Women’s golf traveled to San Luis Obispo, Calif. and participated in the Big West Tournament from April 21-23. The team ended its year with a surprising fourth-place finish in the tournament.
The Highlanders showed their dedication and drive to win after starting off the tournament in seventh place with a score of 325. In the second round, the team buckled...
The UC Riverside tennis program had a daunting task in front of them as they headed to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden to compete in the Big West Conference Championship: win a match as the overwhelming underdog. Seeded near the bottom of the conference standings, the men's and women's tennis teams couldn't muster a victory and were bounced in...
April 23, 2013
Toreros 3 – Highlanders 2
The UC Riverside baseball team dropped a heartbreaking match on April 23, giving up a walk-off homer to the visiting San Diego Toreros in the 11th inning en route to a 3-2 defeat.
Zach Varela, the Highlanders’ usual relief pitcher, made his first career start against San Diego and was able to deliver UCR...
April 24, 2013
Titans 4 - Highlanders 1
Riverside continued to struggle in Big West Conference play as the softball team dropped its final game of their Big West Conference series against Cal State Fullerton, 4-1. The Highlanders managed to get just three hits against the Titans’ tough pitching while Fullerton banged out eight hits, including a two-run home run over...
The UC Riverside track and field team took the field at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational for its sixteenth meet of the season and they wasted no time making their mark.
Breana Jemison’s first-place finish in the open section of the women’s discus was the uncontested highlight of UCR’s performance at the Triton Invitational. Jemison shattered the competition with...
The landscape of the NBA has certainly changed since the first tip-off all the way back in October. Back then Metta World Peace boldly proclaimed that the newly equipped Lakers would rival the Bulls' record regular season mark of 72-10. Analysts pointed at a healthy Derrick Rose as the only deterrent to the Miami Heat's second go at a...
The UC Riverside track & field team had an odd week when they divided their squad when they competed at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. and the Beach Invitational in Norwalk, Calif. from April 18-20.
The limited squad that was sent to the Mt. SAC Relays on Thursday, April 18 competed well. Raquel Hefflin recorded a season best...
April 18, 2013
Titans 11 – Highlanders 0
The Highlander softball team needed the help of the mercy rule to end the its woes after five innings, during which they found themselves down an unfathomable 11 runs.
Though the match remained scoreless after two innings, the Titans were quick to capitalize on three Highlander errors in the third inning to put six...
April 16, 2013
Rebels 24 - Highlanders 11
The Highlanders came into Tuesday’s action against the Las Vegas Rebels as winners of 11-straight games at home, but fell to the Rebels 24-11. The team remains tied in the record books with the 1995 and 2003 teams for the most consecutive wins at home.
Center fielder Devyn Bolasky and second baseman Nick Vilter led UCR...
Kendall’s Fastball
The MLB season is under way and it feels great to get back into baseball mode. It is a very long season and although it has just begun, I want to zone in on the National League East Atlanta Braves and the success they have had thus far.
The Braves’ NL East competitor Washington Nationals were given the upper...