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
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...
Sports
Ashley Kampfer eases chaos in training room
The whirlwind of staffing changes in Occidental’s athletic training room this semester has been a “long and mentally-draining process,” according to athletic trainer Brian...
Sports
Half Pipe Dreams: Occidental’s Skateboard Culture
While walking around campus, you’ve likely heard wheels rumbling on the pavement, or maybe you’ve witnessed someone practicing tricks or jumping over the stairs...
