University of California Riverside Athletics

Anaheim, CA - The No. 3 seeded UC Riverside women's basketball team punched its ticket to the Big West Conference Tournament championship game on Saturday afternoon after a 54-51 victory over No. 2 seeded Cal Poly on Friday afternoon at the Anaheim Convention Center in the tournament semifinals. The Highlanders will face UC Davis in the championship game on Saturday at 1:00 pm. It will be the third championship game for the Highlanders in the last five years, as the team won the tournament in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. Box Score

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Riverside, CA—The Amy S. Harrison Classic got underway Friday with three games as the Highlanders swept Idaho State in the first two, 9-2 and 3-0, while Harvard picked up a 2-1, come-from-behind win over Northern Illinois in the day's third game.

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The UC Riverside women’s basketball team heads to the Big West Conference basketball tournament at the Anaheim Convention Center on Thursday at noon to begin postseason play. Fans may tune in to the Voice of the Highlanders, Ghizal Hasan, as he calls the play-by-play beginning at 11:55 am right here on gohighlanders.com. UCR Big West Tournament Media Guide  Game Notes  Tournament Bracket

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Fayetteville, AR—While her teammates were opening the outdoor track and field season at the Ben Brown Invitational in Fullerton, California on Saturday, March 6, senior triple jumper Allison Wilder headed northward to the University of Washington Final Qualifier Meet. As it turns out, it was time well spent for the Covina, California native as she bettered her school mark with a leap of 13.13m, winning the event and punching her ticket to Fayetteville, Arkansas and the 2010 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championship.

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