November 8, 2014
Highlanders 86 - Broncos 62
Taking to the court for their second exhibition of the 2014-2015 season, the UC Riverside women’s basketball team came out firing on all cylinders on their way to picking up a convincing 86-62 victory over the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos.
Highlander Annelise Ito put on a clinic in the first five and a half...
October 30, 2015
Rainbow Warriors 3 - Highlanders 1
It was a 10 p.m. PT start for the UC Riverside volleyball team in their road matchup against conference powerhouse and 6th ranked team in the nation, Hawai’i. To suggest that this late start played a major role in the Highlanders’ performance would be unfair to both sides, however, the box score...
UC Riverside’s men’s tennis team faced another upset in their conference game against the undefeated Mustangs from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Due to the rain, the teams only completed the singles matches, in which the Mustangs won 4-0.
Due to the rain, the match was moved from Sat., April 9 to Fri., April 10, marking the first time this...
If there’s one thing I hate about Major League Baseball (MLB), it’s the pace of the game. In the last few years, America’s pastime has dropped from being one of the top major sports to the third. It is common to see an MLB game last over three hours, or even four if numerous pitching changes are made. To...
This past Saturday afternoon, the Riverside baseball team started off the season with a match up against UCR’s alumni team for their annual event. The young and talented team for UCR was unable to defeat the alumni squad, who were able to win 7-4. Despite the loss, there is still an upside for the young Riverside team.
Coach Doug Smith’s...
The 2016 UCR men’s soccer team opened up 3-3 against a talented field of non-conference opponents. Head Coach Tim Cupello wanted exactly that, in order to strengthen his team and get them used to the high-level soccer he deems will be necessary for the Highlanders to make it through conference play and hopefully earn a spot in the NCAA...
With the NBA All-Star and NFL Pro Bowl games coming up it’s only right we recognize the All-Stars within our very own Highlander sports programs. While most programs did not get the results they wanted, there were still some players who had standout seasons. So without further ado, here are our 2017-18 Highlander All-Stars.
Michelle Curry (Women’s basketball senior guard):...
With the conclusion of Week 10, we are officially past the halfway point of a 2013 NFL season that has been filled with its share of surprises and memorable moments.
The New York Jets, who were thought to be a team in limbo with all their locker room issues in 2012, are in serious contention for a wild card spot...
Hustling up and down the courts of the Student Recreation Center arena for five years, center Natasha Hadley is more than just another basketball player for UCR: She has seen the Highlanders’ highs and lows. Although redshirted as a freshman, Hadley watched the women’s basketball team advance to the NCAA tournament after winning the Big West crown in 2010....
In their first and only game of the week Saturday, the UC Riverside men’s soccer team squared off against the Cal State Northridge Matadors in search of their first win in over two weeks.
Both teams played each other quite evenly throughout the first half, keeping the number of shots almost dead-even at 20-19, with the Highlanders having the slight...