College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, September 3, 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 #17 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 #15 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
Friday (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Opening Reception for Radiant Geometries
Friday - December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries Exhibit
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.
Football News
Rice Football:
Rice opens 2026 campaign Saturday against Houston Christian (Rice News)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
On Tuesday, AA Montgomery activated Roel Garcia from the Development List.
Owls in MLB:
Update: September 1 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.262) went 3-for-4 with a run for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.248) walked and scored for AAA Toledo.
Justin Long (2-4, 7.62) allowed 4 unearned runs in 2 innings in relief for the loss for Hi-A Rome.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Open Home Slate with Win over Tarleton State (Rice Owls)
Rice Soccer:
Owls Travel for Pair of Ranked Road Games (Rice Owls)
Rice M Tennis:
Owls reload after falling short last season (The Rice Thresher)
Other News
AI-Powered Cameras:
Rice project aims to reinvent cameras with generative AI (Rice News)
Chabad at Rice:
Sushi Social welcomes Rice students (Rice News)
Michael King:
Rice bioengineer joins Texas cancer institute’s AI advisory panel (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the Florida State alum who won three World Series titles, twice as a coach and once as a manager. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome