RICE UPDATE

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19

No events

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class: World Cup Celebration
Friday (7:30 pm CT) – Salt Lake City l The Utah Symphony Under the Stars
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Summer Jam 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market  
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Minnesota l New Student Social

Shepherd School Events This Week, July 13 - 19

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 14, 2026

Rice Football:
2026 Rice Football Season Preview Live (The Roost)

Professional Baseball News

July 14, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard:
On Saturday, Garrett Stratton (1-1, 1.54) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for the win for AA Binghamton.

On Sunday, Justin Long (2-3, 7.57) pitched 1 scoreless inning in relief for a hold for Hi-A Rome

Yesterday, no Owls in action.

College Baseball News

July 14, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Matt Zatopek is transferring from Rice to George Washington.

Other Sports News

July 14, 2026

Mitchell Meissner '18:
On Sunday, Mitchell Meissner finished T56 at -7 at the Blue Championship in Berthoud, Colorado on the Korn Ferry Tour.  Leaderboard here. 

Other News

July 14, 2026

NASA:
Rice and NASA launch iMETRO Dynamic Simulation (Rice News)

Summer Creative Writing Camp:
A Magical Space (Rice News)

John Touhey (1938-2026):
On June 14, John Toughey passed away.  Born in Louisiana, he earned a BA in History from Rice (Hanszen College) in 1960 and a MD from Baylor College of Medicine in 1964.  He enjoyed a thirty-year career in the Air Force, retiring with honors in 1987.  Also, he loved to travel and he was “a man of many talents and passions” including needlepoint, cooking, gardening and music.  He is survived by, among others, his husband of thirty years, John.  Click here for the obituary.

Rice Trivia

July 14, 2026

Trivia Question:
Name a former Rice baseball player whose father was selected to the MLB All-Star game twice.  Email your answer 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