The University of California, Riverside (UCR) has had many Australian athletes in the history of both its men’s and women’s basketball programs. Hoopers like Olivia West, Wil Tattersall and even Lachlan Olbrich, who just won the National Basketball League (NBL) championship with the Illawarra Hawks in Australia, each left a strong impression during their times at UCR.
Two of the...
Last month, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) women’s basketball team finished an eventful 2024-2025 season, going 12-8 in conference play and earning the seventh seed in the Big West Championship. They matched up against the sixth seed, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
Despite getting swept in the season series against CSULB, the Highlanders held star guard Savannah Tucker...
Senior Aarav Sane’s fourth and final season at the University of California, Riverside, (UCR) has been a very consistent one. He’s helped secure integral points for UCR such as defeating California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo’s no. 2 player in singles and securing the doubles point against UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) alongside junior Lucas Ibarrondo Suarez. .
“The results may...
Going into the first game of the series against University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), the UC Riverside (UCR) baseball team entered the contest 3-12 in the Big West. Unfortunately, the Highlanders would get swept by the Gauchos.
UCSB ascended to fourth in conference standings while the Highlanders slipped to 11th. Throughout each game in the series, the Highlanders had...
Maddie Heinlin from Pleasanton, California, has been a huge contributor to the softball program at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). She has spent all four years of her collegiate softball career at UCR and has accomplished an impressive array of achievements on and off the field, leaving a lasting impact on the program. This past week, Heinlin was...
Leading into the Fresno State Classic at Copper River Country Club, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) women’s golf team had just gotten back from a three-day golf tournament in Hawaii, where sophomore Mitzi Duarte finished even par and tied for 20th at Ka'anapali Golf Resort.
“We just came back from Maui, playing a pretty competitive field with some Big...
On the weekend of March 31, 2025, the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) men’s golf team, consisting of Hartej Grewal, Von Wasson, Liam Hartling, Stephen Luo, and Chanhee Ryu, ventured up north to Seattle University (Seattle U) for a tournament at the renowned Chambers Bay Golf Course, which hosted the 2015 U.S. Open.
After a hard-fought three rounds of golf,...
Throughout human history, women have been treated as the lesser gender. This mistreatment is present even in the world of sports, where female athletes face challenges that male athletes have never seen.
Female athletes face a double standard in which they are expected to be feminine, which doesn’t coincide with being an athlete. So female athletes have to balance abiding...
On Sunday, March 29, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) softball team had their backs against the wall. In the finale of their three-game home series against the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Matadors, the Highlanders found themselves down 2-1 in the fourth inning and were on the verge of being swept on their own field.
At that moment, UCR...
On March 28, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that Fordham University has agreed to a six-year deal with Mike Magpayo to become their next men’s basketball head coach. He departed the University of California, Riverside (UCR) with an 89-63 overall record going 55-32 in conference play across five seasons.
When Magpayo initially took the job at UCR, the men’s basketball team...