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,...
Basketball
If they can fight in a war, they can play on the court
Zion Williamson has officially declared for the NBA draft. In an unsurprising move, the best player in college basketball will enter the NBA after one...
Lacrosse
Women’s Lacrosse heats up at the right time
Occidental College's women's lacrosse team made a major comeback in their game against Pomona-Pitzer April 10 at Jack Kemp Stadium, according to Oxy Athletics. The Tigers...
Basketball
Senior athletes Oppermann, Lee and DeWitz say goodbye to their teams and their sport
With 25 percent of all Occidental students playing on one of the school's 21 athletic teams, each spring teams say goodbye to a substantial number of Tigers. Three...
Lacrosse
Alessandra Pelliccia and Lucas Chmielewski named The Occidental’s Athlete of the Week
Alessandra Pelliccia Alessandra Pelliccia (junior) scored five goals and added three assists in a performance that helped see Occidental's women's lacrosse team edge Framingham State...
Sports
The Happy Medium of Club Volleyball
Hope Hendry (sophomore) and Audrey Todd (sophomore) have co-founded Occidental's first club volleyball team. Both have experience playing volleyball on club teams and for...
Sports
Track and field nationally ranked and looking for more
Occidental's men's and women's track and field teams competed against the University of Redlands and the University of La Verne March 30. The final...
Sports
Pitzer guest professor brings new perspective on sports and society
David Goldblatt, a sports sociologist and author, gave a lecture titled “Football is First: The Global Game in the 21st Century” April 1 in...
Golf
Sam Miller and Cora Roberts swing ahead of the competition for Athlete of the Week
Sam Miller Sam Miller (senior) shot a score of 74 in a dual golf match against Macalester College March 22 at Pacific Palms Resort. Miller was also...
