RICE UPDATE

Friday, May 29, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 25-31

Wednesday-Saturday – NCAA W/M Track West Prelims, Fayetteville 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 25-31

Wednesday (6 pm CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Learn to Move with Zumba
Thursday (6 pm CT) – REA l Houston Puttery Social 
Friday (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Opening Reception for Masako Miki  
Fri-August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits  

Shepherd School Events This Week, May 25-31

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, May 25-31

College Baseball This Week, May 25-31
Friday (May 29) – Monday (June 1) – Regionals

Football News

May 29, 2026

Bert Emanuel '94:
Former Rice star quarterback lands as softball coach at HCU (HCU News)

Professional Baseball News

May 29, 2026

Owls in MLB:
Update: May 27 (The Roost)

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.235) went 2-for-4 with a double for the Twins.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

May 27, 2026

Houston Baseball:
Will Davis Tabbed 9th Houston Baseball Head Coach (UH News)

Other Sports News

May 29, 2026

Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T142 at +5 at the UNC Health Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour.  Leaderboard here.

Other News

May 29, 2026

Space Humanities Initiative:
Rice launches Space Humanities Initiative (Rice News)

FIFA World Cup 2026:
Rice, HPE partner to spark STEM curiosity through World Cup-themed learning (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

May 29, 2026

Guest Trivia Answer:
Former Owl Mike Wilks won NBA championship rings in 2005 as a player with San Antonio and in 2025 as an assistant coach with Oklahoma City.  The Western Conference finals series between the Spurs and the Thunder is tied 3-3, with decisive game 7 tomorrow.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Way to go, John Montana, Clarke Anderson, Bob Toone, Matt Moake, Paul Reese, Ted Richard, Steve Gilliland, Art Gottschalk, Andy Williams, Betty Bixby, Anne Eldredge, Greg Williams, George Wagner, Susan Zimmerman, Melinda Clark, Arthur Rogers, Boyd Harrison, Martha Proctor Gano, James Walker, Guy Rollins, Mike Ross, Ann Bixby, Bev Schorre and Bryant Wilkinson!

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