One of the most timeless sayings in sports has always been, “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish,” of course implying rocky starts to a season can be overcome. For the 2016 UCR volleyball team, the season is certainly off to a rough start. The Highlanders are currently 5-7 overall with completion of the team’s final non-conference...
Jordan’s Picks:
Western Conference: First Round
(1) Warriors sweep the (8) Clippers in four games
This will be an easy series for the Warriors. Clippers deserve praise for a successful season but their season ends here. Golden State simply has too much talent for Los Angeles to handle.
(7) Spurs defeat the (2) Nuggets in seven games
The Nuggets have exceeded all expectations by...
At the 2008 Australian Open, Venus Williams, an advocate for gender equality within the sport of tennis, bellowed: “There is nothing against right. Right is right. Wrong is wrong. And I’m not a fool.”
Over six years later and 8,000 miles away, a similar conversation unravelled in the confines of a traditional office on the campus of UC Riverside. Janet...
UCR will be in the conference tournament come March. Though, given that CSU Northridge voluntarily imposed sanctions that will prohibit them from participating, the remaining Big West teams’ fates were never in question. The real question, as it pertains to UCR, was always how high would they be ranked? And would they prove to be truly formidable competitors among...
On Sunday, Oct. 27, the UC Riverside women’s golf team traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the Las Vegas Showdown at the Boulder Creek Golf Club Course. The tournament took place over three days, lasting until Tuesday, Oct. 29. The weather was a cool 63 degrees, giving the golfers a break from the grueling Las Vegas heat.
The University...
The NBA All-Star game is sold as the ultimate fan experience, but as we saw in this year’s selection process, that really isn’t the case.
At the end of fan voting, rookie sensation Luka Doncic, resurgent former MVP Derrick Rose and Dwyane Wade in his final season were all in line for starting spots. Luka was actually the second...
This weekend on Friday, Jan. 15, UCR played their first game against California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO). After a very rocky first half, the Highlanders demonstrated an intense vigor that led them to their 35-point advantage victory.
The Mustangs held on to the lead for the majority of the first half, going on a...
UCR’s women’s golf team hosted 14 other teams including Cal Baptist University and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at their annual Battle at the Rock tournament. The tournament took place from Monday, Feb. 11-12. The Highlanders were as high in the leaderboard as second place before dropping to ninth at the end of tournament play.
The teams were forced to...
After securing a 2-2 draw against the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) at home, University of California Riverside’s (UCR) women’s soccer team traveled west to take on the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) Titans. Last season, the Highlanders beat the Titans in a goal fest, but this season both sides have struggled to put the ball in the...
The UCR women’s golf team proved victorious at the Battle At The Rock competition on Tuesday, April 7, keeping a very sizable margin throughout the event. UCR scored 293 in rounds one and two, proving to be the best round performances by any of the schools. Even though their third-round score was slightly higher at 301 strokes, that total...