Larry Layne Trust has pledged more than $9 million to Occidental in support of its academic mission and the...
Sports
Athletes of the week Nicholas Karamian, Melanie Rodriguez dive into 2026 season
Nicholas Karamian Nicholas Karamian (sophomore) scored 9 goals and 10 points in the first four games of the season for the men’s water polo team....
Sports
Coaching college sports with no promise of a season
When sports were cancelled at Occidental last spring due to COVID-19, athletes headed home. That time has stretched to nearly six months, with Occidental...
Sports
Athletics recruiting continues despite fall season cancellations
In spite of a remote fall semester and the cancellation of fall sports, Occidental coaches have continued to recruit student-athletes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic...
Sports
Occidental athletes find ways to improve during COVID-19 quarantine
In light of the progressing COVID-19 pandemic, Occidental cancelled all spring sports last March only a few weeks into the season. When the College announced that...
Opinions
America’s pastime is moving out of the past
Baseball is America’s pastime. For over a century, through peace and war, prosperity and despair, one thing has remained constant: baseball. President Franklin Delano...
Sports
Sports can still be influential, even if they’re not being played
The first draft of this column was about Italy canceling all professional sporting events in the country due to the outbreak of the coronavirus,...
Sports
Spring athletics canceled in response to COVID-19
President Jonathan Veitch announced the cancellation of all Occidental Division III spring sports seasons March 12 in response to COVID-19. On the same day, the National...
Sports
Mental health advocates and student athletes fight for body positivity
Active Minds, a student mental health advocacy group on campus, teamed up with the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) to host a workshop focused...
Sports
Swim slashes records at SCIAC Championships
Occidental’s swim team competed at the SCIAC Championship meet Feb. 20–23 at the Brenda Villa Aquatics Center in Commerce, CA. Occidental’s swimmers broke a...
