College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 7-13
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. UL-Monroe ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Midland Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational
Friday – WXC/MXC at Rice Invitational
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. #6 Louisville ESPN+
Sat (2:30 pm CT) – Football vs. #4 Notre Dame Radio l ESPN+ l GN: Rice l ND
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. UNI ESPN+
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Soccer at South Alabama
Sunday (2:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. #10 Creighton ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 7-13
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Tuesday (2:30 pm) – Moody Center: Natalia Montoya Lecaros
Wednesday (8:20 am CT) – Baker Event: The Age of Depopulation
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Bianca Murillo
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Revisiting the Task Force l Mellon Sawyer Seminar
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni September Virtual Book Club: Colin Cotterill
Thursday (1 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Marta E Hanson
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Books that Shaped My World with Anne Chao ’05 Sold Out
Thursday (6 pm CT) – SCOPE Science Café: Volcanologist Dr Julia Morgan
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar: Susannah Wright ’18 and Scott McGill
Friday (4:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: A Conversation with Dr Robert George
Friday (6 pm CT) – Chicago l A Reception with President Reginald DesRoches
Sunday (9 am CT) – Houston l Bills vs Texans Field Experience and Game
Sunday (10 am CT) – Washington DC l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Sunday (9 am CT) – Denver l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, September 7-13
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Notre Dame’s next opponent just won with only 28 passing yards (The Sporting News)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.268) drove in a run with a pinch-hit groundout.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Popov Named American Conference Honorable Mention (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Peterson Earns American Conference Weekly Honors (Rice Owls)
Other News
Robert Morris (1944-2026):
On August 18, Robert “Bob” Morris passed away. Born in New Jersey, he earned a BA in German from Millsaps College in 1966, did graduate work at Rice (class of 1968) and earned a MA from NYU in 1975. Instead of pursuing an academic profession, he chose a career of toymaking. And, he enjoyed gardening and running. Also, he was active in the community and in his church. “Bob truly had a servant’s heart’.” Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Who attended the University of Louisville and became the first quarterback in NFL history to eclipse 40,000 career passing yards? Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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