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...

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...

‘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...

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...

Athletes of the week

Riley James Occidental pitcher Riley James (junior) started off an impressive three-game sweep against Rutgers-Newark March 19 and 20. James started in the Saturday...

Rising Stars — Spring 2016

Allison Kilday Women’s Track & Field — Hurdles Do you have any specific memory, particular race, a funny anecdote, anything like that? At state my senior year,...

Glover thrives on the diamond in LA, France

The first time Tigers' center fielder Natalie Glover (first year) hits a college home run, she is going to flip her bat, run, jump...

Schwab trains to become figure skating judge

Skating has been an integral part of Emiko Schwab's (senior) life since she was three years old. Her career has taken her as far...

Whatever you do, don't sign Johnny Football

After two painful seasons, the Cleveland Browns finally cut Johnny Manziel. While the Browns hoped to receive some compensation (such as a late-round draft...

Athletes of the week

Women's Lacrosse Katie O' Connor:                  After not scoring a goal in Occidental's first four games of the...

Junior football player constructs solar panels in Ghana

A van carrying students rattles along a potholed road. The van is on its way to N-Kpaguni, a small village in Ghana. Upon arrival...

Women's lacrosse falls, but first years shine

The SCIAC schedule-makers wasted no time throwing the Occidental women's lacrosse team (0-2 overall, 0-2 SCIAC) into the fire. The new-look Tigers, coming off...