RICE UPDATE

Monday, August 3, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 3-9

Thursday (7 pm CT) – Soccer vs. UH (EXH)

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 3-9

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jane Chen
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Austin l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT 
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Seattle l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Sunday (3 pm – Denver l New Student Social 

Shepherd School Events This Week, August 3-9

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

July 31, 2026

Rice Football:
Jackson Nominated for AFCA Good Works Team (Rice Owls)

Professional Baseball News

August 3, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.275) went 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run and a RBI for the Reds.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

August 3, 2026

Owls in Summer Ball:
Roundup (The Roost)

Other Sports News

March 3, 2026

Mitchell Meissner '18:
Yesterday, Mitchell Meissner finished T41 at -14 at the Utah Championship in Ogden on the Korn Ferry Tour.  Leaderboard here. 

Other News

August 3, 2026

Genuine Cup:
Jordanian player says he 'made a mistake' (Click2Houston)

Shihong Lin:
Rice researchers develop technology to clean salty wastewater (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

July 31, 2026

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Bo Carter for the guest trivia question!

Kermit Beahan ‘40 attended Rice on a football scholarship and was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on August 10, 1945.  Read more.  (Thanks, Russell Henderson, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Betty Bixby, Ann Bixby, Russell Henderson, Andy Williams, Ted Richard, Charlie Vaughters, Art Gottschalk, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Bob Toone, Matt Moake, Anne Eldredge, Arthur Rogers, Paul Reese, Clarke Anderson, Steve Gilliland, Boyd Harrison, Mike Ross, Chris Kohnhorst, Greg Williams, Kirwin Drouet, Guy Rollins, Steve Brown, Gloria Tarpley, James Walker, Susan Zimmerman, Melinda Clark and Brian Lattimer! 

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: 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