College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, October 12 - 18
Monday – M Tennis at ITA Texas Men’s Regional Championships, Fort Worth
Monday – W Tennis at ITA Texas Men’s Regional Championships, Waco
Monday-Tuesday – W Golf at Illini Women’s Invitational, Medinah, IL
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. North Texas ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Ralph O’Connor Invitational
Friday – W/M XC at Arturo Barrios Invitational, College Station
Friday (3 pm CT) – Baseball vs. San Jacinto EXH
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at Tulsa
Sat (3:30 pm CT) – Football vs. Tulsa Radio l ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l Tulsa
Sunday – W Golf at Jim West Challenge, San Marcos
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Volleyball at Wichita State
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week October 12 - 18
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 17 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday-Friday – Week of Well-Being
Monday (12:30 pm CT) – SRUW l Seminar with John Boles
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – A Virtual Alumni Happy Hour
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Amy Shoenthal
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr La Marr Jurelle Bruce
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play that Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (4:30 pm CT) – REA l New York City Social
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni October Virtual Book Club: John Kenney
Thursday (11 am CT) – "Save Sammy the OWL” Escape Room Challenge
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Baker Event: Egypt with Amy Gaul
Fri (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Kimberley McKinson
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Odd Man Out
Saturday (12:30 pm CT) – SPLASHDOWN: Engineering Design Competition
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Trial
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, October 12 - 18
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Owls in NFL:
Week 5 Roundup (The Roost)
Rice Football:
Tulsa presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Tre Lamb Weekly Press Conference (Tulsa Athletics)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
On Monday, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 7-4, to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series. Game 3 is set for today. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Illini Women's Invitational:
Day Two Recap (Rice Owls)
Other News
Ben Rhodes '00:
Alumnus makes case for listening before you argue (Rice News)
Finley Edmonds (1944-2026):
On September 27, Finley Edmonds passed away. A native Texan, he earned a BA in Political Science from Rice (Baker) in 1967 and a JD From UT in 1970. He enjoyed a legal career in Corpus Christi from 1970 until 2022. “More than his accomplishments or interests, however, Finley will be remembered for the way he treated people.” He is survived by, among others, his wife Carol (they were married in 1967). Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Peter Huff, who earned a BA (’59) and a BS (’60) from Rice and a MBA from Harvard (’62), was one of the original organizers of Beer Bike. In 2009, the Peter and Nancy Huff House on the Rice campus was named after him and his wife. Read more. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Ann Bixby, John Montana, Guy Rollins, Arthur Rogers, Susan Zimmerman, Martha Proctor Gano, Betty Bixby, Horst Paul, Anne Eldredge, Paul Reese, Clarke Anderson, Bob Toone, Chris Kohnhorst, James Walker, Boyd Harrison, Melinda Clark, Mike Ross and Steve Brown!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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