The game of lacrosse has long been dominated by those on the East Coast. From high school teams all the way to the professional level, the East Coast states have overwhelmingly outperformed other states across the nation. For decades, the best high school players came from states like Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. The best college teams included Maryland,...
UC Riverside’s men’s tennis team (2-6) dropped their first game of the week on Friday, Feb. 2 in Las Vegas to UNLV (2-2), 4-2.
The Highlanders secured the doubles point by winning two of the three doubles matches. The winning teams for Riverside were junior Kyle McCann and freshman Filip Engstrom, as well as junior Anderson Ju and sophomore...
After a shaky showing at the UW Invitational, the UCR track and field team sent four athletes to the Mountain T Invitational at Northern Arizona University from Friday, Feb. 2 to Saturday, Feb. 3.
In the women’s pentathlon, sophomore Didi Amarasekara broke the school record for the indoor long jump with a distance of 5.87 m. Coincidently, the previous...
Turnovers plagued the UC Riverside women’s basketball team (6-17, 3-6) as they fell on the road to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (13-8, 7-2) Saturday, Feb. 3, 91-73.
The Highlanders committed 24 turnovers on the night, from which the Mustangs were able to convert into 27 points. Meanwhile, the Highlanders could only manage 15 points off of Cal Poly’s 13...
UC Riverside’s women’s tennis team (1-2, 0-1) lost their opening conference match of the season to Big West rival Long Beach State (1-0), 5-2.
Two of the three doubles teams were able to win their sets to give Riverside their only two points of the match. The winning doubles teams included freshman Tia Elpusan, sophomore Sarah Kattab, senior Karla Dulay...
After a three-game homestand the UCR men’s basketball team (5-16, 0-7) hit the road to take on UC Irvine (9-14, 4-3) on Wednesday, Jan. 24. The Highlanders were trying to notch their first conference win of the season, but that proved impossible as the they left their offense in Riverside.
The Highlanders opened up the game against Irvine with their...
The 2018 MLB Hall of Fame class was announced Wednesday, Jan. 24 and Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman were all selected to be immortalized in Cooperstown. A casual fan would call this a job well done for the voting committee, only it wasn’t, because the voters are still barring Barry Bonds and Pete Rose from...
With fellow seniors Michelle Curry and Clemence Lefebvre sitting out with undisclosed injuries, guard Lauren Holt took charge for UC Riverside last Thursday Jan. 25, and posted a career-high 33 points, putting her just over the 1,000 career point mark. However, a shorthanded UCR (6-16, 3-5) was defeated by UC Irvine (12-8, 4-2), 81-71.
Riverside remained on top for most...
As UCR’s men’s and women’s basketball teams approach their final eight games of the year it’s clear that the two are on very different paths and they have been for some time. The men’s basketball team (5-16) is without a permanent head coach and stumbling throughout conference play, going 0-7 through their first seven games with Interim Head Coach...
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):...