RICE UPDATE

Monday, June 1, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7

No events 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Mon-Fri – IWA Leading Edger Conference: Resilient Water in a Changing World   
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Martin Reeves
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Science Cafe
Friday (5 pm CT) – Houston l Happy Hour at the Museum of Fine Arts  
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT – Rice Village Farmers Market  

Shepherd School Events This Week, May 25-31

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, May 25-31

College Baseball This Week, May 25-31
Friday (May 29) – Monday (June 1) – Regionals

Football News

May 29, 2026

Bert Emanuel '94:
Former Rice star quarterback lands as softball coach at HCU (HCU News)

Professional Baseball News

June 1, 2026

Player Moves:
On Wednesday, Hayden Durke announced his voluntary retirement.

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.200) singled for AAA Toledo.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

May 27, 2026

Houston Baseball:
Will Davis Tabbed 9th Houston Baseball Head Coach (UH News)

Other Sports News

June 1, 2026

Mitchell Meissner '18:
Yesterday, Mac Meissner (SMU ’21), Mitchell’s younger brother, finished T3 at -11 at the Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour in Fort Worth.  Leaderboard here.

Other News

June 1, 2026

Richard Tapia:
Ship Channel bridge named for late Rice professor (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

May 29, 2026

Guest Trivia Answer:
Former Owl Mike Wilks won NBA championship rings in 2005 as a player with San Antonio and in 2025 as an assistant coach with Oklahoma City.  The Western Conference finals series between the Spurs and the Thunder is tied 3-3, with decisive game 7 tomorrow.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Way to go, John Montana, Clarke Anderson, Bob Toone, Matt Moake, Paul Reese, Ted Richard, Steve Gilliland, Art Gottschalk, Andy Williams, Betty Bixby, Anne Eldredge, Greg Williams, George Wagner, Susan Zimmerman, Melinda Clark, Arthur Rogers, Boyd Harrison, Martha Proctor Gano, James Walker, Guy Rollins, Mike Ross, Ann Bixby, Bev Schorre and Bryant Wilkinson!

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