Sports

‘An incredible honor’: ’26 Athletics Hall of Fame Induction

The Occidental College Athletics Hall of Fame inducted six new members at a Cannon Plaza ceremony Oct. 4. Its Class of ’26 featured Anna...

Cross Country powers through Pre-Nationals in Minnesota

The Occidental College men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Minnesota Oct. 2 to compete in the Division III Pre-Nationals, also known as...

Women’s golf ‘sets the tone’ for spring season with top 10 finishes

Occidental women’s golf started their fall season Sept. 13, finishing fifth out of nine teams at the California State Intercollegiate tournament. Women’s golf consists...

Athletes of the Week Sanchez and Wahab-Holles hold down the fort

Eyleen Sanchez Volleyball libero/defensive specialist Eyleen Sanchez (senior) achieved a team-high 29 digs, along with six assists and three service aces at the homecoming game...

Occidental spring sports draw to a close

As the spring semester draws to a close, so do the sports seasons for a number of Occidental athletic teams. Another year of competition,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...