Monday, April 29, 2024

Women’s volleyball defeated at home by conference rival Cal State Northridge

After a series of difficult road trip games in which the Highlanders dropped matches to UC Davis (11-7), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (12-5) and UC Santa Barbara (15-1), the UC Riverside volleyball team...

Former NFL player visits UCR, his alma mater

Butch Johnson, former UC Riverside football player and Superbowl-winning wide receiver from the Dallas Cowboys, came to his alma mater last Wednesday to motivate students. African Student Programs (ASP) hosted the event to celebrate...

NCAA postseason berth in doubt as UCR falls to Long Beach

May 13, 2014 Highlanders 9 - Lions 6 The Highlanders looked to keep their postseason hopes alive this past week as they took on Loyola Marymount on Tuesday and Long Beach State in a three-game weekend...

2020 NFL Draft: A look at the top prospects

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced last month that the NFL would cancel its 2020 in-person draft event and switch to a virtual setting. The...

Highlanders around the Big West

Softball tallies only one hit, drops series against Long Beach The UC Riverside softball team travelled to Long Beach to square off against the 49ers in an ESPN-televised weekend from April 4-6. The Highlanders opened the...

UC Riverside men’s soccer team falls to University of Portland in the opening round...

Kia Nooshi, CW UC Riverside men’s soccer team suffered a heartbreaking loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament this past week, marking the end of a fantastic season which included becoming both the...

Women’s tennis drops two straight versus Cal Poly, UCSB

This past weekend saw the UC Riverside women’s tennis team extend their losing streak to seven games, falling to the Cal Poly Mustangs 6-1 and UCSB Gauchos 7-0. In Saturday’s contest, Cal Poly held the...

Softball drops three on the road against Big West rival

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...

Taylor Johns: More than just a block party

He’s hard to miss.  Standing 6-feet-7-inches tall, he practically intimidates anyone beside him. Forward sophomore Taylor Johns can often be seen pumping up his teammates on court as well as dropping jaw-breaking dunks and monster...

Track and field continues to topple records in Husky Classic

The UC Riverside track and field team traveled to Seattle, Washington Feb. 9-10 to participate in the Husky Classic. The team played well as they broke more records for their third meet of the...