Sports
Sports
Athletes of the Week Kent Ortiz and Sloane Shoop shut down the competition
Sloane Shoop Sloane Shoop (sophomore) made four blocks against Willamette University during the Whittier - La Verne Invitational Sept. 11, leading the Occidental volleyball team to their fourth...
Sports
Baseball and volleyball set standard of academic excellence
Occidental baseball and volleyball earned the 2025-26 American Baseball Coaches Associations' (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award and American Volleyball Coaches Associations' (AVCA) Team Academic...
Sports
‘She wanted more’: Olivia Haga’s soccer journey beyond Oxy
Olivia Haga ‘23 played for the Occidental women’s soccer team and has played professionally overseas since graduating. Haga said her path to the pros...
Sports
Men’s soccer kicks off as favorite in SCIAC preseason poll
The Occidental men’s soccer team was voted No. 1 in the SCIAC Preseason Poll. The 2025 SCIAC regular season and tournament champions, who exited...
Sports
Triana Anderson notches 1,000th career point
Triana Anderson (senior) scored her 1,000th point during the Occidental Women's Basketball against Chapman University Feb. 14. Starting the game for the Tigers, Anderson...
Sports
Athletes’ opinions should be valued as much as their play
The phrase "stick to sports" has been tossed around many times, with a recent example being when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick...
Sports
Lashley and Moen standout at SCIAC swim meet
The Occidental men's and women's swim teams competed in the 2018 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Swimming & Diving Championships Feb. 21–24 and...
Sports
Ski club ready to hit the slopes, again
Self-proclaimed ski bums Ryder Bennell* (sophomore) and Elizabeth Taylor (senior) noticed that students on campus were underutilizing some of the greatest ski mountains on the...
Sports
In defense of the Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games are more exciting than their summer counterpart. To me, this seems obvious, but for some reason, winter games are consistently watched...
Sports
Baseball plays visiting SKK to 1–0 win
The Occidental baseball team defeated the South Korean team SKK from Sung Kyun Kwan University 1–0 Feb. 10. The only run came on an errant pickoff...
Sports
Women’s lacrosse starts season hot against Redlands
Occidental's women's lacrosse team won its opening game over the University of Redlands Feb. 14 on Patterson Field. The 19–12 win was the largest...
Sports
Softball team looks ahead to promising season
Occidental’s softball team is off to a strong start this spring season, boasting a 5–4–1 overall record as they come out of their first...
