Valentine’s Day will be a memorable night for many reasons for the UCR men’s basketball team.
Entering the game, the Highlanders had lost four straight by an average margin of 20 points and with the second-place UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (17-7, 6-4) coming to town, they appeared destined to lose again.
However, the poor play that had plagued the Highlanders...
Starting their east coast trip by going the distance, the UC Riverside men’s tennis team lost a tough matchup to Delaware, falling 4-3. However, although the team lost, there was still a milestone to celebrate as senior Kyle McCann broke the all-time record in wins in the program’s history.
McCann notched this landmark after his 6-4 doubles win with freshman...
The UCR women’s basketball team (11-12, 5-4) made the trip up north to Davis on Thursday, Feb. 14, where they fell to the hottest team in the Big West Conference. UC Davis (17-6, 9-1) are now winners of nine straight games, with their last loss occurring just over a month ago on Jan. 12 to Hawaii.
This game saw two...
UCR’s men’s golf kicked off the Farms Invitational at the University of San Diego on Monday, Feb. 11 and played through Tuesday. The Highlanders played their best golf of the tournament in the final round of play and finished in seventh place.
In the first round, the team shot a combined 308 score. This score had Riverside tied for sixth...
The Highlander softball team (3-6) traveled to Los Angeles to compete in the Stacy Winsberg Tournament from Friday Feb.15-17.
UCR got swept in their first doubleheader on Friday against University of Mississippi (5-1) and Boise State (3-2).
The first game of the two was against Ole Miss, who scored in every inning but the fourth, on their way to...
UCR’s women’s golf team hosted 14 other teams including Cal Baptist University and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at their annual Battle at the Rock tournament. The tournament took place from Monday, Feb. 11-12. The Highlanders were as high in the leaderboard as second place before dropping to ninth at the end of tournament play.
The teams were forced to...
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 would help us win a single basketball game against the other team.
Team LeJon James:
First Pick: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors point guard
Stephen Curry is the...
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 out on top 62-59.
“It was a game of runs,” Head Coach John Margaritis said in reaction to the back and forth game, “We just never...
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 West standings.
On Saturday, Feb. 9, the Highlanders hosted the Cal State Fullerton Titans (10-13, 6-3), who had won five of their previous six games...
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 would win on court two with a score of 6-3, the undefeated duo of sophomore Tia Elpusan and junior Sara Khattab continued their streak with...