Claudia Chow
April 30, 2013
Six players to a team. Six dodge balls. One court. And only one winner. This was the scenario at Rush Gymnasium on Saturday during Occidental’s Eta Mu chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta’s seventh annual charity dodgeball tournament. Twenty teams competed in the event that was held to benefit Court... Read more »
Ryan Whalen
April 30, 2013
Women’s Water Polo (11-20 overall, 5-5 SCIAC) Over the weekend, the Occidental women’s water polo team participated in the SCIAC Championship Tournament. In the quarterfinal match, the Tigers were able to down the Poets 9-4 with a strong defensive effort in the fourth quarter and a 4-0 stretch... Read more »
Malcolm MacLeod
April 30, 2013
After earning a bye in the first round of the SCIAC tournament, the women’s lacrosse team suffered an unexpected loss to Chapman on Saturday. Having won the SCIAC last season, the Tigers had high expectations going into this year’s tournament but did not allow themselves to become complacent... Read more »
Lucy Feickert
April 30, 2013
It was nothing but clear skies and warm sunshine on Bill Henry Track this past Friday and Saturday when Cal Lutheran hosted the track and field SCIAC Championship meet. Occidental finished sixth overall, boasting some notable individual performances along the way. Charlie Sauter (senior) came in second... Read more »
Alex Nieves
April 30, 2013
The Occidental baseball team entered the round-robin section of conference play over the weekend needing to pick up a pair of big wins in order to guarantee a spot in the inaugural SCIAC Tournament. After going 2-1 in the three-game weekend series, the Tigers clinched the four-seed for postseason play... Read more »
Joe Siegal
April 30, 2013
Sports Illustrated published this week’s cover story on Monday morning in which the 34 year-old National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran center, former Stanford player and Los Angeles native Jason Collins became the first openly gay active male athlete in a major American team sport. Collins’... Read more »
Noel Hemphill
April 23, 2013
With five of the nation’s top squads in the women’s water polo conference, this season’s SCIAC playoffs are shaping up to be even more competitive than years past. Sitting in sixth place with a .500 record, the Tigers remain in contention, but need breakout performances from star players... Read more »
Alex Nieves
April 23, 2013
Andrew Larkin ‘12, head coach of Occidental College’s men’s and women’s golf teams, competed in the PGA Tour Canada Q-School tournament last week and played his way to a 3-over finish in the three-day tournament. Larkin’s finish put him just four strokes off the qualifying mark for the Canadian... Read more »
Juliet Suess
April 23, 2013
The Occidental football and women’s basketball teams will be sponsoring a “Be The Match” Bone Marrow Drive tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Academic Quad. The teams are hoping to get students involved with their community. “Be The Match” travels around to campuses... Read more »
Zach Heerwagen
April 23, 2013
A 14-4 victory on the back end of Saturday’s doubleheader tied last year’s mark of 23 victories for the Occidental baseball program and put the squad back in control of its own destiny with only four games remaining in the regular season. With some clutch wins down the stretch, the team could make... Read more »
