Sports
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Degnan throws best javelin in nation, moves into third all-time
Sabrina Degnan (sophomore) threw a nationwide-best 135 feet and 7 inches in the javelin event at the Redlands Invite March 17. Not only was...
Ice Hockey
New ice hockey team gears up for first season
Spencer Raub (first year) was rifling through some old issues of The Occidental Weekly (known then as The Occidental) for his job at the...
