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...

Dong receives All-American honorable mention as first year

Swimmer Cindy Dong (first year) reached the consolation final at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in the 200 yard butterfly March 22. Dong's...

Shanda Ness begins tenure as Occidental College’s new athletic director

Shanda Ness assumed the position of athletic director for Occidental College March 11 following the departure of previous athletic director Jaime Hoffman. Before coming...

Trouble in Vegas: men’s and women’s Ultimate Frisbee vie for nationals spot

Occidental’s men and women’s Ultimate Frisbee teams took Las Vegas by storm, playing in the annual Trouble in Vegas tournament March 23–24. The men’s team, Detox,...

Plenty of “madness,” but for the wrong reason

Another March has come and gone, and with it the most exciting sporting event of the year: the NCAA Division I National Tournament. As...

Catching waves: Occidental’s student surf community

Living in Los Angeles, one of the top surfing destinations in the world, Occidental students take advantage of the proximity to the ocean. Surf...

Women’s golf hitting it off with a solid start

The Occidental women’s golf team is a month out from the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) championships. After playing a record-breaking fall season,...

Nolan McCarthy and Anna Kim score The Occidental’s Athlete of the Week

Nolan McCarthy Nolan McCarthy (junior) earned the win as Occidental's baseball team defeated Bowdoin College 14–1 March 16 at Anderson Field. McCarthy pitched 6.0 innings,...

Adelman twins and new coach Bojalad propel tennis team towards bright future

The men and women’s tennis teams competed against three schools in Texas during spring break March 8–10. The men’s team won against Schreiner University...