College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, October 19 - 25
Monday – W Golf at Jim West Challenge, San Marcos
Monday-Wedmesdau – M Golf at Abilene Christian Intercollegiate, Granbury
Thu-Sun – W/M Tennis at American Individual Tennis Championships, GRBTC
Thu-Sun – W Tennis at JAE Foundation Invite, Fort Worth
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer at South Florida ESPN+
Friday-Saturday – Swimming at Rice Invite
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Baylor Invitational
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at North Texas
Sat (11am CT) – Football at FAU Radio l ESPNU l Game Notes: Rice l FAU
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Baseball vs. McLennan CC EXH
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Volleyball at Florida Atlantic ESPN+
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Tulsa ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week October 19 - 25
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 24 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Kelly Zamudio
Monday (12 pm CT) – Amplifying Asian American Voices: Dr Karen Siu
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Mohammad Darawshe
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Paul Ryan
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – The Creative Journey of Hong Lin Tsai ‘26
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – Denver l A Reception with President Reginald DesRoches
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Susan Robertson
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play that Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – REA l Engineer Your Career Panel
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – CSWGS Gray/Wawro Lecture – Siri Suh
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Angel Marti
Thursday (8 am CT) – Baker Event: Mexico Country Outlook 2027
Thursday (11 am CT) – "Save Sammy the OWL” Escape Room Challenge
Thursday (4:15 pm CT) – Engineers in the C-Suite: Leslie Duke
Thursday (6 pm CT) – RAM l DFW Social
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Opening Reception for Platform
Friday (11:30 am CT) – Asian American Studies: Dr Lok Siu
Friday (12 pm CT) – Mars and the Search for Life: Kirsten Siebach
Friday (2:30 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series l Lok Siu
Friday (5 pm CT) – RAINS & REA l Behind the Scenes Tour: Brockman Hall
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Fall
Friday (9 pm CT) – Bay Area l Recent Alumni Social
Saturday (11 am CT) – Mexico City l Coffee Social
Saturday (6 pm CT) – Boston l San Jose Sharks vs Boston Bruins
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema l OBEX
Sunday (9 am CT) – Boca Raton l Rice vs FAU Soccer Pregame Social
Shepherd School Events This Week, October 19 - 25
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
FAU 51, Rice 49:
In his first collegiate start yesterday, “Rice’s QB Gael Ochoa ran for 259 yards and 4 TD against FAU. He is the first FBS player with 4 Rush TD of 50+ yds in a game since at last 2004. Oh, and he threw a 71 yard TD too!”, per ESPN Insights.
Rice Falls Short Despite Ochoa's Big Day (Rice Owls)
Messer’s Five TDs Lead FAU to Nail-Biting Homecoming Win (FAU Athletics)
Ochoa's Big Day Not Enough (The Roost)
Rice's losing streak hits 7 games (Houston Chronicle)
American Conference Football:
Week 8 Roundup (The Roost)
College Football:
Week 8 Misery Index (Yahoo Sports)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Last night, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 6-4, to sweep the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, 4-0. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Swimming:
Owls Wrap Up Two-Day Meet Against Arkansas (Rice Owls)
Rice Tennis:
Day Three Recap: Women l Men
Rice Soccer:
Rice Heads to Florida Atlantic Today (RIce Owls)
Other News
'Designing Possible Futures' Exhibition:
UH, UHD Rice students reimagine Houston (Rice News)
National Hispanic Heritage Month:
Rice scholars explore how language shapes opportunity (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Mike Ross for the guest trivia question!
Anthony Rendon won a World Series ring as a player with the Nationals in 2019 and Brock Holt won a World Series ring as a player with the Red Sox in 2018. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Ted Richard (2), Ann Bixby (2), Dawn Herrington, James Walker (2), Bob Toone (2), Nancy Bailey, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson (2), Matt Moake (2), Randy Schaffer (2), John Montana (2), George Wagner (2), Guy Rollins (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Betty Bixby (2), Tania Min, Joe Quoyeser, Andy Williams (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Scott Hochberg, Paul Reese (2), Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Walt Greenberg (2), John Golbach (2), Jill Clausen (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Ben Mayberry (2), Ty Buthod (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Art Gottschalk, Steve Brown (2), Melinda Clark (2) and Brian Ford (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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