RICE UPDATE

Monday, August 17, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23

Thursday (5 pm CT) – Soccer at HCU
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball at UH
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Fan Fest
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Lamar  ESPN+ 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Monday-Saturday – O-Week
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jared Lindzon
Thursday (7:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Energy, Technology and Grid Resilience  
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT 

Shepherd School Events This Week, August 17-23

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, June 8-14

College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series

Football News

August 17, 2026

College Football:
Pat Forde: The 25 Most Intriguing College Football QBs for 2026 (SI)

Professional Baseball News

August 17, 2026

Player Moves:
Yesterday, Detroit designated Trei Cruz for assignment.

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Garrett Stratton (1-4, 1.88) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for the save for AA Binghamton and Justin Long (2-3, 8.13) pitched 1 scoreless inning in relief for Hi-A Rome.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

August 12, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Trey Dooley and RF Tobias Motley are transferring from Rice to Southern Illinois and Tennessee Wesleyan, respectively.

Other Sports News

August 16, 2026

Rice Soccer:
Owls Blank Navy For First Win (Rice Owls)

Other News

August 17, 2026

David Sholl:
David Sholl advises computational chemistry researchers to prepare for new AI tools (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

August 14, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Rice admitted 2,984 applicants to the incoming class of 2030 as of the March 25 regular decision announcements.  Read more.  O-Week starts Sunday.

Way to go, Ted Richard, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Clarke Anderson, Arthur Rogers, Anne Eldredge, Paul Reese, Art Gottschalk, Betty Bixby, Sallie Schwall, Greg Williams, Boyd Harrison, Susan Zimmerman, Brian Lattimer, James Walker, Mike Ross, Melinda Clark and Chris Kohnhorst!

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

2026 Schedule and Results

Overall: 35-24 (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 Wichita St W, 5-4
5/22 East Carolina L, 4-3
5/22 UAB L, 9-6
5/23    
5/24    
     
5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series