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Controlling the uncontrollable: athletes’ superstitions and rituals
Men’s tennis player Benjamin Burrows (senior) said competitive sports are inherently mental. Burrows said he and many other athletes partake in rituals or have...
Sports
Women’s tennis finds rhythm after early-season struggles
The Occidental women's tennis team has been on a winning streak, recording three consecutive 7-0 sweeps. The team shut out Whittier March 27 and has...
Sports
‘We-before-me’: student managers star in supporting roles
Occidental sports teams have done well this year, with several teams reaching their respective SCIAC conference tournaments and others with seasons still in full swing. Every sports program at...
Sports
Athletes of the Week Okamoto and Yurich lead playoff push
Olivia Okamoto Olivia Okamoto (senior) is currently the lacrosse team’s leading scorer and has been on All-SCIAC teams from 2023–2025. An attacker from Redmond, WA,...
Lacrosse
No hardware for Reese, Tigers as they bow out of SCIAC tournament
A solid regular season earned the Occidental women's lacrosse team (11-6) a berth in the four-team SCIAC playoff tournament. In a six-team conference, Occidental...
Sports
From the editors: Why our coverage of DIII matters
This semester, we, the sports editors at the Weekly, have tried to focus our coverage of Occidental's division III sports teams on the players...
Sports
Men’s and women’s track and field finish second and third at SCIACs
The Occidental men's and women's track and field teams took home silver and bronze at the SCIAC Championships April 28-29 at Pomona-Pitzer. The men's...
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Men’s 4×100 fastest in the nation
Occidental's track and field team continues to make national headlines, this time courtesy of the men's 4x100 meter relay team. A month after Sabrina...
Sports
Occidental karate team earns silver and bronze medals at tournaments in Las Vegas
From April 15–16, four members of Occidental’s Karate Team traveled to Las Vegas, Nev. to compete in two annual tournaments, the Ozawa Cup and...
Sports
A look back at grandmaster Kubota’s storied journey to LA
Soke Takayuki Kubota is a karate grandmaster, founder of the International Karate Association and creator of the Gosoku-Ryu karate style. For the last 39...
Sports
Chris Harms improves Occidental’s strength and conditioning program
An Occidental baseball player diving for a catch, a lacrosse player sprinting past defenders and a water polo player firing a shot on goal...
Sports
Detox to play in national championship, seniors might miss graduation
On Easter Sunday, Occidental's ultimate frisbee team — known as Detox — triumphed in the D-III Southwest Conference Ultimate Tournament on Occidental's Patterson field,...
