UC Riverside Highlanders

WOMEN'S SOCCER UC Irvine 2, UC Riverside 1 (OT) RIVERSIDE — Jackie Samis scored in the 98th minute to provide the difference for the visiting Anteaters in the Big West Conference game Sunday. Rachel Wood converted a penalty kick to open the...

WOMEN'S SOCCER UC Irvine 3, Cal State Fullerton 1 FULLERTON — Natalie Ledezma, Laura McGrail and Dana Sanderlin scored a goal each for the Anteaters in their Big West Conference opener Friday. Sanderlin and Devon Delarosa had an assist each for...

IRVINE — Even the beautiful game can be skewed in the eye of the beholder, with few as discerning as the ones holding the clipboard. So as the UC Irvine men's soccer team was piling on visiting Long Island University Brooklyn in a lopsided 2-0...

Eric Eadington, a Corona del Mar High product pitching in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, was promoted Tuesday from Single-A Rancho Cucamonga to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. Through Monday, Eadington had 18 saves, a 1-1 record and a 3.27...

The UC Irvine men's soccer team was picked to win the Big West Conference South Division in the conference preseason poll released Thursday. Coach George Kuntz's Anteaters, who have made NCAA Tournament appearances three of the last four seasons,...

IRVINE — In a season that may end up less than the norm, a sense of normalcy has surfaced at least to start the last three weekend series for the UC Irvine baseball team. Sophomore right-hander Andrew Thurman has become nothing less than dominant...

DAVIS — The UC Irvine women's water polo team earned its fourth straight Big West Conference Tournament championship by defeating UC Davis, 10-5, Sunday at the Aggies' pool. The win gives the No. 6-ranked Anteaters (24-6) the conference's automatic...

BASEBALL Doubleheader COSTA MESA — Host Vanguard University won the first game, but dropped the second to get a Golden State Athletic Conference split on Friday. Andrew Young hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning to key a 3-2 win in Game 1....

UC Irvine senior Lalita Patipaksiri has quite a full plate. She works two jobs, is taking 24 units and is the only senior on a UCI team fresh off a fifth-place finish in the Juli Inkster Invitational in San Jose, where Patipaksiri had her best tournament...

VOLLEYBALL UC Irvine def. Pepperdine MALIBU — Senior All-American opposite Carson Clark had a match-high 24 kills and hit .500 to help the visiting Anteaters top the Waves, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 17-25, 15-12, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation...

CREW Newport Regatta NEWPORT BEACH — The Orange Coast College men captured the Palmer Cup as the top team of the 47th annual event, winning four of six races Saturday The OCC varsity eight won a close race, finishing in 6 minutes, 1.1 seconds....

The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Michael Mendoza (Glendale Community College, 2009) senior, Iowa Wesleyan College baseball: In his senior season, the outfielder is turning heads with eye-popping numbers as just one...