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, Oct 26 - Nov 1
Monday-Wednesday – Baseball at Blue-Gray World Series
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Eastern New Mexico
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Tulane ESPN+
Thursday-Sunday – W Tennis at HEB Invitational, Waco
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at SMU Invitational, Dallas
Friday (12:30 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Charlotte ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Baylor Invitational
Friday (7 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. South Florida ESPN+
Saturday – American Conference M/W XC Championships, New Orleans
Saturday-Sunday – M Golf at Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, Loxley AL
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week Oct 26 - Nov 1
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 31 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Seminar Lecture: Dr Marc Hansel
Mon (12:30 pm CT) – SRUW Seminar with Kathleen Canning LOCATION CHANGE: SRUW will be meeting (in person) at the Anderson-Clarke Center, Rm 115
Monday (4 pm CT) – Baker Event: The Future of US FIscal Policy
Monday (6 pm CT) – Jahi: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Pinn
Tuesday (1 pm CT) - Baker Event: Roberto Carlos
Tuesday (1:30 pm CT) – London l Alumni Social
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: International Rescue Committee
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – Haunted History: Old Haunts & Hidden Stories at Rice
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Eric George
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Scott Solomon: Becoming Martian
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play that Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Vanzant Seminar Lecture: Dr James Rothman
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – “Revolution’s Daughter” Film Screening and Happy Hour
Thursday (11 am CT) – "Save Sammy the OWL” Escape Room Challenge
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Humanities NOW: The Impossible Will Be Televised
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Austin l Brains in a Bar: Dean Luay Nakhleh
Thursday (6 pm CT) – DFW l Grad Alumni Social
Friday (9 am CT) – Michelle McCoy: Mongol Empire (1206-1368)
Friday (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Julie Livingston
Friday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Baker Event: Dr Maria Repnikova
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Story of the Big Boys
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema l Buddy
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, Oct 26 - Nov 1
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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