April 21, 2015
Highlanders 8 - Rebels 6
It’s been a tough outing for Head Coach Troy Percival and the Highlanders. The team suffered through an 11-game losing streak and were a meek 11-26 on the season heading into a Tuesday night showdown against the UNLV Rebels. Vince Fernandez ensured that the team felt none of the spring blues. The sophomore...
The UC Riverside track and field team turned in a record-breaking performance at UCSD in the Triton Invitational on Saturday, with Breana Jemison and Deja Watkins setting school records in the discus and shot put, respectively.
Watkins broke her week-old record with a throw of 53.59 meters, a mark good for seventh place in the event overall. Jemison’s 16.54 m...
Seeded fifth, UCR’s men’s tennis went into the Big West Championship Tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden against the fourth-seeded Cal Poly Mustangs (15-9) on Thursday, April 23. However, they fell 4-0, concluding their season with a 4-16 record, which was double the amount of wins last year (2-22).
The day kicked off with doubles with UCR’s doubles pairings...
The Major League Baseball season may have just started, but every team is already working toward the postseason and ultimately the World Series. This past offseason saw a lot of familiar faces switch around to give their new teams a better chance. Health permitting, they should be able to take their respective divisions.
AL West:
Seattle Mariners
With merely a few add-ons...
The UCR track and field teams competed in a trio of events this week: the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific, the Mt. SAC relays at Mount San Antonio College and the Beach Invitational at Cerritos College.
In the women's hammer throw Thursday at the Bryan Clay, Vesta Bell took sixth place with a top mark of 53.68m (176' 1"),...
Coming off of a loss Saturday against UC Santa Barbara, the UC Riverside women’s tennis team (4-15, 0-6) was once again on the wrong side of a 7-0 sweep Wednesday, this time at the hands of No. 54 UC Irvine (14-8, 6-2). While the Anteaters continued their dominance on the road, putting their away record at a solid 5-1,...
April 17, 2015
Highlanders 3 - Dirtbags 2
The UCR men's baseball team snapped an 11-game losing streak on Friday night with a 3-2 win over Long Beach State.
The Highlanders had a slow start with pitcher Joie Dunyon, who gave up two runs in the first, but finished strong with six strikeouts. On offense, Vince Fernandez singled at the top of...
April 18, 2015
Matadors 1 - Highlanders 0
Matadors 10 - Highlanders 6
UC Riverside was unable to take a game off of the Cal State Northridge Matadors in a two-game doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Matadors remained undefeated in conference play while the Highlanders fell to 32-14 overall and 4-7 in the Big West.
With neither team scratching in the first four...
UCR’s men’s golf team finished second out of eight teams, including three Big West members, at the OGIO Santa Barbara Intercollegiate, on April 13th to 14th. It was their second-best performance of the season since the squad won the Mission Cup in January.
The schools in the field included UCSB, CSU Northridge, Long Beach State, Boise State, Bakersfield, Northern Colorado...
It was a relatively cold Tuesday night in Riverside and the team was already on its second hour of practice. It certainly did not look it though, as the team was sprinting and tackling with emphasis, unfazed by the choppy grass and muddy soil of the practice field. After about another hour, practice closed with a huddle at midfield...