UCR’s women’s basketball team (17-15, 10-6) played their final game of the Big West Tournament in a close matchup against number two seed Hawaii (15-16, 10-6) on Friday, March 15. The game was within reach for the Highlanders throughout, but the Rainbow Wahine ultimately came out on top, 66-58.
Riverside has come a long way since being voted to finish...
In today’s NBA, there are currently over 100 international players from 42 different countries. It is likely that most of the NBA awards will be won by international players, which goes to show how much the world has caught up to their American counterparts.
The NBA’s Most Valuable Player should be given to the Greek Freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo. He is...
The men’s tennis team (17-10) had a very busy week in which they played nine games and had a chance to break the record for most wins in a single season. At the time of publication, the Highlanders have won six of the first seven matches to surpass the previous record of 16 wins.
The first match of the week...
For many teams, scoring seven runs is often enough to win many baseball games.
Pitching, however, is the other half of the winning equation, and the Highlanders (7-16, 0-1) baseball team’s pitching staff was rocked in a two game sweep at the hands of the UNLV Rebels (16-11, 4-5) , allowing 23 runs over two games.
In game one of the...
It was an eventful day for UC Riverside’s track and field team as they were in Los Angeles at the UCLA Bob Larsen Distance Carnival.
For the women’s open 5,000 meters run, freshman Vanessa Gracian placed second with a time of 18:03.03 while sophomore Kiley Atwood finished right behind her in third, coming in at 18:06.13.
Meanwhile, junior Heinrich Van Niekerk...
The UCR men’s basketball team (10-23) ended their season with a 66-43 loss to No. 1 seeded UC Irvine (28-5) in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament on Thursday, March 14. The eighth-seeded Highlanders never saw a lead in this game, as the Anteaters hounded the perimeter and frustrated Riverside throughout. UCI is currently ranked fifth in the...
The No. 3 seeded UCR women’s basketball team (17-14, 10-6) defeated the No. 7 seed Long Beach State 49ers (9-22, 5-11) 67-50 in the conference quarterfinals on March 13 to advance to the semifinals of the Big West Tournament. Although the Highlanders entered the game with the higher seed, Long Beach State went 1-1 against Riverside in the regular...
UCR men’s basketball (9-22, 3-12) dropped the season series against Long Beach State (14-18, 8-8) with a 70-57 defeat on Wednesday, March 6.
The Highlanders started the game off well, leading by as many as eight points and out-rebounding Long Beach 21-13 in the first half. However, the team would end the period by going cold from the field, as...
After just over a month of playing matches on the road, UCR men’s tennis (8-7) finally returned home to host a doubleheader against Villanova and Hope International on Friday, March 8.
The first match saw Villanova strike first by grabbing the doubles point with triumphs on courts one and three. The tandem of senior Kyle McCann and freshman Andreas Whelan-Merediz...
The UCR women’s tennis team (3-7, 0-3) went 1-1 in their week after losing 4-3 to Cal Poly followed by a 5-2 win against Weber State.
The Highlanders first took on Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (4-6) on Monday, March 4. Riverside split the singles matches with the Mustangs which evened the score at 3-3. UCR would go on...