The UCR women’s softball team (23-19, 5-6) dropped both games in a doubleheader with Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday, April 19, but was able to rebound by winning both games of a doubleheader with UC Davis.
The first game of the week saw the Highlanders lose in the first of the doubleheader games with Bakersfield, 5-2. Both teams were able...
Jon Hammond, Senior Staff Writer and Christian May-Suzuki, Senior Staff Writer
Western Conference Finals picks
Jon: I have the Golden State Warriors returning to the Western Conference Finals this year, but I see them going up against the Memphis Grizzlies. This will be a trying matchup for the Warriors as the Grizzlies managed to disrupt Golden State’s offensive flow in the...
The struggling UCR baseball team (13-18, 2-7) took on 24th-ranked University of San Diego (25-9, 12-3) on Tuesday, April 11 at the Riverside Sports Complex to try to end their six-game losing streak. The Highlanders came in having played eight of their last nine games against ranked opponents, and had only won one of those eight. After a successful...
UC Riverside’s women's golf team took part in the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic in Goodyear, Arizona from Thursday, April 6 through Friday, April 7. The Highlanders were able to put together a solid performance which is a positive sign for the team going forward, as the Big West Tournament is only two weeks away.
There was a total of 18 teams...
The UC Riverside baseball team (12-15,1-5) dropped its second game of the team’s three-game Big West Conference series at #19 ranked Long Beach State (19-11,4-1), 11-4.
Coming into the weekend as the highest scoring team in the conference, the Highlanders looked to live up to that statistic against the Dirtbags. However, UCR was held to just three hits during Friday’s...
It is almost a no-brainer to give the Most Valuable Player trophy to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook, who at 28 years old is averaging a triple-double this season. After the loss of Kevin Durant in the offseason, Westbrook took charge and placed the team on his back from the first game of the 2016-2017 NBA season. When...
After an NCAA Tournament full of questionable calls and questionable seedings, it is only fitting that we continue to question, and what better way to do that than to speculate on our favorites for next year. While recruiting is still not quite done, here’s an idea of who might be the favorites for the 2018 NCAA Championship in San...
The UC Riverside baseball team (10-5) put the clamps on the offense of the Kansas State University Wildcats (12-3) in a doubleheader on Friday, March 10. While the offense was able to cap off the first game with a three-run ninth inning en route to a 5-1 victory, the bats went cold in the later game as the Highlanders...
For all of the years that Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has failed to meet expectations at Duke, he hasn’t really received all that much criticism for it. He has been able to bring a great deal of talent in, and has one of the most talented teams in the country year in and year out, yet...
UC Riverside’s men’s golf team finished 13th out of 15 schools competing in the Del Walker Intercollegiate Tournament at the par-70 Virginia Country Club in Long Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The Highlanders finished the tournament with a final team score of 900, 60 shots over par. Senior Sam Gillis entered the final 18 tied for second place after...