RICE UPDATE

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10

Monday – WAAB Golf Classic

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10

Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Carole Robin  
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Doyle Arnold ’70 Lecture: Barry Eichengreen
Thursday (6 pm CT) – 2026 Laureates Awards Dinner
Friday-Saturday – Commencement Ceremonies

Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

College Baseball This Week, May 4-10

Rice Baseball This Week, May 4-10
Friday – Rice 10, ECU 5  Box l Recap: Rice l ECU
Saturday – Rice 5, ECU 3  Box l Recap: Rice l ECU 
Sunday (12:05 pm CT) – at ECU  Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
  Probables: RHP Ryland Urbanczyk (4-3, 2.86) and TBA 

Football News

May 9, 2026

Rice Football:
Owls and Notre Dame Kick Off at 2:30 (Rice Owls)

Professional Baseball News

May 10, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

May 5, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Davis Earns American Player of the Week Honors (Rice Owls)

American Conference Baseball:
Early May Roundup (The Roost)

Other Sports News

May 9, 2026

Rice Volleyball:
Owls Announce 2026 Schedule (Rice Owls)

Other News

May 10, 2026

Hill Country Flood Warning System:
Rice and UTA partner to build Hill COuntry Flood Warning System (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

May 8, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Rice commencement speakers Annise Parker ’78 and Bill White were consecutive Houston mayors.  Commencement ceremonies take place this weekend.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Art Gottschalk (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Andy Williams (2), Russell Henderson (2), Ann Eldredge (2), John Montana (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Ted Richard (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Bob Toone, Betty Bixby (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Guy Rollins (2), Jeff Ross (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Richard Zansitis (2), Paul Reese (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Greg Williams (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Larry Nettles (2), Ben Mayberry, Melinda Clark (2), Ann Bixby (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Mike Ross (2), James Walker (2), Dan Hyde (2) and Richard Avant (2)!

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: 31-20 (AC: 13-10)

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 12:05 pm
5/12 Houston 6:30 pm
5/14 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/15 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/16 Tulane 1:05 pm
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
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5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series