Highlander Sports All-Star Draft
With the NBA All-Star draft all wrapped up, the Highlander sports team decided to draft our own All-Star teams — without tampering and without free agent implications. We drafted based on who we thought...
Women’s basketball sneaks past Cal State Fullerton to notch fourth straight win
After a tightly contested matchup that had 10 ties and five lead changes, the UC Riverside women’s basketball team (11-11, 5-3) went down to the wire against Cal State Fullerton (11-10, 5-3), but came...
Men’s Basketball blown out yet again vs. Cal State Fullerton
It’s been a rough past few games for the UCR Men’s basketball team (8-17, 2-7). The Highlanders have been blown out in three straight games, twice by teams near the bottom of the Big...
Women’s Tennis earns second straight win over Westmont 6-1
The UC Riverside women’s tennis team (2-2) topped Westmont College (0-3) with a 6-1 victory.
Play started on court three, as the duo of freshman Lindsey Gelinas and senior Tracy Van won 6-4. Though Westmont...
Softball splits doubleheader
UCR’s softball team started off their season with a doubleheader Friday, Feb. 8 against Marshall University and Portland State. The two games were a part of the University of San Diego (USD) Tournament that...
Highlander Hot Take: The Hawks should aim for the playoffs, not the lottery
On paper, the Atlanta Hawks don’t appear to be a very talented team. They look like they are one of the worst teams in the league and will likely receive a high lottery pick...
Women’s Basketball fends off Hawaii and tops UCSB to notch three straight conference wins
Despite leading by as many as 20 points, the UC Riverside women’s basketball team (10-11, 4-3) was able to fend off a late fourth quarter comeback by Hawaii (7-12, 3-3) for a 60-55 victory.
The...
Highlander Hot Take: The NBA All-Star voting system needs an overhaul
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...
Men’s Tennis suffers two tough losses to start five-match road trip
Following their statement 4-3 win at home over Air Force, the UC Riverside men’s tennis team hoped to continue their stellar play on the road as they embarked on a five match road trip...
Women’s tennis earn first victory of the year against Hope International
UC Riverside’s women’s tennis faced off against Hope International (0-1) on Friday afternoon at the SRC Tennis Courts. The team put on a dominating performance on their home turf, taking down Hope International 7-0...