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
While students are on break, winter athletes train on campus
As the semester winds down and reading days and finals begin, students prepare to leave campus for break and look forward to five weeks...
Sports
Activist athletes: Play til the whistle blows
Athletes across the nation, professional and collegiate, are using their platform to spark social and political change. But since athlete social leaders gained massive...
Sports
More than a game: Athletes and activism at Occidental
One year after the Oxy United for Black Liberation occupation, Occidental student-athletes are continuing to protest racial injustice outside the classroom — often on...
Sports
Going, going gone: Broadcasting club holds inaugural home run derby
Under the floodlights of Jack Kemp Stadium, a few individuals gathered for one purpose: to hit some whiffle balls hard, fast and far. Will...
Sports
Occidental athletes you should know
Roxanne Valle, Sierra Slack, Claire Strohm, Melissa Braun and Grace Sponaugle are some of the best athletes in the SCIAC and don the orange...
Cross Country
Occidental weathers the unexpected at nationals
Despite an early tangle-up throwing a wrench into the team's outlook at Nationals, Occidental's men's cross country squad left the track a proud and...
Sports
Four coaches in four years for water polo as Coach Lee departs
After 18 months as the men’s and women’s water polo head coach, Christopher Lee left Occidental this month to accept a position as assistant...
Sports
Sports alumni pass baton to new generation
There is something special about taking the same field your parents did during their collegiate careers. Several current Occidental student-athletes share this bond with...
