Jan. 18, 2013
San Diego State 7 - UC Riverside 0
The UC Riverside men’s tennis team traveled to #67 ranked San Diego State to play at the Aztec Tennis Center but failed to get their first win of their 2013 season with a shutout loss 0-7 against the Aztecs.
The doubles action for Riverside was no competition for San Diego...
January 17th, 2013
49ers 91 – Highlanders 82
Just as they have done for the vast majority of the season, the UC Riverside men’s basketball team broke the hearts of the crowd in the SRC Arena with an 91-82 overtime loss against the Long Beach State 49ers.
Throughout both halves, neither team was able to pull away as the largest lead in...
Two months ago Ron Larson resigned as the head women’s volleyball coach and left the athletic department searching for a new one. Well that search is finally over. A few days ago UC Riverside’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Brian Wickstrom held a conference and announced the hiring of Michelle Patton as Larsen’s replacement.
When coach Larsen was with UCR from...
Jan. 17, 2013
Highlanders 50 - Long Beach 49
In the midst of a three game losing streak, the UC Riverside women's basketball team (8-7, 1-3) rallied back from a 13 point first half deficit to power past Long Beach State, 50-49. Tre'Shonti Nottingham sank the game winning free throw with two seconds remaining to give the Highlanders their first Big...
Jan. 12, 2013
Titans 71 - Highlanders 69
The UC Riverside men’s basketball team lost a heartbreaker 71-69 at Fullerton. Fullerton’s Kwame Vaughn with about 16 seconds left drained the game winning shot. The theme of the game was tempo. The Titans average 84.8 points per game, which is second in the nation and first in the Big West. The Highlanders...
The 2012-13 NFL season was amazing. Adrian Peterson from the Minnesota Vikings was eight yards shy (2,097) of breaking Eric Dickerson’s record (2,105) for most rushing yards in a single season.
This season saw three amazing rookie quarterbacks, Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson, Washington Redskins Robert Griffin III, and Indianapolis Colts Andrew Luck, lead their teams to the playoffs.
Finally, when the...
Born and raised in Australia, the 6-foot-10 Chris Patton never truly envisioned himself playing basketball at such a high level. For a while, Patton actually thought he would pursue a career in carpentry. At 16 years of age, he dropped out of high school to pursue that career instead of moving forward with basketball.
“I was going to be a...
Jan. 12, 2013
Titans 54 - Highlanders 49
In need of an elusive conference win, the UC Riverside women's basketball team (7-7, 0-3) squared off against Cal State Fullerton (6-9, 2-1) hoping to take advantage of a team that is winless on the road. The search continues as the Highlanders committed a season high 25 turnovers, including a costly error with...
“Hungry” is the word sophomore forward Otis Earle used to describe the UC Riverside men’s soccer team moving forward. After a heartbreaking 1-2 loss against Cal State Fullerton in the season finale, the Highlanders finished with a 10-8-0 record and without a postseason berth. The record, though a mark of improvement over previous years, was seen as a disappointment...
Rio-Side
For the first time since 1996, not a single player was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Considering that the class of 2013 featured one of the most star-studded ballots of all-time, you would have at least expected one superstar to make the cut.
But that wasn’t the case.
The all-time leader in home runs? Denied. The seven-time CY...