Highlanders Four-Game Winning Streak Comes To An End In 59-43 Loss At Northwestern

(December 1, 2008) - The UC Riverside Men’s Basketball Team had hopes of returning from its two-game cross-country road trip with a 5-1 record, but they had to settle for a split and a 4-2 mark as they fell to Northwestern 59-43 on Monday evening. Christian Soto and Brandon Dowdy paced the Highlanders with 12 points apiece.

Ronéy Friend

Women's Basketball Drops Close 59-56 Game to Bradley
(November 29, 2008) The UC Riverside Women's Basketball Team (2-3) lost a close contest 59-56 to Bradley University in the second game of the Northern Arizona Classic on Saturday afternoon at the Rolle Activity Center in Flagstaff, AZ. The Highlanders were up by one with a minute and half remaining, but the Braves (5-1) took the lead 57-56 on a jumper and then sealed the game with two free throws with 12 seconds left.

Bradley 59, UC Riverside 56 - Box Score

2008-09 UCR Women's Basketball Statistics (Through 5 Games)

Ronéy Friend Named to Northern Arizona Classic All-Tournament Team

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Basketball Teams Hit The Road For Thanksgiving Holiday
(November 27, 2008) - Both the men's and women's basketball teams at UC Riverside are spending the extended Thanksgiving weekend away from the friendly confines of the Student Recreation Center. The men's team is traveling nearly 2700 miles cross country to face Colgate (Saturday, Nov. 29 at 12:30 pm PT) and Northwestern (Monday, Dec. 1 at 6 pm), while the women take part in the Northern Arizona Classic squarring off against North Dakota (Friday, Nov. 28 at 3:05 pm) and Bradley (Saturday, Nov. 29 at 1:05 pm).

Listen to the men's games on tape delay on KPRO 1570 at 7 pm or via the electric interweb at the following links.

Listen Live - Men's Basketball at Colgate

Listen Live - Men's Basketball at Northwestern

Download UCR Women's Basketball Game Notes (pdf)

Download UCR Men's Basketball Game Notes (pdf)

UCR Head Volleyball Coach Sue Gozansky Announces Her Retirement
(November 24, 2008) - UC Riverside Head Volleyball Coach Sue Gozansky announced her retirement today following the completion of her 39th season at the helm of the Highlanders volleyball program. She retires with a career record of 680-519-16. A national search to replace Gozansky will begin immediately.

Highlanders Baseball Announces Eight Signings For Fall of 2009
(November 23, 2008) – UC Riverside Head Baseball Coach Doug Smith announced today that the Highlanders have signed eight recruits who will begin their UCR careers during the 2009-10 academic year - Kyle Boudreau, Donovan Gonzales, Trevor Frank, Mitch Patito, Matt Heidenreich, Phil Hollingsworth, David Andriese and Ben Doucette.

New York Yankees Add Former Highlanders Pitcher Anthony Claggett to 40-man roster

Go Behind The Scenes This Year With Highlanders Basketball Chalk Talks

(November 7, 2008) - The UC Riverside Men's and Women's Basketball Teams want to give you an inside look at their respective programs through a series of pre- and postgame Chalk Talks held at the Student Recreation Center throughout the 2008-09 basketball season. For just $10, you get a catered buffet dinner while a member of the coaching staff stops by to give you a scouting report on that day's opponent. Call the Highlander Athletics Association at (951) 827-4292 to make your reservations now as space is limited to 30 persons per Chalk Talk. Chalk Talks are open to all members of the public except for members of the Opposing Coaching Staff.

Highlanders Volleyball Season Ends With 3-1 Loss To UC Santa Barbara
(November 22, 2008) – The UC Riverside Volleyball Team (8-23, 3-13) had one more opportunity to tie the school mark for conference wins in a season Saturday evening by upsetting UC Santa Barbara on the road. Despite winning the first set of the match, 25-16, the Highlanders were unable to pick up the win..

Jennifer Bermingham

Bermingham Named Big West Women's Golfer of the Month
(November 20, 2008) – The Big West Conference honored UCR's Jennifer Bermingham on Thursday naming her the Conference's Women's Golfer of the Month for the month of November. Bermingham guided the Highlanders to a third place finish in the Lamkin Cup/Cal Poly Invitational in the first week of November with a two-round score of 146 (71-75).

Tessa Lennala

Tessa Lennala Accepts Invitation To Participate In Women's Professional Soccer Combines
(November 14, 2008) – UC Riverside's Tessa Lennala, coming off to back-to-back seasons in which she led the Big West Conference in goals scored, has accepted an invitation to participate in the Women's Professional Soccer Combines scheduled for December 11-14 (San Diego, CA) and December 18-21 (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). A maximum of 144 players will participate in the combines with no more than 72 at each location. The WPS Draft is scheduled for January 16 in St. Louis at the NSCAA Convention.

In 2008, Lennala earned First-Team All-Big West honors after leading the conference in goals (11) and points (27). In her three years at UC Riverside, the Temecula, CA native scored 24 goals - the second highest total in the program's history.

UCR Men's Tennis Inks One to National Letter of Intent
(November 17, 2008) - Head Coach York Strother announced today that the UC Riverside Men's Tennis team has signed Fernando Quintos to a letter of intent for the upcoming 2009-2010 season. "I am very excited about Freddy's commitment to UC Riverside!" Coach Strother explained. "He is a local talent of the highest integrity, and he shares the same vision for UCR Tennis." The Murrieta, CA native is ranked 47th as a SoCal B18 and ranked 150th as a National B18.

Men's Basketball on KPRO 1570 AM
(November 18, 2008) - The 2008-09 home season of Highlanders Men's Basketball tips off this evening against the Sacramento State Hornets at UCR's Student Recreation Center at 7 pm. It is the first of 17 games this season that fans can listen to on KPRO 1570 AM. All UC Riverside regular season games will be webcast via the Highlanders online home at www.gohighlanders.com.

David Lozano

UCR's Lozano Named First-Team All-Big West Conference
(November 18, 2008) – The Big West Conference doled out its 2008 All-Conference honors Tuesday and named Highlanders junior defender David Lozano to the All-Conference First Team and senior midfielder Joel Crompton All-Conference Honorable Mention.

Women's Tennis Competes In Anteater Invitational

(November 15, 2008) - The UC Riverside Women's Tennnis team spent the weekend participating in the UC Irvine Anteater Invitational taking on competition from UC San Diego, Northern Arizona, Loyola Marymount, Montana and host UC Irvine. The event concludes on Sunday, November 16.

Erynne Oki split her two singles matches so far besting Northern Arizona's Kim Van Ginkel 6-3, 6-3 on Friday and dropping a close 7-5, 7-6 decision to UC Irvine's Brooke Bartlett on Saturday. Nadia Sakhakorn won both of her matches topping Loyola Marymount's Estelle LaPorte 7-6, 6-0 on Friday and Montana's Amanda Bran, 7-6, 6-1 on Saturday. Nadia's sister, Yasaman Sakhakorn, won her lone match of the event on Saturday, 6-3, 6-3, over Montana's Kayla Moyse.

In other single's action, Donna McCullough lost a 7-5, 6-3 decision to Northern Arizona's Yumi Hasagawa on Friday while on Saturday Anna Higane fell 6-2, 6-2 to Valeria Tang of UC San Diego and Angelique Corpuz lost 6-4, 6-3 to Haley Young of UC Irvine.

In doubles, Oki and McCullough defeated UC Irvine's Heidi Kaloi and Hannah Holladay 8-4 on Friday, while Oki and Corpuz teamed up on Saturday to top Liz Walker and Martyna Nowak of Montana 9-8. The Sakhakorn sisters fell 8-6 on Saturday to Montana's sister team of Rebecca and Amanda Bran, while Higane and Simmons dropped an 8-2 decision to UCSD's Anita Athavale and Natalie Varnay.

Highlanders Cross Country Teams Finish 12th (Women) and 13th (Men) at Regionals

(November 15, 2008) - The UC Riverside Cross Country Season came to a disappointing conclusion Saturday afternoon in Palo Alto, CA at the 2008 NCAA West Regionals as the women finished in 12th place and the men came in 13th. Heading into the event the women's team was ranked sixth in the West and the men were ranked 11th. Neither finish was good enough to advance the Highlanders to the NCAA Championships.

Brenda Martinez led the women's team finishing the 6K course in 44th place with a time of 21:15.35. She was followed by Danielle Evans (60th - 21:28.61), Cristina Olivas (78th - 21:52.48) and Ashleigh Pratt (79th - 21:52.83). Chad Hall paced the men's squad finishing the 10K course in 30:28.93 - good enough for 46th place - followed by Michael Buell (77th - 31:27.91) and Daniel Lindstrom (78th - 31:32.82). None of the Highlanders individual times were good enough to grant them entry into the NCAA Championship as individual entries.

Complete Women's Results

Complete Men's Results

Scott Clayton

Men's Golf Finishes Fall Season in Hawaii
(November 5, 2008) – The UC Riverside men's golf team finished out the fall season at the Kauai Collegiate Invite in Lihue, HI firing a three-round 887 team score to finish 13th out of a 14-team field. Scott Clayton (San Bernardino, CA) tied for 15th individually shooting a four-under-par 212 to lead the Highlanders.

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