The UCR women’s tennis team fell to No. 64 Long Beach State 7-0 on Thursday, April 7, in the Highlanders’ final home match of the season. It was a rough set of games for the Highlanders, who couldn’t win more than two games in a set during singles competition. This was also the final match for Highlander Caroline Hall...
In their final event of the regular season, UCR women’s golf competed in the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic, a three-round tournament held in Maricopa, Arizona from Mon., April 4 through Tue., April 5 hosting a field of 19 schools and 110 golfers in total. After capping off March with two consecutive second-place finishes at the Battle at the Rock and...
UC Riverside’s men’s tennis team faced another upset in their conference game against the undefeated Mustangs from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Due to the rain, the teams only completed the singles matches, in which the Mustangs won 4-0.
Due to the rain, the match was moved from Sat., April 9 to Fri., April 10, marking the first time this...
If simply hearing the roar of cheers that encapsulated the Plex on Friday evening, one would not know if it were former UCR baseball head coach, Doug Smith, or John the Apostle who had just walked onto the field to have their jersey retired. Though, perhaps, for the most dedicated of UCR fans, the difference between the two isn’t...
If someone were to ask what qualities make a sports team truly exceptional, the general consensus would be togetherness. Yes, these qualities are cliche, but also incredibly important. The fact is not every team that believes they are bonded together truly means it. As for the 2015-16 UCR men’s tennis team, they mean it when they say they are...
The Big West conference kicked off this Friday, April 1, as UCR had a three-game series against UC Davis. Making it halfway through the season, UCR sits at 12-13 while Davis is currently sitting in the conference with a meager 6-15 overall record after suffering two losses to UCR over the weekend. It was a particularly special occasion for...
When a team is about halfway into the regular season, the record will traditionally show a near-even distribution of home and away games. For UCR softball, this is not the case as, prior to this weekend's three-game series at Cal State Fullerton, the team had only faced one opponent on the road in their first 33 games of the...
Former UCR soccer player Norberto Ochoa has reached a deal with the MLS team Charlotte Independence and officially signed on for the 2016 season. This is the result after having a phenomenal season with UCR in 2015, earning the NSCAA Third Team All-Far West Region and First Team All-Big West Conference honors.
Ochoa was a forward at UCR after transferring...
UCR men’s tennis defeated Middlebury College 5-2, on Thursday, March 31, ending Middlebury’s seven-game winning streak. This was the team’s 12th win, surpassing UCR’s previous Division I record of 10 wins in UCR’s Division I history.
Seniors Julian Ruffin and Sean Robles won their doubles matches, 6-2, while teammates, senior Hans Baumstark and freshman Andersen Ju, fought for a...
This past weekend saw the UC Riverside women’s tennis team extend their losing streak to seven games, falling to the Cal Poly Mustangs 6-1 and UCSB Gauchos 7-0.
In Saturday’s contest, Cal Poly held the upper hand in singles competition, winning all but one match. UCR’s sole win in singles came at the hand of Tracy Van, who defeated Bryn...