RICE UPDATE

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Rice Baseball This Week, May 18-24
Wednesday-Sunday – American Baseball Championship, Clearwater
Thursday (12 pm CT) – #3 Rice vs. TBD
   Probables: TBA and TBA

Professional Baseball News

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.235) hit a sacrifice fly for the Reds.

Complete Owls stats are here.

Other News

FIFA World Cup:
Houston plants roots for FIFA World Cup in Ion District (Rice News)

William Cross (1934-2026):
On May 5, Bill Cross passed away.  Born in Virginia, he graduated from Rice in 1956.  He retired after a thirty-eight year career with the USA Corps of Engineers as Chief Architect for construction of the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston and Division Architect in Honolulu, San Francisco and Dallas.  He is survived by, among others, his wife of sixty-five years, Jane as well as ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  Click here the obituary.

Rice Trivia

Trivia Answer:
Rice head coach Jim Bevan has been part of conference championships in the Southwest Conference, WAC, C-USA and American Conference.  Read more.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Steve Lukingbeal, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Betty Bixby, Bob Toone, Andy Williams, Arthur Rogers, Ted Richard, Steve Gilliland, Clarke Anderson, Susan Zimmerman, Jimmy Walts, Anne Eldredge, Nancy Bailey, Russell Henderson, Greg Williams, Walt Greenberg, Elizabeth Gillis, Guy Rollins, Paul Reese, Kirkwood Johnston, Ben Mayberry, Bob Reinhold, David Gano, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Melinda Clark, James Walker, Mike Ross and Ann Bixby!

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome

Overall: 34-22 (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    
5/22    
5/23    
5/24    
     
5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series