College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, October 5 - 11
Monday – Rice Baseball Golf Tournament
Monday – W Golf at Blessing Collegiate Invitational, Fayetteville AR
Monday – M Golf at Trinity Forest Invitational, Dallas
Thu-Sun – M Tennis at ITA Texas Men’s Regional Championships, Fort Worth
Thu-Sun – W Tennis at ITA Texas Men’s Regional Championships, Waco
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. UAB ESPN+
Friday-Saturday – Swimming at Rice Fall Splash
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Wichita State ESPN+
Friday (6 pm CT) – Baseball at Texas A&M EXH
Sat (3 pm CT) – Football vs. ECU Radio l ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l ECU
Sunday (11 am CT) – Soccer at ECU ESPN+
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Memphis ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week October 5 - 11
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 3 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm) – Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Steward Pickett
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Monday (6 pm) – Sewall Hall: Dr Pinn interviews Jahi
Tuesday-Thursday – Baker Event: Annual Energy Summit
Tue (5:30 am) – Kyle Morrow Room: Book Signing with Dr LeFlouria and Dr Jou
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Texas-Latin America Social Science Research Forum
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Thursday (4 pm) – ContinuOWL Learning: Michelle Lederman
Thursday (4:30 pm) – Book Event: Historian John Garrison Marks
Saturday – Hoots and Hobbies: Sammy Clay Trinket Dish with Amy Lin ‘11
Saturday-Sunday – Houston Cinema Arts Festival; Sarofim Hall
Sat (9:30 am) – RCEL presents: SWE + SHPE Conference Prep Workshop
Shepherd School Events This Week, October 5 - 11
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Owls in NFL:
Week 4 Roundup (The Roost)
UTSA 16, Rice 14:
New stadium, same result (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Football:
ECU presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Yesterday, the Dodgers defeated the Braves, 3-1, to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five NL Division Series. Game 4 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
Trinity Forest Invitational:
Day 3 Recap (Rice Owls)
Rice Swimming:
Owls in quest for three-peat (The Rice Thresher)
Other News
Rice Biotech Launch Pad:
Rice Biotech Launch Pad invites ‘living pharmacy’ (Rice News)
Sarah Ono Jones:
Rice pastry chef takes her illusions to Food Network (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Bev Schorre for the guest trivia question!
Former Rice Trustee Oveta Culp Hobby (1967-75) was the first Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1953-55). (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bryant Wilkinson, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Scott Hochberg, Ted Richard, Art Gottschalk, Steve Gilliland, Martha Proctor Gano, Arthur Rogers, Boyd Harrison, Bob Toone, James Walker, John Montana, Susan Zimmerman, Steve Lukingbeal, Dan Hyde, Anne Eldredge, Russell Henderson, Paul Reese, Charlie Vaughters, Guy Rollins, Clarke Anderson, Scott Wise, Chris Kohnhorst, Betty Bixby, Brian Lattimer, Richard Zinsitis, Dany Brennan, George Wagner, Tommy Reckling, Mike Ross, Melinda Clark and Steve Brown!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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