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
Men’s swimming defeats Cal Lutheran by wide margin
Drawing on the energy of over 200 people in attendance, the men's swim team defeated California Lutheran University by 62 points during a meet...
Rugby
Football players join men’s rugby, saving them from a short roster
The unforeseen cancellation of the Fall 2017 football season at Occidental opened the door for football players to join the rugby team. Before the...
Sports
Rob Cushman selected as assistant coach for U.S. team at Bowl of the Stars
The annual Tazón de Estrellas (Bowl of the Stars) American football game will take place Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Margarita Aztiazarán de Fimbres...
Sports
Detox goes undefeated, winning Huckfest
The men's ultimate frisbee team, Detox, won the University of California, Irvine Huckfest Tournament, which took place Nov. 4 and 5, accumulating a 9–0...
Cross Country
Men’s cross country places 32nd at Nationals
Occidental men's cross country team competed at the national championship race Saturday, Nov. 18 at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, where leading runner Keenan...
Sports
Rams grab L.A. by the horns with new coach
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) have shot out to an 8–3 start and look as though they will be...
Soccer
Faculty members kick it with students on intramural soccer field
Five years ago, Professor Jamie Angell of the theater department formed a faculty and staff intramural soccer team named the Giant Squid. The team...
Sports
Monica Chernoff selected for Filipino water polo team
This past spring, Monica Chernoff (sophomore) joined the Filipino women's national water polo team. The journey to competing at the national level began when...
