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...

Rocha and Lashley win The Occidental Athlete of the Week

Women's golf captain Sam Rocha (junior) tied for tenth place at the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) No. 1 golf tournament Feb. 24 and 25...

Sebastian and Boyce win The Occidental Athlete of the Week

 Zeke Sebastian (first year) received the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) swimmer of the week award Feb. 12 for his performance at the meet against Whittier...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...