Sports
Sports
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,...
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...
Football
Cordell Harris ends career in fifth on all-time receiving yards list
Occidental wide receiver Cordell Harris (senior) narrowly missed his last opportunity to cement himself as fourth on Occidental's all-time receiving yards list when the...
Sports
Where are they now?
Kwame Do '16 — Football Kwame Do ’16 was ready to quit football his first year at Occidental. If it was not for a conversation...
Sports
More points, more problems
The Warriors 2015-2016 campaign bordered on perfection. The Warriors won a record-setting 73 games and broke more than 25 team and individual records. Stephen...
Cross Country
Occidental Cross Country heads to Western Regional
It is all or nothing for the Occidental men’s and women’s cross country teams when they head to Salem, OR. Nov. 12 for the...
Sports
Chun starts season with nationally-ranked performance
Laura Chun (sophomore) reached for the wall in her final lap of the 400 Individual Medley (IM) at the impressive time of 4:51:22. The...
Basketball
Men’s basketball primed for a ‘Wooden transformation’
Coming off last year's 12-13 campaign, men's basketball head coach Brian Newhall and the Occidental Tigers began the 2016–17 season with nine new faces...
