UC Riverside (5-11, 0-2) fired men’s basketball Head Coach Dennis Cutts on Monday, Jan. 1 after a disappointing 5-9 start to the season. Cutts’ record as head coach during his five-year tenure was 50-87, with a 21-41 record in Big West competition. That record, though it included an impressive Highlander victory over Pac-12 Conference opponent Cal Berkeley early in...
The Highlanders volleyball team finished their season with a 10-18 record while going 2-14 in Big West Conference play. Riverside’s 10 wins were a two-game improvement over their 2016 campaign, but their in-conference win total dropped by one win from a season ago.
The Highlanders’ offseason is now in full swing, but Head Coach Michelle Patton-Coleman isn’t expecting her players...
The 2017 cross country season came to a close for UCR at the NCAA West Regionals hosted by the University of Washington on Friday, Nov. 10. For the Highlanders, neither the men or the women were able to meet their goal and advance to nationals, but that’s not to say both teams did not find some positives in Seattle.
Redshirt...
UCR women’s basketball (2-7) played three games in a week starting Friday, Nov. 24 against Southern Methodist University (3-5) in the Nugget Classic tournament. The Highlanders were there for a two-game stand, and were coming off their first win of the season against Fresno State (2-5).
The game started in favor of the SMU Mustangs as they ended the first...
After getting blown out by 45 points to Michigan and losing a heartbreaker to the University of the Pacific, the UC Riverside’s men’s basketball team (2-5) fell to Grand Canyon University (5-1), 68-56, giving the Highlanders their third-straight loss. Despite senior Alex Larsson’s third career double-double, 12 points and 15 rebounds, and the team cutting the GCU lead to...
UCR’s men’s basketball team (1-2) started the week off with a 76-64 loss against Loyola Marymount University (1-1) on Wednesday, Nov. 15. The Highlanders had an opportunity to start 2-0 for only the second time in the program's Division I history, but the team struggled to take care of the basketball in the tough road loss, committing 19 turnovers.
The...
The Highlanders (10-17, 2-13) kicked off their season-ending homestand on Friday, Nov. 17 against Big West leader Cal Poly (26-2, 16-0). Head Coach Michelle Patton-Coleman and her squad were looking to finish the season on a positive note against a team they have not won a set from since 2014.
The first set broke the drought, as the Highlanders jumped...
The UC Riverside women’s basketball team (1-3) finished one of the hardest weeks in their schedule by playing against both the University of Southern California and Stanford.
The Highlanders dug themselves in a hole early on against the Trojans, and were unable to recover, losing 64-46. After a little over five minutes into the game, UCR already found themselves down...
The Highlanders wrapped up the 2017 fall season with the UC Irvine Anteater Invitational from Monday, Oct. 30 to Tuesday, Oct. 31. UCR finished in seventh place in an 11-team field which capped off a very solid fall season that featured five tournaments. While the team did finish in the top four in two different tournaments, the Wyoming Cowgirl...
This past off-season, the Rams went out and hired a new coach in Sean McVay. McVay was previously working as an offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins before coming to L.A. The first-time head coach was already a fan favorite before he even coached a game, and has been a catalyst for this team. Nine games into the 2017...