RICE UPDATE

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 18-24

Monday-Wednesday – M Golf at NCAA Athens Regional 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 18-24

Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Venezuela, Iran, and the Middle East
Wednesday (6 pm CT) –  Hong Kong l Reception with Rice VP Stephen Bayer
Wednesday (6:30 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Bianca Mabute-Louie 
Thursday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: What FEMA’s new maps mean for Houston
Thursday (10 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Liz Tran 

Shepherd School Events This Week, May 18-24

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

College Baseball This Week, May 11-17

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  

Football News

May 12, 2026

Chris Boswell:
Boswell Signs Record Extension (ESPN)

Professional Baseball News

May 17, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.232) walked for the Twins and Dane Myers (.238) homered for the Reds.

Roel Garcia (0-0, 11.57) allowed 1 earned run in 1.1 innings in relief for AA Montgomery and Garrett Stratton (0-0, 4.58) pitched a scoreless 1.2 innings in relief for Hi-A Brooklyn.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

May 13, 2026

American Conference Baseball:
Final Regular Season Week Roundup (The Roost)

Other Sports News

May 16, 2026

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

May 17, 2026

Texas Innovation Awards:
Hochberg, Stepp Honored (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

May 15, 2026

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

2026 Schedule and Results

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