College Baseball This Week, June 1-7
Friday (June 5) – Monday (June 8) – Super Regionals
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Mon-Fri – IWA Leading Edger Conference: Resilient Water in a Changing World
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Martin Reeves
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Science Cafe
Friday (5 pm CT) – Houston l Happy Hour at the Museum of Fine Arts
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 25-31
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 226: Rice Opponent Preview: ECU (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.259) hit a sacrifice fly for the Twins and Dane Myers (.258) singled twice and scored for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.202) hit a sacrifice fly for AAA Toledo.
Justin Long (2-2, 9.53) pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in relief for Hi-A Rome.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), the following Owl has also entered the transfer portal: Cole Green (on June 5).
Other Sports News
Rice M Golf:
Owls Sign Alex Karins for 2026-27 (Rice Owls)
Brad Lardon '88:
On June 3, Rice Athletics Hall of Famer Brad Lardon qualified for the 2026 US Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in Columbus Ohio from July 2-5. There were a total of 2,780 entries accepted by the USGA for the Championship.
Other News
Pride Month:
Rice celebrates Pride Month (Rice News)
RARE Lab:
The heated history of the Houston meteorite (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former Owl David Aardsma was part of the ESPN broadcast team for the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament over the weekend. He covered the Regional site in Eugene, Oregon.
Way to go, Mike Ross (2), Ted Richard (2), Bob Toone (2), Andy Williams (2), John Montana (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Hal Gosnell, Guy Rollins (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Paul Reese (2), James Walker (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Betty Bixby (2), Ann Bixby (2), Russell Henderson (2), Melinda Clark (2), Bob Reinhold (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Kevin Gass (2) and Arthur Rogers (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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