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
Nugent, Meeker blitz the field as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Jack Meeker Jack Meeker (junior) won SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors this week, scoring Occidental’s lone goal in their 1–0 win over California...
Sports
Behind the scenes: Recruiters & athletes make Occidental home for prospective athletes
According to the NCAA website, Division III schools strive to create a recruiting environment that emphasizes the student-athlete's well-being. The student's interests are the...
Sports
MLB should improve domestic violence policy
The longest season in American sports has come to an end, but that doesn't mean the headlines have. Some are speculative: one, for example,...
Cross Country
From gym to JSTOR, student-athlete-researchers make the most of their college careers
This October, the Council on Undergraduate Research awarded Occidental the 2019 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA) in recognition of the college's vast number of...
Cross Country
Cross country shakes up competition at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble
Select members of Occidental cross country competed against several nationally ranked teams at the Oberlin College Inter-Regional Rumble Oct. 10 in Oberlin, Ohio. The Occidental...
Players Of The Week
Joey Schwartz and Lydia Montgomery speed to victory as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Joey Schwartz Joey Schwartz (first year) of men’s soccer won SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week for scoring both of Occidental’s goals against California Lutheran University Oct. 19. According...
Rugby
Archiving the “blood, sweat and tears” of the Womxn’s Rugby Team
Last spring, Hope Fowler (senior) went to Special Collections hoping to find old documents and photos to archive the history of the Occidental womxn's rugby team. She found one...
Sports
Behind-the-scenes: games management student employees set the stage for Occidental athletics
Students who earn their work study awards by working in games management are often the ones who set up and run sports games at...
