Track and Field competes at NCAA Regionals
By Christian May-Suzuki, S.S.W.
The UCR Track and Field teams sent 11 athletes — three men and eight women — to the NCAA Track and Field West Regionals, which took place in Lawrence, Kansas from Thursday, May 26 to Saturday, May 28. Many of UCR’s top performers from the Big West Conference Championships —...
Title: Lutz concludes season at NCAA Men’s Golf Championships
By: Jon Hammond, SSW
The NCAA Men’s Golf Championships began Friday, May 27 with sophomore Matt Lutz traveling to Eugene, Oregon to represent UC Riverside. On day one, Lutz shot a 77 then followed that with a 76 on day two. Prior to the tourney Head Coach Rick Todd admitted that Lutz’s...
Title: Women’s golf is already focused on next season’s success
By: Jonathan Hammond SSW
UC Riverside’s women’s golf concluded their season at the NCAA Regionals in Stanford on Saturday, May 7. The result was not at all what the team would have hoped for, as they finished 16th out of a field of 19, but while Head Coach Mary Ritchie admits...
Title: Men’s golf: Matt Lutz headed for NCAA Championships
By: Jon Hammond, SSW
The NCAA Men’s Golf Regional Tournament wrapped up on Wednesday, May 18 with UCR finishing sixth out of a field of 14. The Highlanders finished seven-under-par, which was only three shots too few to force a five-team playoff for the fifth spot in the tournament. This was also...
UCR softball: Looking back and moving ahead
By: Christian May-Suzuki, S.S.W.
Pride is a term that can be interpreted and misconstrued in many ways. Some of the most successful and polarizing athletes in the history of sports — from Kobe Bryant to Zlatan Ibrahimovic — carry with them an almost monstrous pride that can negatively influence relationships with teammates, team staff...
Catching up on the NBA Conference Finals
By: Jonathan Hammond SSW, Christian May-Suzuki SSW, Earl Ignacio CW
The NBA playoffs have been a tale of two wars with completely different outlooks. In the West, the Golden State Warriors — whose 73-9 regular season record is the best in NBA history — fought through the injury of MVP Stephen Curry, resulting in...
UCR baseball gathers momentum near season’s end
By: Earl Ignacio, C.W.
The UC Riverside baseball team (24-28, 10-11) enjoyed a successful outing Tuesday night against the Mountain West Conference’s San Diego State (19-36, 11-19), beating the Aztecs 8-3. It was important for the Highlanders to start off the week on a positive note as a three-game series against Cal Poly San...
Entering their regular season finale against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Riverside softball had prime opportunity to move into the top three of the Big West standings as their conference record placed them just one game behind the Mustangs.
Yet, that one game seemed to separate the teams by mountains as Cal Poly soundly swept the Highlanders over the...
This season has been a historic one for the women’s golf team. With their first Big West championship just over two weeks ago, as well as qualifying for the NCAA tournament, to say this is the best team the program has had in its history is an understatement.
It’s not every season that a team gets the opportunity to...
The first thing I noticed when I walked into women’s golf head coach Mary Ritchie’s office was a large, stand with a bright silver cup. It is a small silver trophy with the Big West logo imprinted in white on a foot-tall black stand where a plaque reads, “Women’s Golf Champions 2016.” In order to become champions of a...