RICE UPDATE

Friday, February 28, 2025

Rice Baseball This Week, February 24 - March 2
Wednesday – Arizona 11, Rice 8  Box l Recap: Rice l AZ l Roost
Astros Foundation Classic, Daikin Park  Preview l TV: Astros.com
Games are telecast on Comcast 639 in Houston (Thanks, Mark Boone!)
Friday (11:05 pm CT) – Mississippi State 14, Rice 3  Box l Recap: Rice l MS l Chron
Saturday (11:05 am CT) – vs. Tennessee  Game Notes: Rice l TENN l LSRadio
   Probables: LHP Blaine Brown (0-0, 3.37) and RHP Marcus Phillips (0-0, 1.04)
Sunday (6:05 pm CT) – vs. Texas A&M  Game Notes: Rice l TAMLSRadio
   Probables: RHP R Fernandez (0-0, 0.90) and LHP M Patton (1-0, 0.75) 

Other Sports News

Rice Tennis:
No. 62 Men Drop Match to No. 23 Pepperdine (Rice Owls)
No. 59 Women Host UNLV, LA Tech (Rice Owls)

Rice W Basketball:
Rice Heads to Temple Tonight (Rice Owls)

Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T29 at -3 at the Argentine Open in Buenos Aires on the Korn Ferry Tour.  Leaderboard here.

Rice Trivia

Trivia Answer:
American author Kurt Vonnegut, who attended the University of Tennessee, delivered the Rice commencement address in 1998. Tomorrow, the Owls and the Vols play in the Astros Foundation Classic at Daikin Park.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Bob Toone, Ann Bixby, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Art Gottschalk, Andy Williams, Walt Greenberg, Russell Henderson, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Scott Wise, Martha Proctor Gano, Lynda Crist, Paul Reese, Ann Eldredge, Jeff Ross, Mike Ross, Betty Bixby, Elizabeth Gillis, Guy Rollins, Kirwin Drouet, Chris Kohnhorst, Greg Williams, Sallie Schwall, Melinda Clark, Brian Lattimer and James Walker!
    
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

Overall: 2-6 (AAC: x-x)

Date  Opponent  Time
2/14 Villanova (PRC) L, 10-6
2/15 Michigan (PRC) L, 5-2
2/16 Virginia (PRC) L, 7-0
2/19 Sam Houston W, 6-1
2/21 USC  L, 7-4
2/22 USC  CXLD
2/23 USC  W, 4-3
2/26 Arizona L, 11-8
2/28 Miss St (DP) L, 14-3
3/01 Tenn (DP) 11:05 am
3/02 Texas A&M (DP) 6:05 pm
3/04 Lamar 6:30 pm
3/05 Houston 6:30 pm 
3/07 Yale 6:30 pm
3/08 Yale 2 pm
3/09 Yale 1 pm
3/10 Texas A&M-CC 6:30 pm
3/14 HCU 6:30 pm
3/15 HCU 2 pm
3/16 HCU  TBA
3/18 UIW 6:30 pm
3/21 FL Atlantic 5:30 pm 
3/22 FL Atlantic 3 pm
3/23 Fl Atlantic 11 am
3/25 Lamar 6 pm
3/26 TSU 6:30 pm
3/28 ECU 6:30 pm
3/29 ECU 4 pm
3/30 ECU 1 pm
4/01 Sam Houston 6:30 pm
4/02 UTRGV 6:30 pm
4/04 Tulane 6:30 pm
4/05 Tulane 6:30 pm
4/06 Tulane 1 pm
4/08 Houston 6:30 pm
4/11 USF 6:30 pm
4/12 USF 2 pm
4/13 USF 1 pm
4/15 Houston 6:30 pm
4/17 Memphis 6 pm
4/18 Memphis 2 pm
4/19 Memphis 1 pm
4/25 UAB 5 pm
4/26 UAB 2 pm
4/27 UAB 1 pm
5/02 Charlotte 6:30 pm
5/03 Charlotte 2 pm
5/04 Charlotte 1 pm
5/07 Prairie View A&M 6:30 pm
5/09 Wichita St 6:30 pm
5/10 Wichita St 2 pm
5/11 Wichita St 1 pm
5/15 UTSA 6:30 pm
5/16 UTSA 4 pm
5/17 UTSA 4 pm
     
5/20-25 AAC Championship
5/20    
5/21    
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5/23    
5/24    
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5/30-6/2 Regionals  
     
6/6-9 Super Regionals  
     
6/13-23 College World Series