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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Former student athletes raise the stakes through sports gambling
Some Occidental students will be cheering a little harder than others during March Madness this month. 47 million Americans are projected to bet $8.5...
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Hockey is the next great American pastime
With a period and a half left in a Feb. 22 game with crucial playoff implications, the Carolina Hurricanes faced one of the worst...
Players Of The Week
Sebastian and Emoto raise the bar as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Zeke Sebastian Zeke Sebastian (junior) set the school record in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:40.79 at SCIAC Championships Feb. 20–March 1. He also finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle, setting a...
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Team traditions sow success for Occidental athletes
Before local meets, Occidental cross country runners gather to make pasta together. After games, the Occidental womxn's rugby team eats dinner with the team...
