College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, October 5 - 11
Monday – Rice Baseball Golf Tournament
Monday – W Golf at Blessing Collegiate Invitational, Fayetteville AR
Monday – M Golf at Trinity Forest Invitational, Dallas
Thu-Sun – M Tennis at ITA Texas Men’s Regional Championships, Fort Worth
Thu-Sun – W Tennis at ITA Texas Men’s Regional Championships, Waco
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. UAB ESPN+
Friday-Saturday – Swimming at Rice Fall Splash
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Wichita State ESPN+
Friday (6 pm CT) – Baseball at Texas A&M EXH
Sat (3 pm CT) – Football vs. ECU Radio l ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l ECU
Sunday (11 am CT) – Soccer at ECU ESPN+
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Memphis ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week October 5 - 11
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 3 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm) – Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Steward Pickett
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Monday (6 pm) – Sewall Hall: Dr Pinn interviews Jahi
Tuesday-Thursday – Baker Event: Annual Energy Summit
Tue (5:30 am) – Kyle Morrow Room: Book Signing with Dr LeFlouria and Dr Jou
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Texas-Latin America Social Science Research Forum
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Thursday (4 pm) – ContinuOWL Learning: Michelle Lederman
Thursday (4:30 pm) – Book Event: Historian John Garrison Marks
Saturday – Hoots and Hobbies: Sammy Clay Trinket Dish with Amy Lin ‘11
Saturday-Sunday – Houston Cinema Arts Festival; Sarofim Hall
Sat (9:30 am) – RCEL presents: SWE + SHPE Conference Prep Workshop
Shepherd School Events This Week, October 5 - 11
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Owls in NFL:
Week 4 Roundup (The Roost)
UTSA 16, Rice 14:
New stadium, same result (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Football:
ECU presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
After losing the first two games, the Guardians defeated the White Sox, 9-3, yesterday to win their first game of the best-of-five AL Division Series. The White Sox now lead the series 2-1. Game 4 is set for today. Paul Janish is the Director of Player Development for the White Sox.
Yesterday, the Dodgers defeated the Braves, 4-1, to clinch the best-of-five NL Division Series, 3-1. Next up is the NL Championship Series against the Brewers beginning Sunday. 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 W Tennis:
Bakaityte Named Conference Player of the Month (Rice Owls)
ITA Texas Regional:
Preview: Women l Men (Rice Owls)
Rice Soccer:
Rice Welcomes Conference-Leading Blazers (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Glen Allen, VA on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede:
This Rice professor has helped pick more than a dozen Nobel Prize winners (Houston PBS)
David Medina:
David Medina earns accolades from Mexican government, Harris County (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
First, Guy Jackson also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Name the East Carolina graduate and one-time Austin resident who won an Academy Award. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome