RICE UPDATE

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6

Monday – M Tennis at HotelPlanner UTR, GRBTC
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Tarleton State  ESPN+
Thursday (7:30 pm CT) – Soccer at Texas State
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. McNeese State  ESPN+
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. HCU  Radio l TV: ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l HCU
Sunday (11 am CT) – Soccer at Florida State
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Illinois  ESPN+ 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6

Tuesday (5 9m CT) – Rice360 Global Health Care Technologies Seminar: Steve Xu
Wed (8:30 am) – Baker Town Hall: Expanding the TX Electric Transmission Network
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jim Ferrell
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Bianca Murillo 
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wed (5 pm CT) – Center for Environmental Studies Lecture: Dr Timothy Morton   
Thurs (3 pm CT) – Baker Event: Understanding/Preventing Childhood Violence 
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market

Shepherd School Events This Week, August 31- September 6

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 1, 2026

Rice Football:
Preview: Houston Christian (The Roost)

Professional Baseball News

September 1, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.256) hit a pinch-hit single for the Reds.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

August 29, 2026

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

Other Sports News

September 1, 2026

Rice Volleyball:
Owls Land Three Athletes in American Weekly Honors (Rice Owls)

Other News

September 1, 2026

Christina Tringades:
Rice researchers build 3D platform to study how nerves form protective coating (Rice News)

BuoyBeads:
Rice-developed BuoyBeads bring biotechnology lessons to high school classrooms (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

September 1, 2026

Trivia Question:
Name the freshman member of the Rice baseball fall roster whose father has worked for both the Cleveland Indians baseball team and the Cleveland Browns football team.  Email your answer here.
 

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