Highlanders muster only one win in a week’s play
Feb. 28, 2012
Toreros 8 - Highlanders 5
The men’s baseball team hosted San Diego this past Tuesday in a dog fight. Coach Doug Smith had his team where he wanted them with a 5-3 lead...
Big West Tournament preview
The playoffs are here! The UC Riverside men’s basketball team will get another shot at winning its first ever conference title as UCR heads to the Honda Center for the Big West Tournament. Last...
Women’s tennis snaps skid against Bakersfield
March 2, 2012
Highlanders 5 - Roadrunners 2
UC Riverside’s women’s tennis team finally stopped its seven-game losing streak with a victory over Cal State Bakersfield this past Thursday. Riverside won that game by a score...
Softball wins three of four in Highlander Classic
March 1, 2012
Highlanders 5 - Vikings 0
UCR’s softball team hosted Portland State as part of Riverside’s first of four games in the Highlander Classic at Amy S. Harrison Field. UCR scored four runs in...
UCR women’s basketball suffers overtime loss
The UC Riverside Women’s basketball team dropped its final game of the season at the Student Recreation Center against the UC Irvine Anteaters by a score of 60-65 in overtime. The loss to the...
Men’s basketball prevails in an overtime classic
The Highlanders have had a handful of exciting games that were decided in overtime this year, but none of them were as thrilling or as meaningful as Saturday night's overtime win against the UC...
Reexamining the All-Star Game
In last week’s column, I argued that there should be no All-Star game because there is a risk of injury and there is not a good competitive flow to the game. Some readers pointed...
UCR defeats Aztecs, loses series to Sun Devils
Feb. 21, 2012
Highlanders 7 - Aztecs 1
The UC Riverside baseball team squared off against the visiting San Diego State Aztecs Tuesday at the Riverside Sports Complex. The Highlanders went on to crush the...
Ek leads UCR golf to seventh-place finish
Amelia Ek’s score of 229 was good enough to place her 10th out of 70 competitors. Her score also propelled the UC Riverside women’s golf team to a seventh-place finish out of 12 teams...
Women’s basketball unable to get out of funk
Feb. 22, 2012
Titans 66 - Highlanders 43
The UC Riverside women’s basketball team suffered its fifth consecutive loss versus the CSU Fullerton Titans, who ended their five game skid with a 66–43 victory over...