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
Athletes of the Week
Keenan Leary Keenan Leary (junior) led the men's cross country team to an eighth place finish out of 37 teams at the University of Wisconsin...
Cross Country
Men’s and Women’s cross country both place third at SCIAC Multi-Duals, look towards rest of season
Coming off a pair of third-place finishes at the SCIAC Multi Dual Competition, Occidental's cross country teams aim to increase the intensity as the...
Sports
Professor Nartey empowers female athletes in the classroom
Occidental has a queen on campus. Professor Myralyn Nartey was only 15 years old when she joined the Ghanaian women's national soccer team, or...
Sports
Occidental Tigers after graduation: Where are they now?
Occidental College graduates a number of athletes every year, and while the transition from DIII to professional sports is not unprecedented, the Weekly caught...
Baseball
Why you should watch less football and more baseball
Though baseball is "America's pastime," football is by far this country's most popular sport. Television ratings for the MLB All-Star Game have fallen 55...
Players Of The Week
Athletes of the Week
Ethan Glass Ethan Glass (sophomore) led the Occidental men's soccer team (6-5-1 overall, 5-4 SCIAC) to a 10-1 victory over Caltech by scoring four goals against...
Basketball
The WNBA and NBA are different — and that is cool
The WNBA is filled with some of the best athletes in the world. Players like Nneka Ogwumike — the newly-minted league most valuable player...
Sports
Oxy is Home for Associate Athletic Director Mike Wells
Athletic Director Mike Wells, the athletic department's swiss army knife, embodies what it means to be an Occidental Tiger. Born to a pair of former...
