The Highlander track and field team had themselves a day at the Chris Rinne Twilight meet. The meet was named after legendary UCR track and field head coach and former athletics director, Chris Rinne. Coach Rinne passed away in fall 2018.
The meet was notably high in spirits, as former and current athletes paid tribute to Coach Rinne.
Freshman John Ober...
Following a tough series against the Cal Poly Mustangs in which they struggled to contain the oppositions bats, the Highlanders (20-15, 3-3) looked to bounce back against the Cal Baptist Lancers (16-24, 3-6).
Both teams were held in check offensively as both team’s starting pitchers put up a scoreless inning.
The Highlanders struck first as a result of poor defense by...
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...
The UCR baseball team (10-21, 2-5) took on Cal State Bakersfield (15-19, 3-6) on Tuesday, April 9. The Highlanders had previously lost five straight games but finally broke out of their slump on their way to a huge 12-1 win.
Riverside started the game hot offensively, scoring three runs in the first, three more in the second and adding two...
Nikola Vucevic of the Orlando Magic is having the best season of his career at the age of 28.
Vucevic is averaging career-highs in multiple categories including points, rebounds and assists per game with averages of 20.8 points per game, 12.0 rebounds per game and 3.8 assists per game. His player efficiency rating (PER), a statistic created to measure a...
The UCR women’s golf team competed in the Fresno State Classic on Monday and Tuesday, April 1-2 where they finished fifth out of 14 teams. The competition in the tournament included UC Davis, Grand Canyon University, UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge.
The Highlanders started the tournament out relatively well, shooting a combined 295 score which put them in sixth...
UCR women’s tennis team (5-9, 0-4) matched up against conference opponent and number one seed UC Santa Barbara (9-6, 3-0) on Thursday, April 4. The match was especially significant because the Highlanders only have three remaining conference matchups before the Big West Tournament and are currently in ninth place in the conference.
Although Riverside had won three of its previous...
The UC Riverside baseball team (8-19) had a chance to avenge their loss from earlier in the season against the University of San Diego (19-10) on March 5, when they were defeated by a score of 31-3. The score was a lot closer this time around but the Highlanders again fell to the Toreos by a final score of...
NBA officials, like in many other sports leagues, are constantly under scrutiny by fans and the media. Officiating nowadays seems to be getting worse as the league makes changes to rules and interpretations of the rules.
On March 29, it seemed as if the relationship between players and officiating would reach a new low. In the Golden State Warriors’...
The men’s tennis team (17-11, 0-1) opened up conference play on Friday, April 5 against UC Irvine (12-5,1-1). The team had been on quite a roll recently, winning four straight and six of their last seven matches. However, they weren’t able to ride their recent wave of momentum to a victory in this one, losing their conference opener 6-1.
The...