April 11, 2015
Titans 12 -- Highlanders 0
Titans 3 -- Highlanders 2
In the midst of one of their best seasons in recent memory, the UC Riverside softball team has entered into a slump as of late, having lost three games in a row and four of the last six.
Coming off a 4-1 loss to Long Beach State last week, the...
The UCR women’s tennis team fell to 4-14 on the season following three losses this week including a pair of conference games versus Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara.
On Thursday, playing on the blue courts of the Student Recreation Center, the Highlanders mustered up three points against their first opponent, Arizona Christian, but fell 4-3 to the ninth-ranked...
The UCR women’s golf team proved victorious at the Battle At The Rock competition on Tuesday, April 7, keeping a very sizable margin throughout the event. UCR scored 293 in rounds one and two, proving to be the best round performances by any of the schools. Even though their third-round score was slightly higher at 301 strokes, that total...
UC Riverside’s men’s and women’s track team traveled to Arizona State’s Sun Angel Classic last Friday to compete against some of the best track athletes in the nation.
Arizona, known for its warm climate, did not disappoint, recording temperatures in the upper 80s throughout the day and remained in the 80s into the evening.
Two Highlander athletes broke school records while...
April 7, 2015
Lions 5 – Highlanders 4
The Highlanders were three runs ahead of Loyola Marymount University for the first four innings of a Tuesday away game before the fifth came and they gave up four runs, ultimately losing the game 5-4.
The bottom of the fourth inning saw UC Riverside pitcher Joie Dunyon give up a homer to Lion Jimmy...
March 31, 2015
Roadrunners 10 – Highlanders 0
The UCR baseball team suffered its sixth loss in a row in an away matchup against CSU Bakersfield on Tuesday, putting their overall record at 10-19.
The Roadrunners broke the two-sided shutout by scoring three runs in the third inning and continued to pile it on with a seven-run outburst in the fifth.
Meanwhile, the...
The UCR track and field teams travelled to Palo Alto beginning on Friday, April 3 to compete in the Stanford Invitational. The Highlanders sent several distance runners to compete in the meet, which featured over 15 universities. Seth Totten and Faith Makau etched themselves into special company over the weekend as the pair of distance runners recorded collegiate-best times...
The UCR men’s tennis team lost their first Big West match of the season against No. 72 UCI, 7-0, on Wednesday, April 1 at the Student Recreation Center.
It was a warm day with a slight breeze as the two collegiate teams faced off. In between serves, cheers and words of encouragement from both spectators and athletes alike could be...
April 3, 2015
Highlanders 3 - 49ers 2
The UC Riverside softball team continued their stellar season with a 3-2 win over Big West foe Long Beach State. Moving to 30-9 and 2-2 in conference, the Highlanders needed 10 innings to dispose of the 49ers as neither ball club tallied a run in the first seven innings.
UCR pitcher Chelsea Ponce was...
“I would love to be at Riverside forever. Riverside is my home. There’s a lot of change happening here at UCR and I’m very excited to be a part of it.”
Early Friday morning, Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) member and now UCR’s Women’s Golf Head Coach, Mary Ritchie, sat down with the Highlander to get an inside scoop of...