UC Riverside Highlanders

UC Riverside Highlanders
University University of California, Riverside
Conference Big West Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Tamica Smith Jones
Location Riverside, California
Varsity teams 15
Basketball arena Student Recreation Center Arena
Baseball stadium Riverside Sports Complex
Other arenas Ag/Ops Course
Amy S. Harrison Field
SRC Tennis Courts
UC Riverside Soccer Stadium
UC Riverside Track Facility
Mascot Scotty Highlander
Nickname Highlanders
Colors Blue and Gold[1]
         
Website www.gohighlanders.com

The UC Riverside Highlanders (also UCR) represent the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California in intercollegiate athletics. They field fifteen teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field, women's-only softball and volleyball, and men's-only baseball. A football team had been fielded, but the program was discontinued in 1975. The Highlanders compete in NCAA Division I; they are members of the Big West Conference.[2]

Since the school was founded in 1954, UC Riverside has won 5 team National Champtionships (4 NCAA, 1 AIAW) and 12 Individual National Championships (1 Division I and 11 Division II).

Sports sponsored

Men's sports Women's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballCross country
Cross countryGolf
GolfSoccer
SoccerSoftball
TennisTennis
Track and field †Track and field†
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Soccer

The UC Riverside Highlanders women's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 0–1 through one appearance.[3]

Championships

Appearances

The UC Riverside Highlanders competed in the NCAA Tournament across 5 active sports (1 men's and 4 women's) 9 times at the Division I level.[4]

NCAA Tournament Appearances
Baseball (2): 2003 • 2007
Women's basketball (3): 2006 • 2007 • 2010
Women's soccer (1): 2005
Women's indoor track and field (2): 2009 • 2016
Women's outdoor track and field (1): 2009

Team

UC Riverside has never won a national championship at the NCAA Division I level.[5]

UC Riverside won 4 national championships at the NCAA Division II level.[5]

  • Baseball (2): 1977, 1982
  • Women's volleyball (2): 1982, 1986

Below is one national championship that was not bestowed by the NCAA:

  • Women's volleyball – Division II (1): 1977 (AIAW)

Individual

UC Riverside had 1 Highlander win an NCAA individual championship at the Division I level.[5]

At the NCAA Division II level, UC Riverside garnered 11 individual championships.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UCR Colors: Primary Palette". Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.bigwest.org/history/
  3. ↑ "Division I Women's Soccer Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Championships Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Championships Summary" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Division I Women's Indoor Track Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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