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,...
Sports
#IStandWithCherry reminds U.S. that xenophobia is not confined to our borders
Don Cherry may be the only man capable of rivaling the late Craig Sager's flamboyant suits. Bleacher Report ranks Cherry's 25 most obnoxious outfits. Somehow Cherry, who was fired by Sportsnet Nov....
Soccer
Men’s and women’s soccer seasons conclude at SCIAC semifinals
Occidental's men's and women's soccer teams reached the SCIAC playoffs this year before ultimately falling in the tournament semi-finals. These performances continued a stretch of...
Sports
Occidental’s Monica Chernoff to compete on Philippine water polo national team in 2019 Southeast Asian Games
Monica Chernoff (senior) will compete on the Philippines women's national water polo team in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) Nov. 26–Dec. 1....
Basketball
Duffy, Adler dominate as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Lauren Duffy Volleyball middle Lauren Duffy (senior) played the last game of her college career Nov. 1 in a 0–3 loss to California Lutheran University. As...
Sports
The grass is always greener with Occidental’s health and wellness research team
Exercise is medicine, kinesiology professor Marcella Raney '01 said. For the past 12 years, Raney has led student-research teams to investigate the intersections between kinesiology...
Sports
The NBA has gotten soft, and it’s time for that to change
Soccer players are constantly dragged by athletes and fans of other sports for diving — I was called a "grass fairy" often when I...
Sports
US-China relations play out in NBA controversy
Hiayi Zhao (senior), a student from mainland China, spoke about the relationship between the NBA and U.S.-China international relations during a talk in Choi...
Basketball
Occidental winter sports prepare for 2019-2020 competition
The fall sports season is coming to an end, but winter sports teams have been preparing since the early fall for their fast approaching...
