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...
Football
Oxy’s opinions on National Anthem protests
During a rally in Alabama Sept. 22, President Trump launched an expletive-laden criticism of National Football League athletes who protested during the national anthem, urging team...
Sports
Progressing towards post-season: golf and volleyball preview
The 2017–18 fall sports season has already begun at Occidental College. The golf and volleyball teams are training to outdo last season's performances, and...
Ice Hockey
Occidental hockey club breaks the ice with a new season
Less than a year ago, Spencer Raub (sophomore), Occidental men's club ice hockey team president, set out to rebuild the team. Now, Raub is...
Sports
Golovkin, Alvarez fight ends in controversial draw
Gennady "GGG" Golovkin and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fought Sept. 16, and while the bout was everything boxing fans could have hoped for, it ended...
Sports
Calmer seas in water polo’s future
The Occidental men's water polo team (0-7) played their sixth and seventh games of the season Sept. 23 at Taylor Pool. The first game...
Soccer
Premier League primer for the new viewer
The Premier League is the most physically and tactically demanding domestic competition in soccer. Talent is not enough — it takes mental strength and...
Baseball
Dodgers losing streak ends at last as postseason looms
The Dodgers postseason curse seems to have struck early this year. On Sept. 12, they defeated the San Francisco Giants, 5–3, to snap an 11-game losing...
Sports
Fall sports ready for success
While most students enjoyed their last few weeks of summer free time at home, Occidental’s fall sports athletes spent their days in the hot Los...
