Sports

‘An incredible honor’: ’26 Athletics Hall of Fame Induction

The Occidental College Athletics Hall of Fame inducted six new members at a Cannon Plaza ceremony Oct. 4. Its Class of ’26 featured Anna...

Cross Country powers through Pre-Nationals in Minnesota

The Occidental College men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Minnesota Oct. 2 to compete in the Division III Pre-Nationals, also known as...

Women’s golf ‘sets the tone’ for spring season with top 10 finishes

Occidental women’s golf started their fall season Sept. 13, finishing fifth out of nine teams at the California State Intercollegiate tournament. Women’s golf consists...

Athletes of the Week Sanchez and Wahab-Holles hold down the fort

Eyleen Sanchez Volleyball libero/defensive specialist Eyleen Sanchez (senior) achieved a team-high 29 digs, along with six assists and three service aces at the homecoming game...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...