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by / on June 5, 2012 at 6:03 am / in Editorials, Opinions

Editorial: Benefits of sand volleybal outweigh costs of losing men’s tennis

UCR Athletic Director Brian Wickstrom recently announced the athletic department’s decision to push back the proposal to replace the men’s tennis team with women’s sand volleyball to 2013. The postponement of the proposal came after Wickstrom sought public opinion from [...]

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by / on February 21, 2012 at 6:00 am / in Sports

Women’s tennis accumulates negative results

UCR women’s tennis hosted Long Beach state on Friday in a game that the Highlanders dropped. Hours later, UCR travelled to Las Vegas Nevada for a weekend double match-up against Utah State and UNLV. The Highlanders were defeated by both [...]

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by / on February 21, 2012 at 6:00 am / in Sports

Men’s tennis falls short against UCSD

The UCR men’s tennis team was looking to extend its three-match winning streak when the team hosted UCSD at the SRC Tennis Courts last Thursday afternoon. UCSD came into the game looking for a fourth straight victory after defeating Sonoma [...]

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by / on February 14, 2012 at 6:00 am / in Sports

UC Riverside women’s tennis loses double match-up at home

UCR women’s tennis hosted Gonzaga and Pacific in what were the third and fourth fixtures of the season for the Highlanders. UCR couldn’t extend its winning streak as it fell 6-1 to Gonzaga on Friday. While on Sunday, the Highlanders [...]

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by / on February 14, 2012 at 6:00 am / in Sports

Men’s tennis gets first winning streak of the season

UCR men’s tennis had a triple match-up over the weekend against three different rivals: Vanguard, College of the Desert (COD), and Riverside City College (RCC). The Highlanders were looking for their first win of the season after failing to get [...]

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by / on January 24, 2012 at 6:00 am / in Sports

Men’s tennis opens the 2012 season in negative fashion

The men’s tennis team opened the 2012 season at the SRC tennis courts on Wednesday afternoon and then traveled to San Diego on Sunday. The Highlanders hosted Nevada at the SRC tennis courts in the first fixture of the season. [...]

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