The UCR softball team (36-22, 23-10) ended their season by participating in the second annual National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This marks the first time UCR softball has made a Division I postseason appearance. The tournament featured eight teams that won 30 games or more throughout the regular season and six teams that finished in...
Spanish giants, Real Madrid secured their third consecutive UEFA Champions League title on Saturday, May 26 by defeating English underdogs, Liverpool in Kiev, Ukraine by a score of 3-1. In an unexpected final, the Spaniards once again demonstrated why the club is the best in the world today.
Aside from the injuries of Mohamed Salah and Dani Carvajal, who...
Three early runs by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (30-27, 15-9) in the first inning proved to be too much for UC Riverside (20-32, 8-16), as they fell 4-2 on Thursday night in the first game of a three-game series.
SLO got on the board early, taking the lead in part to a double by Alex McKenna, and an RBI...
After winning their NISC Regionals on May 18 over UNLV, the UC Riverside softball team (38-24) advanced to compete against the three other regional champs in the NISC Championship round. The final round took the form of a double-elimination format that would be played over four days as UCR opened up the first day against Eastern Kentucky University.
Game...
The 2018 World Cup in Russia is just under a month away, and some teams are still being put together. However, that’s not stopping The Highlander from breaking down every group to give you a comprehensive overview leading up to the first kickoff.
Group G, Part I
Belgium
FIFA Ranking: 3
World Cup Appearances: 13
First Appearance: 1930
Last Appearance: 2014
Best result: Fourth place 1980
Coach:...
The 2018 World Cup in Russia is just under a month away, and some teams are still being put together. However, that’s not stopping The Highlander from breaking down every group to give you a comprehensive overview leading up to the first kickoff.
Group G, Part I
England
FIFA Ranking: 13
World Cup Appearances: 9
First Appearance: 1954
Last Appearance: 2014
Best result: Fourth place, Semi...
The 2018 World Cup in Russia is still months away, and some teams are still being put together. However, that’s not stopping the Highlander from breaking down every group to give you a comprehensive overview leading up to the first kickoff.
Germany
FIFA Ranking: 1
World Cup Appearances: 18
First Appearance: 1934
Last Appearance: 2014
Best result: Champions, 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
Coach: Joachim Löw...
Though the Highlanders (6-13, 1-7) fell 3-0 to Hawai’i (12-6, 8-1), the second-placed team in the Big West standings right now, the game score doesn’t accurately portray how competitive each set was.
With the score tied up at 10 points apiece in the first set, the Rainbow Wahine found separation by going on three separate runs of scoring three or...
Just three games into Big West play, the Highlanders (6-13, 0-3) can’t seem to catch a break. Coming into Thursday’s game against the Cal State Fullerton Titans (5-12, 1-2), they held a lead at halftime in their previous two games only to lose in the end. They looked to end a two-game losing streak on the road and put...
Both games for the week turned out to be thrillers for the UCR women’s basketball team (13-12, 7-4), who went the distance in a 75-68 double overtime victory over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (5-18, 2-10).
The Highlanders needed to adjust their game plan in the first half, as their leading scorer in redshirt junior guard Jannon Otto fouled out...