Rice Baseball This Week, March 2-8
Tue (6:30 pm CT) – at Lamar Game Notes: Rice l Lamar l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: RHP Jeremiah Arnett (2-0, 3.97) and TBA
Friday (6:05 pm CT) – at ACU Game Notes: Rice l ACU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (3:05 pm CT) – at ACU Game Notes: Rice l ACU l LS l Radio
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – at ACU Game Notes: Rice l ACU l LS l Radio
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 2-8
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Cabo Collegiate
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Colin Montgomerie Invitational, Sugar Land
Monday (2 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. #8 Baylor
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – W Basketball at Charlotte TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball at North Texas TV: ESPN+
Friday (11 am CT) – M Tennis vs. DePaul
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Louisiana
Saturday (2 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. UTSA TV: ESPN+ l Alumni Day
Sunday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Wichita State
Sunday (11 am CT) – M Tennis vs. UAB
Sunday (2 pm CT) – M Basketball at UTSA TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 2-8
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Tai Montgomery
Monday (4:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Karl Rove
Tuesday (12 pm CT) – Sociology Speaker Series: Dr Danya Lagos
Tuesday (12 pm CT) – HRC Conversation: How Do We Think the Future?
Tue (5:30 pm CT) – Doyle Arnold Lecture Series in Economics: Kenneth Rogoff
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Moody Center: Pride Week Student Art Workshop
Wednesday – 24-Hour Challenge
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Maria Ross
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Samar Al-Bulushi
Wednesday (5:15 pm CT) – Baker Event: Public Film Screening: Inshallah a Boy
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – LGBTQ+ In The Workplace: Alumni Career Panel
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Fei Deng
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Baker Event: New CDC Immunization Guidelines
Friday (9 am CT) – Moody Center: Imaging After Photography Symposium
Friday (12 pm CT) – Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Sarah Reynolds
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Little, Big, and Far
Friday-Saturday – Rice Theatre: Sunday in the Park with George
Saturday (5 pm CT) – RUCAA l Pickleball Social
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Anselm
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Hoots and Hobbies: Building a Rodeo Owl
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 2-8
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Owls Open ’26 American Campaign at home with UTSA (Rice Owls)
2026 Schedule Announced (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Christian Hallmark (Thanks, Sten Gustafson '89!):
Yesterday, former Rice batboy and current UTSA centerfielder Christian Hallmark was named American Player of the Week. He is the son of Jada ’01 and Patrick Hallmark ’98. Read more.
Other Sports News
Beyond the Hedges:
Event Prepares Rice Student-Athletes for Professional Success (Rice Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Ratkovic Named American Player of the Week (Rice Owls)
Rice Golf:
Owls Take Third at Cabo Collegiate (Rice Owls)
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Closes Road Slate at North Texas (Rice Owls)
Other News
Main Street Residence:
Familiar building given new purpose (Rice News)
Old Lovett renamed to Main Street Residence Housing (The Rice Thresher)
Lovetteers mourn Toaster loss after almost 60 years (The Rice Thresher)
Moody Center:
Spring Fling brings energetic crowd to Rice (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Dominique Ennis holds the record for single season three-point goals (81) set this season on Saturday. (And she hit 2 more last night.) She broke her own record of 80 set last season. That record topped the previous record of 74 jointly held by Jenny Cafferty (1999-2000) and Nicole Iademarco (2017-18). (Thanks, Clarke Anderson, Chris Kohnhorst and Paul Reese!)
Way to go, Ted Richard, Bob Toone, Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Steve Gilliland, John Montana, Ann Eldredge (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Ben Mayberry (2), Paul Reese (2), Andy Williams, Walt Greenberg, Clarke Anderson (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Betty Bixby, Arthur Rogers (2), Greg Williams, Martha Proctor Gano (2), Sallie Schwall, Guy Rollins, Ann Bixby (2), Susan Zimmerman, Melinda Clark (2), Mike Ross, James Walker, Bob Reinhold (2) and Brian Lattimer (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome