When John Rizzo (junior) of Claremont-Mudd-Scripts (CMS) visited Occidental’s Anderson Field over the weekend, he discovered that the tension and rivalry normally found during Sunday afternoon Tiger baseball games was strangely toned down for a gathering of SCIAC competitors. The event was the inaugural SCIAC Home Run Derby, designed to raise funds for cancer research via local cancer research and...

Down by two points with seven minutes left, fly-half Barnaby Audsley (senior) scored a penalty kick that reinvigorated the Occidental men’s rugby team. The squad went on to erase a ten-point deficit on its way to locking down Sonoma Sate in a 27-19 playoff victory on March 16. The Tigers played flawless defense, according to club president and hooker Anthony...

Baseball (12-14 overall, 8-7 SCIAC) The Occidental baseball team took the field against SCIAC No. 1 Whittier over the weekend in a three-game conference series. Junior outfielder Chris Strain kicked off the league rivalry with a bang for the Tigers in Friday’s Game 1 with a 2-run home run in the second inning that gave the black and orange a...

With a tie score and time winding down in the fourth quarter against Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday, Occidental women’s water polo attacker Morgan McClafferty (senior) caught a rebound and fired a shot into the back of the net. The goal boosted the Tigers to a 6-5 victory, their first triumph over the Sagehens in three seasons. “I was so ecstatic about...

The National Basketball Association (NBA) finals cannot compare to the excitement and heart of the annual March Madness college basketball tournament; in fact, nothing in sports can. The raw emotion of the event and fansmanship of the schools set it apart from any other American sporting event I have witnessed. Just making it to the tournament often gives teams something...

Improvement was the word of the day for the Occidental track and field programs on Saturday at SCIAC Multi-Dual 2, as numerous Tigers dropped time in track events and added distance in the field by significant margins. The performances led to a men’s sweep over the Caltech Beavers and the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens and a split for the women, who defeated...

Women's Water Polo (2-15 overall, 0-1 SCIAC) The Occidental women’s water polo team (2-15 overall, 0-1 SCIAC) had some rest and recovery time before entering the heart of their conference schedule, opening SCIAC play with a single match last week. The Tigers traveled to Cal Lutheran, drawing a tough opponent as they dove into league play with a 10-8 loss....

The Occidental women’s lacrosse team has emerged as a SCIAC and NCAA Division-III powerhouse over the past two seasons. After the departure of former head coach Michele Uhlfelder this past off season, new head coach Stephanie Janice has built upon the strong foundation established over the program’s five-year history. Though the squad lost several seniors at the end of last...

A nondescript brick building sits next to the Starbucks and CVS on York Boulevard. At the back of the building are two industrial-sized garage doors, leading into a large loft space that has been converted into a training facility. The doors are kept wide open during classes, with the breeze keeping patrons cool as they sweat and toil under the...

Loyalty is the most undervalued trait in sports. Last week this column investigated loyalty within the National Football League (NFL) in terms of free agency and cutting players. But it is not just the NFL that has a problem with loyalty. All sports follow the same pattern of cutting players for money, usually blaming it on other reasons like age...