The UC Riverside women’s basketball team (4-10) ended their non-conference play with a 53-52 win over CSU Bakersfield (8-5) on Thursday, Dec. 31 at 2 p.m at the SRC Arena. This win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Highlanders and is the fourth straight game UCR has won against CSU Bakersfield.
The Highlanders broke the recent trend of being...
Kyle Penix, CW
Well, it’s happened before — sort of. The Nets franchise — then called the New York Nets, won two American Basketball Association titles in 1974 and 1976 led by legend Julius Erving before the ABA-NBA merger at the conclusion of the ‘76 season. However, since joining the newly formed league, the Nets have been an up-and-down team....
The Highlanders (2-4), led by junior Keilanei Cooper, put on a dominant performance over the Utah Valley Wolverines (0-4) on Thursday, Nov. 21.
Cooper led the team in scoring, with 22 points off the bench, and sunk a career-high five three pointers. Senior guard Jannon Otto and forward Marina Ewodo, also scored in double figures for the Highlanders; Otto finished...
December marks the point in the NFL season when the sprint to postseason begins for the teams that are still in the race, and everyone else begins to look ahead to a long offseason.
Off the field and on, the 2014 season has been a complete roller coaster ride. From child abuse to domestic violence, broken records to the inevitable...
October 20, 2013
Mustangs 3 - Highlanders 1
In a showdown of the top two teams in the Big West Conference, top-ranked Cal Poly San Luis Obispo played host to the visiting second-place Highlanders on Oct. 20. In what was expected to be a closely contested match, Cal Poly effectively demonstrated their superiority in this statement game.
In the first half, each...
With the Big West Tournament on the horizon, each and every game becomes a must-win. While the University of California, Riverside (UCR) had secured their spot in the postseason, California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) was still fighting for their playoff lives. The Titans were also saying goodbye to their seniors which added an extra layer of emotion to this...
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Most tennis fans are familiar with the phrase "no challenges remaining." After a player has used their three allotted objections, the umpire mouths the words that silence any further discussion about a right or wrong call. Well today there are no challenges remaining for UCR tennis as the university announced the decision to remove the program after nearly...
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...
UC Riverside’s women’s basketball team (12-10, 6-3) bounced back from a tough loss against Long Beach State with a convincing victory against Hawai’i (8-13, 4-5) on Thursday, Feb. 2. The women put on a show from the get-go, leading 22-16 in the first quarter and never surrendering the lead en route to a 63-45 win.
The Highlanders took advantage of...
The sports world is a tension-filled atmosphere where winning and losing could quite literally mean the end of the world for some. Many teams have unfortunately suffered so-called curses against them, ruining their winning streaks or preventing them from winning a game at all. Here are a couple of sports curses that are sure to leave you surprised.
The Socceroos
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