College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, October 4, 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 Harta-Bedoya
Monday (7 pm) – Sewall Hall: Dr Pinn interviews Jahi
Tuesday (11 am) – ContinuOWL Learning: Neal Schore
Tuesday (10 am) – Baker Event: The State of the USCMA
Tuesday (5 pm CT) – Rice 360 Global Health Technologies Seminar
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Aiding Autocrats
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Wellness on the Mat: Owls on the Mat
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Oscar Tuazon / Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Be a Positive Pivoter: Wendy-Kay Logan
Friday-Sunday – Families Weekend
Friday-Sunday – Rice Theatre: Our Town
Friday (4:30 pm CT) – Research Relays: New Social Sciences Faculty (ll)
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, October 5, - 11
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
UTSA 16, Rice 14:
Roadrunners Edge Owls (Rice Owls)
Roadrunners hold off Owls (UTSA Athletics)
Owls Drop One-Score Game to UTSA (The Roost)
UTSA grinds out win against Rice (Houston Chronicle)
American Conference Football:
Week 5 Roundup (The Roost)
College Football:
Week 5 Misery Index (Yahoo Sports)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Yesterday, the White Sox blanked the Guardians, 3-0, to take the opening game of the best-of-five AL Division Series. Game 2 is set for Monday. Paul Janish is the Director of Player Development for the White Sox.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
SU Showdown:
Recap: Women (Rice Owls)
Blessings Collegiate Invitational:
Owls in Fourth Place after Round One (Rice Owls)
Trinity Forest Invitational:
Owls Look to DefendTitle (Rice Owls)
Other News
Tapia Center:
Karen Lozano Named Director (Rice News)
Laureen Meroueh:
On Tuesday, Hertha Metals closed a $133.65 million Series A funding round including $65 million from the government. Based in Conroe, Hertha Metals was founded by CEO Laureen Meroueh. Earlier last month, she was interviewed at The Ion.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
2003 Rice National Champion Paul Janish is the former member of the Rice baseball staff who currently serves as Director of Player Development in the Chicago White Sox front office. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Yesterday, the Astros and White Sox began play in the best 2-of-3 AL Wild Card Series in Houston.
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, John Montana, Paul Reese, Dawn Herrington, James Walker, Martha Proctor Gano, Ted Richard, Tom Stallings, Charlie Vaughters, Kim Koehn, Bob Toone, Ann Bixby, Randy Schaffer, Walt Greenberg, Anne Eldredge, Arthur Rogers, Andy Williams, Guy Rollins, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Clarke Anderson, Mike Ross, Russell Henderson, Boyd Harrison, Dan Hyde, Brian Lattimer, Sallie Schwall, Chris Kohnhorst and Steve Brown!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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