Sports

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...

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....

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...

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...

#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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...