RICE UPDATE

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12

No events

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Tuesday (5:45 pm CT) – Washington DC l Night at the Nationals Game
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Michaela Thomas
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Virtual Book Club: Jane Harper 
Thursday (10 am CT) – Baker Event: The State of Negotiations of the USMCA
Sunday (12:30 pm CT) – DFW l Astros vs Rangers

Shepherd School Events This Week, July 6 - 12

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

July 6, 2026

American Conference Football:
2026 QB Tiers (The Roost)

Professional Baseball News

July 9, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.202) hit a triple and scored for AAA Toledo.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

July 4, 2026

Owls in Summer Ball:
After 7 games, Zachary Daigre is batting .313 with 3 walks, 5 runs and 1 RBI for the Springfield Drifters in the West Coast League.

Other Sports News

July 9, 2026

Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the Blue Championship in Berthoud, Colorado on the Korn Ferry Tour.  Leaderboard here.

Other News

July 9, 2026

Max Planck Society:
Rice, Max Planck Forge Quantum Materials Partnership (Rice News)

Lisa Balabanlilar:
Rice course reads power in landscapes in Paris (Rice News)

Roberta Worsham (1929-2026):
On June 29, Roberta Worsham passed away.  A lifelong Houstonian, she attended Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and graduated from Rice Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in English in 1949.   Together with her late husband Jean (class of 1943), they were the parents of three sons and “she actively participated in her sons’ school activities”.  Also, she was very active in the community and at her church.  She is predeceased by, among others, Jean (they were married for sixty-one years).  Click here for the obituary.

Rice Trivia

July 9, 2026

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the former Rice football captain who managed a team in a MLB All-Star game.  For a bonus point, name the former Rice baseball player who was a coach for a team in a MLB All-Star game.  Email your answer(s) here.
 

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