UC Riverside Highlanders

IRVINE — Taylor Sparks has been more explosion than ignition lately for the UC Irvine baseball team's offense. But it was perhaps his least impressive hit of late that proved to be the difference in the Anteaters' 4-3 triumph in 11 innings over...

BASEBALL UC Riverside 3, UC Irvine 2 RIVERSIDE — The host Highlanders broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning to close out the sweep of the three-game Big West Conference series on Saturday. Sophomore shortstop Chris Rabago went...

RIVERSIDE — The UC Irvine baseball team gave new meaning to the term seventh-inning stretch Friday. And, like a rubber band pulled to its limit, the Anteaters' bullpen snapped to help host UC Riverside claim a 7-5 Big West Conference triumph at...

RIVERSIDE — UC Irvine ventured to UC Riverside for the Big West Conference baseball opener on Friday and a telethon broke out. How else to describe the spirit of giving that pervaded in the Highlanders' 4-3 victory at the Riverside Sports Complex?...

BASEBALL UC Irvine 5, Cal State Bakersfield 4 (10 innings) BAKERSFIELD — Sophomore Jerry McClanahan's two-out single plated Connor Spencer with the winning run in the 10th inning to lead the visiting Anteaters in the nonconference game Tuesday....

at San Diego State 88, Nevada 75: Jamaal Franklin had 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Aztecs (20-7, 8-5 Mountain West) extended their school-record streak of 20-victory seasons to eight. Malik Story made seven of 13 three-point field goals in scoring a...

at Long Beach State 75, UC Riverside 35: The balanced 49ers shot 53% and handed the Highlanders their seventh loss in a row. It was the fewest points Long Beach (16-9, 12-2 Big West) has given up since UC Irvine scored 26 in 1980. Tony Freeland scored...

At the heart of the optimism surrounding UC Irvine baseball in 2013 is the center of the diamond. At the center of skepticism circulating around the Anteaters this spring is the middle of the defense. How both play out figure to be central factors...

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UC Irvine 58, UC Riverside 56 RIVERSIDE — Junior Jennifer Tsurumoto hit a pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds remaining to give the Anteaters the Big West Conference win Thursday. Tsurumoto had a game-high 20 points,...

IRVINE — Senior Mike Wilder scored a game-high 17 points as the UC Irvine men's basketball team held off UC Riverside, 52-48, in a Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center Wednesday night. Wilder scored 11 of his points in the second...

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UC Irvine 64, Hawaii 52 IRVINE — Junior guard Jennifer Tsurumoto scored a career-high 27 points for the Anteaters in the Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center Saturday. Tsurumoto shot seven for 13 from the...

MEN at San Diego State 75, Fresno State 53: Jamaal Franklin scored 14 points to surpass 1,000 for his three-year career and James Rahon also scored 14 to help the Aztecs (18-5, 6-3 Mountain West) rout the cold-shooting Bulldogs (8-14, 2-7). The Aztecs,...