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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...