RICE UPDATE

Monday, May 18, 2026

Rice Baseball This Week, May 11-17
Tuesday – Houston 14, Rice 3  Box l Recap: Rice l UH l Roost 
Thursday – Rice 12, Tulane 0  Box l Recap: Rice l TUL l Roost   
Friday – Rice 10, Tulane 6  Box l Recap: Rice l TUL l Roost  
Saturday – Rice 6, Tulane 5 (11)  Box l Recap: Rice l TUL l Roost  

Professional Baseball News

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.246) hit a RBI single for the Reds.

Justin Long (2-2, 12.41) pitched a scoreless .2 innings in relief for the save for Hi-A Rome.

Complete Owls stats are here.

Other Sports News

RIce Athletics:
Owls Remain Strong in NCAA APR Data (Rice Owls)

Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was +1 and missed the cut at the Colonial Life Charity Classic in Elgin SC on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.  

Other News

Jimmy Melton (1939-2026):
On April 30, Jimmy Melton passed away.  A native Texan, he earned a BA in 1962 and a BS in 1963 in Electrical Engineering from Rice and a PhD from UT in 1972.  He spent his career as a nuclear engineer at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico.  After retiring, he relocated to Fredericksburg in 2001.  Also, he enjoyed cooking and astronomy and was a HAM radio enthusiast.  He is survived by, among others, his sister Barbara Peebles.  Click here for the obituary.

Rice Trivia

Trivia Answer:
Rice graduate Tom Vincent ’25 is currently on the Tulane baseball roster.  The Owls are hosting the Green Wave to a three game set at Reckling Park, beginning last night.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

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

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

Overall: 34-22 (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
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5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series