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Men’s basketball falls to Long Beach, earns playoff berth with win over UC Davis
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UCR men’s basketball (9-22, 3-12) dropped the season series against Long Beach State (14-18, 8-8) with a 70-57 defeat on Wednesday, March 6.
The Highlanders started the game off well, leading by as many as eight points and out-rebounding Long Beach 21-13 in the first half. However, the team would end the period by going cold from the field, as...
Date: April 27, 2012
Anteaters 4 - Highlanders 0
The UC Riverside men’s tennis team competed in the Big West Conference Championship at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday afternoon, where they were eliminated by UC Irvine in a decisive 4-0 defeat in round one. The Highlanders were the sixth seed in the tournament while UC Irvine was the third...
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Men’s basketball goes 1-1 on the week after nail biting loss against Hawaii and 61-48 win over Cal Poly SLO
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On Thursday, Feb. 20, the Highlanders (14-14, 4-8) hosted the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (15-10) on their home court in Riverside. UC Riverside battled until the end, but their efforts were not enough as they lost their fifth straight game by a final score of 56-55.
UC Riverside got...
After delivering their best performance of the season at the Battle at the Rock last week, with an overall team ranking of second place, UCR returned this week at the Red Rocks Intercollegiate on Saturday, March 5 to reproduce yet another phenomenal performance.
Riverside dominated in the first two rounds with an overall finish of second place (296, eight-over-par). Three...
In a half that can only be described as an old-fashioned shootout, the women’s basketball team went shot for shot against the Cal State Northridge Matadors in a first half that saw both squads post 36 points apiece. But it was the Highlanders who couldn’t keep up the pace in the second as the Matadors’ dribble penetration dismantled UCR’s...
The Highlanders women's soccer team (6-7-2, 3-0-0) is riding a four-game win streak, three of them conference games, after beating UC Santa Barbara (4-6-4, 0-2-1), Cal Poly (5-8-1, 0-3-0) and Cal State Fullerton (8-3-2, 1-1-0) over the past week and a half. The win streak is the longest that Head Coach Nat Gonzalez has experienced in his five years...
I woke up the morning of Sept. 24 anticipating nothing more than a relatively normal day in the world of sports. Reaching to my phone, I scrolled through the various notifications I had gotten earlier that morning and after I went to sleep the night before. These notifications were mostly about European soccer, the time difference causing their daytime...
For the second year in a row, the Arizona Cardinals took a signal-caller in the first round of the NFL draft. Former Oakland A’s signee, Kyler Murray, is being hailed as one of the most talented dual-threat QB in recent years, with some analysts even comparing him to Michael Vick. His college tapes tell us he’s got the arm...
November 19, 2015
Highlanders 77 - Broncos 63
The UC Riverside men’s basketball moved to 2-0 for the first time in their division one history and in order to understand the importance of this statistic, you must know who to credit this success to.
Start by taking a look at the bench. In this past Thursday’s game against Santa Clara, forward Primitivo...
The UC Riverside women’s soccer team (5-9-2, 0-5) traveled up to Cal State Fullerton Sunday Oct. 14 and looked to break a four game losing streak in the Big West Conference. Cal State Fullerton played aggressive on defense as they limited the offense of the Highlanders in route to a 0-1 victory.
In the first period, UCR had four shots...