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,...
Players Of The Week
Lucido, Nagel create waves as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Siena Lucido Siena Lucido (sophomore) of Occidental’s swim and dive team swam a personal best of 2:34:94 in the 200 breaststroke in the dual meet against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...
Rugby
Womxn’s rugby forfeits home opener following first half injuries
Over the weekend of Feb. 1, two Occidental womxn's rugby players were injured in a particularly violent game against California State University, Long Beach...
Basketball
‘He was always kind of superhuman’: Occidental athletes react to Kobe Bryant’s death
Over quiet Marketplace breakfasts and late-morning practices on the field, iPhone news alerts and Twitter notifications lit up the screens of Occidental students across...
Players Of The Week
Maylene Hughes and Caleb Yellin-Flaherty score The Occidental’s Athlete of the Week
Caleb Yellin-Flaherty Occidental forward Caleb Yellin-Flaherty (senior) led the Occidental men's basketball team to an 87–73 win over Pomona-Pitzer Jan. 25. The game was a rematch of last...
Opinions
The Kobe Dilemma: How should we remember the Mamba?
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault In 2003, Kobe Bryant was charged with one count of felony sexual assault following an alleged rape of a 19-year-old hotel employee in...
Sports
EADA report gives insight into Occidental’s athletic budget
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Between July 2018 and July 2019, Occidental spent over $3.7 million on the athletics program and received almost $4.2 million in revenue, according to the Equity...
Players Of The Week
Winter sports athletes take center stage as this week’s Athletes of the Week
Sydney Shipp Occidental men's basketball guard Sydney Shipp (first year) scored 15 points off the bench in Occidental’s 88–76 win over West Coast Baptist University...
Sports
Tough on and off the field, student athletes work and heal in the training room
When Kulaea Tulua (sophomore) is not busy in class, playing on Occidental's women's basketball team or running with the women's track and field team, she...
