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...
Sports
McGregor-Mayweather would be the real fight of the century
Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced March 11 that he would come out of retirement to fight one man and one man only — Ultimate Fighting...
Sports
The intersection of sports and spirituality
After games, whether lost or won, players can be all-consumed with feelings of satisfaction that linger far after the last play. At the end...
Sports
If he can play, why can’t she?
It was a rainy March morning when I tried out for the Downtown Little League majors team. My dad and I woke up extra...
Players Of The Week
Athlete of the Week
https://youtu.be/d_TrmSIQWEg Devan DeRaad (senior) hit a home run in back-to-back games as Occidental (13-5) took on Cal Lutheran University (7-6) Feb. 24–25. In the first...
Basketball
Let the Madness begin: Pick ’em with Brendan and Sam
Picks and analysis by Sam Hajduk and Brendan Galbreath. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is here, and with it comes the difficult task of predicting...
Men's Tennis
Men’s tennis beats Hope International in first win since 2015
If any other team mobbed the court and jumped for joy after a mid-season victory like the Occidental men's tennis team Feb. 23 against...
Sports
Student-Athlete Advisory Council hosts first ever athlete’s Formal
The Occidental Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) hosted an Athlete’s Formal Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Marketplace with more than 400 students in attendance, according...
Sports
Women’s water polo travels north
The Occidental women’s water polo team played against a trio of top-ranked NCAA Division I teams this past weekend at the UC Davis Aggie...
