Kia Nooshi, CW
Being a sports fan can elicit an array of emotions – joy, excitement, anxiety, sadness – but the one I’ve always found the most surprising is fear. The criteria of what makes an athlete scary are very subjective but there are some athletes who transcend all criteria and are renowned for the fear they strike in their...
Feb. 7, 2013
Highlanders 7 - Tigers 0
The UC Riverside men's tennis team swept Riverside City College 7-0 to earn its first triumph of the 2013 season. After starting their 2013 campaign with five consecutive losses, the Highlanders traveled to Andulka Park in Riverside, Calif. for their victorious home opener.
UCR (1-5) won all eight singles and doubles matches as senior...
When a team is about halfway into the regular season, the record will traditionally show a near-even distribution of home and away games. For UCR softball, this is not the case as, prior to this weekend's three-game series at Cal State Fullerton, the team had only faced one opponent on the road in their first 33 games of the...
The UC Riverside men’s golf team hosted the annual Braveheart Classic at the Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, CA on April 9-10, where they placed eighth overall in the standings out of ten teams after 3 rounds. The Highlanders, however, shared their eighth place finish with Big West rival Cal Poly, both scoring 895. David Gazzolo led the...
Coming off a three-game losing streak, UCR softball wasn’t looking too competitive against third-place Big West contenders UC Santa Barbara this past weekend. Despite the odds seemingly stacked against Riverside, the team pulled through with an amazing display of finesse as they dominated against the opposition in a three-game series.
Kicking off on Saturday, the team had back-to-back games slated...
Nov. 28, 2014
Highlanders 90 - Lady Jacks 62
On a busy Black Friday, the UC Riverside women’s basketball team played in New Mexico University’s Thanksgiving Tournament as the rest of America shopped on one of the busiest retail days of the year. The first opponent the Highlanders squared off against was Stephen F. Austin University on Friday afternoon.
Prior to the...
UC Riverside’s women’s tennis (1-4, 0-1) team picked up their first win of the season in convincing fashion, beating Hope International, 7-0 on Friday, Feb. 10 on the Student Recreation Center tennis courts.
The Highlanders benefitted from a Royals team who had to forfeit three singles matches and two doubles matches, as they were only able to bring four...
On Thursday, Jan. 30, the UCR women’s tennis team (1-1) battled against Hope International University (HIU) at UCR’s Student Recreation Center courts. The Highlanders went into the match looking to get the team victory after losing 7-0 to San Diego State University (1-0) on Jan. 25.
The Highlanders have battled against Hope International University, a private Christian University in Fullerton,...
Jon Hammond, Senior Staff Writer; Christian May-Suzuki, Senior Staff Writer; and Jaryd Bongcaras, Contributing Writer
The 2017 playoffs are upon us and there are plenty of intriguing matchups and stories going into the first round. Regular season standout Antonio Brown enters his first playoff season of his career and the Raiders are looking to still succeed in the playoffs despite...
Going into the first game of the series against University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), the UC Riverside (UCR) baseball team entered the contest 3-12 in the Big West. Unfortunately, the Highlanders would get swept by the Gauchos.
UCSB ascended to fourth in conference standings while the Highlanders slipped to 11th. Throughout each game in the series, the Highlanders had...