RICE UPDATE

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20

Mon-Wed – M Golf at M Golf at Jackson T. Stephens Cup, Frisco TX  Golf Channel
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. #5 SMU, Fort Worth
Thursday (7 pm CT) – Soccer at #23 Memphis  ESPN+  
Friday-Sunday – W Golf at Lady Paladin Invitational, Greenville SC
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball at #13 TCU
Sat-Sun – W Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Cary NC
Sat-Sun – M Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Tulsa OK
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. Western Michigan  Radio l ESPN+ l GN: Rice l WM

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20

Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Monday (10 am) – Baker Event: Voting Issues Facing the 2026 Midterm Elections 
Monday (12 pm) –  Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Sven Kranz
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Vivian Ho
Monday (7 pm) – Learning to Code Using AI with Joe Warren 
Tuesday-Thursday – AI in Health Conference
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: The State of US Financial Markets
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Austin l A Reception wiht President Reginald DesRoches
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – FoFL Annual Membership Celebration and Dinner
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Robin Derby
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Using AI Effectively with Tawfik Jarjour ‘12
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Houston l Andy DiRaddo and Art Gottschalk
Thursday – Water Nexus Conference 2026
Thursday (1 pm CT) – History in the Dungeon: Andrew Apter
Thursday (4 pm CT) –  Ann Johnson, “Soul II Sole”
Friday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Synthetic Biology 
Fri (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk: Frances Roberts-Gregory
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (5 pm CT) – LA l Portland Fire vs LA Sparks Pregame Social and Game

Shepherd School Events This Week, September 14-20

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, June 8-14

College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series

Football News

September 19, 2026

Rice Football:
Owls Welcome Broncos Back to Houston (Rice Owls)
Rice vs. Western Michigan: Preview (Houston Chronicle)

Professional Baseball News

September 19, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

August 29, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls) 

Other Sports News

September 19, 2026

Rice Volleyball:
Owls Close Road Trip with Loss to No. 13 TCU (Rice Owls)

Lady Paladin Invitational:
Owls in Tenth After One Round (Rice Owls)

Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was +1 and missed the cut at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship in Columbus, OH on the Korn Ferry Tour.  Leaderboard here.

Other News

September 19, 2026

Andrew Billing:
Andrew Billing named secretary to the Rice Corporation and Boast of Trustees (Rice News)

Kinder Institute:
Kinder Institute to premier new grief resources for adults with disabilities (Rice News)

Manwal Harb:
Rice alumnus' start recieves $2.6 million CPRIT grant (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

September 18, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Former Rice football players James Casey (Tight Ends/Run Game Coordinator) and Justin Hill (Running Backs) are on the coaching staff of the Cincinnati Bengals.  In 2011, James graduated from Rice with a quadruple major (Economics, Business, Managerial Studies, Sport Management).  Also, in 2011, Justin graduated from Rice with a major in Sociology. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

On Sunday, the Texans host the Bengals at Reliant Stadium.

Way to go, Ted Richard (2), Ann Bixby (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Martha Proctor Gano (2), Art Gottschalk, John Montana (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Bob Toone (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Andy Williams (2), Steve Gilliland, Randy Schaffer, Bill Eiland, Steve Lukingbeal, Harvin Moore, Walt Greenberg, Betty Bixby (2), Kirwin Drouet (2), Paul Reese (2), Russell Henderson (2), Mike Ross (2), Vicki Bretthauer, James Walker (2), Guy Rollins (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Steve Brown (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), David Gano, Melinda Clark (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Richard Avant and Ben Mayberry!

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome

2026 Schedule and Results

Overall: 35-24 (AC: 16-11)

Date  Opponent  Time
2/13 Northwestern (DH1) W, 7-6
2/13 Northwestern (DH2) W, 3-2
2/15 Northwestern L, 17-6
2/17  Louisiana L, 3-0
2/18  Purdue W, 5-2
2/20 USC L, 5-0
2/21 USC L, 4-1
2/22 USC L, 4-2
2/24 HCU L, 11-8
2/27 Harvard W, 11-7
2/28 Harvard W, 2-1
3/01 Harvard W, 9-0
3/04 Lamar W, 4-1
3/06 Abilene Christian W, 5-4
3/07 Abilene Christian W, 8-6
3/08 Abilene Christian L, 4-1
3/10 Houston L, 13-1
3/13 Saint Mary's W, 6-5
3/13 Grand Canyon W, 16-5
3/14 Grand Canyon W, 13-2
3/15 Saint Mary's L, 11-8
3/17 UTRGV W, 7-3
3/20 USF W, 5-4
3/21 USF L, 2-0
3/22 USF L, 7-2
3/25 HCU W, 10-7
3/27 FL Atlantic L, 6-2
3/28 FL Atlantic W, 5-2
3/29 FL Atlantic W, 8-1
3/31 UTRGV W, 6-4
4/02 UTSA W, 3-2
4/03 UTSA L, 8-0
4/04 UTSA L, 13-0
4/07 Texas A&M-CC W, 18-4
4/10 Charlotte W, 7-5
4/11 Charlotte W, 6-2
4/12 Charlotte W, 3-2
4/15 Sam Houston W, 5-3
4/17 Memphis L, 4-1
4/18 Memphis L, 10-6
4/19 Memphis L, 6-5
4/21 Houston L, 4-3
4/24 Wichita St L, 5-1
4/25 Wichita St W, 3-2
4/26 Wichita St L, 13-3
4/28 Lamar W, 6-5
5/02 UAB (DH1) W, 16-9
5/02 UAB (DH2) W, 12-2
5/03 UAB W, 10-3
5/08 East Carolina W, 10-5
5/09 East Carolina W, 5-3
5/10 East Carolina L, 3-0
5/12 Houston L, 14-3
5/14 Tulane W, 12-0
5/15 Tulane W, 10-6
5/16 Tulane W, 6-5
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
5/19    
5/20    
5/21 Wichita St W, 5-4
5/22 East Carolina L, 4-3
5/22 UAB L, 9-6
5/23    
5/24    
     
5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series