RICE UPDATE

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Rice Baseball This Week, April 27 - May 3
Tuesday – Rice 6, Lamar 5  Box l Recap: Rice l Lamar l Roost   
Saturday (DH1) – Rice 16, UAB 9  Box l Recap: Rice l UAB 
Saturday (DH2) – Rice 12, UAB 2  Box l Recap: Rice l UAB
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. UAB  Game Notes: Rice l UAB l LS l Radio l ESPN+
   Probables: TBA and TBA 

Professional Baseball News

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.273) singled and scored for the Twins.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

American Conference Baseball:
Midseason Roundup: April 17 (The Roost)

Other Sports News

Rice Track:
Weekend Recap: Women l Men (Rice Owls)

Other News

Parthasarathy Ranganathan:
Google VP and Rice alum headlines lecture on AI's future (Rice News)

Robert Arnett (1943-2026):
On April 22, Bob Arnett passed away.  A native Houstonian, he earned a BA in Economics from Rice (Baker College) in 1964 and a MBA from SMU in 1966.  He enjoyed a career with IBM working with large corporations and NASA.  Also, he was active in his church and he “was devoted to his family”.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Ann ’65, “his sweetheart of 65 years”.  Click here for the obituary.  

Rice Trivia

Trivia Answer:
Stan Williams ’74 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Texas A&M.  The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place next Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road).  Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Anne Eldredge, Mike Ross, Ann Bixby, Martha Proctor Gano, Bob Toone, John Montana, Arthur Rogers, Ted Richard, Arthur Gottschalk, Melinda Clark, Andy Williams, Clarke Anderson, Richard Zansitis, Paul Reese, Sallie Schwall, James Walker, Ben Mayberry, Betty Bixby, Greg Williams, Susan Zimmerman, Chris Kohnhorst, Boyd HarrisonBrian Lattimer and Guy Rollins!

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: 28-20 (AC: 10-10)

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 1:05 pm
5/08 East Carolina 5:05 pm
5/09 East Carolina 3:05 pm
5/10 East Carolina 12:05 pm
5/12 Houston 6:30 pm
5/14 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/15 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/16 Tulane 1:05 pm
     
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