RICE UPDATE

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17

Thursday-Saturday – American Outdoor W/M Track Championships, Denton 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17

Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: John Coleman 
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni May Virtual Book Club: Sara Nisha Adams
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Shanghai l Meet and Greet with Yvonne Romero 
Thursday-Friday – Rice Strategy Symposium on Emerging Markets
Thu (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Protracted Displacement in the MENA Region
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – DC l Comedy Show with Matthew Broussard ‘10
Saturday (1 pm CT) – LA l LACMA Tour with Claire E Spadafora, PhD ‘19
Saturday (11 pm CT) – Singapore l Brunch with Reginald DesRoches
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (2 pm CT) – DFW l Volun-CHEERS

Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10

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 (6:30 pm CT) – at Houston  Game Notes: Rice l UH l LS l Radio l ESPN+
   Probables: RHP Jeremiah Arnett (2-1, 5.33) and LHP Chris Scinta (1-3, 7.99)
Thursday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. Tulane  Game Notes: Rice l TUL l LS l Radio l ESPN+
   Probables: TBA and TBA
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. Tulane  Game Notes: Rice l TUL l LS l Radio l ESPN+
   Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. Tulane  Game Notes: Rice l TUL l LS l Radio l ESPN+
   Probables: TBA and TBA 

Football News

May 12, 2026

Chris Boswell:
Boswell Signs Record Extension (ESPN)

Professional Baseball News

May 12, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
No Owls in action.

College Baseball News

May 5, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Davis Earns American Player of the Week Honors (Rice Owls)

American Conference Baseball:
Early May Roundup (The Roost)

Other Sports News

May 9, 2026

Rice Volleyball:
Owls Announce 2026 Schedule (Rice Owls)

Other News

May 12, 2026

Doerr Institute:
Doerr Institute celebrates year of growth (Rice News)

Boniuk Institute:
Boniuk Institute awarded $2.9M (Rice News)

Moody Center:
Masako Miki's felt sculptures come to life this summer (The Rice Thresher)

Rice Trivia

May 12, 2026

Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice head coach who completed his degree from the University of Houston in 1988.  Email your answer(s) 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: 31-21 (AC: 13-11)

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 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