April 3, 2015
Highlanders 3 - 49ers 2
The UC Riverside softball team continued their stellar season with a 3-2 win over Big West foe Long Beach State. Moving to 30-9 and 2-2 in conference, the Highlanders needed 10 innings to dispose of the 49ers as neither ball club tallied a run in the first seven innings.
UCR pitcher Chelsea Ponce was...
“I would love to be at Riverside forever. Riverside is my home. There’s a lot of change happening here at UCR and I’m very excited to be a part of it.”
Early Friday morning, Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) member and now UCR’s Women’s Golf Head Coach, Mary Ritchie, sat down with the Highlander to get an inside scoop of...
For a moment, it seemed that the team forgot that it was Senior Night.
Jamila Williams made sure that they soon remembered.
The senior from Moreno Valley was recognized tonight, being inserted into the starting lineup after being plagued all year by an injury as the women’s basketball team took down UC Davis 61-56 in their final home game of the...
The Highlanders dominated the first-place Aggies several times throughout a Thursday night showdown, but came up short with a 61-59 loss.
Jaylen Bland of UCR led the Highlanders with 18 points, three of them from beyond the arc, eight rebounds and three assists, followed by Taylor Johns, who recorded 17 points, eight rebounds and dished two assists.
Coming into the game,...
March 6, 2015
Dons 4 - Highlanders 0
Anthony Landazuri pitched for UC Riverside but was no match for University of San Francisco pitcher Anthony Shew who threw for eight innings and only allowed UCR four hits in a 4-0 Don victory.
The Dons scored early in the first inning and once again in the bottom of the fifth. Connor Hofmann hit...
This season, UC Riverside softball is off to its best start in Division I program history after a successful weekend, hosting the Highlander Classic at the Amy S. Harrison Field.
Beginning on Friday afternoon, the game on the docket for the Highlanders was a showdown versus Howard University. Though the team got on the board first, the Bisons reeled off...
February 27, 2015
Highlanders 7 -- Rams 1
A Friday tilt against the Colorado State Rams was first on the docket for the UCR softball team in the Wildcat Invitational.
Looking to extend their seven-game winning streak, the Highlanders set the tone early by scoring the first four runs of the game. In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Rams finally...
Feb. 24, 2015
Lions 5 - Highlanders 2
The UCR baseball team dropped its third home game of the season in a 5-2 loss to the Loyola Marymount Lions. The Lions outhit the Highlanders 10-5 while tallying five RBIs to UCR’s two.
Loyola Marymount was the first team to draw blood as Austin Miller opened play with a single to right field,...
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...
Head coach Mary Ritchie’s squad earned a first-place finish at the Grand Canyon Invitational, beating out a field that included 21 teams. Competing in the three-day, 54-hole tournament, the Highlanders, who are ranked No. 61 in the nation, took the lead finishing with a total of 295 on the first day of play. The second day was a bit...