College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Friday, September 25, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 21-27
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Bayou City Collegiate Classic
Mon-Sun – W Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Cary NC
Mon-Sun – M Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Tulsa OK
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at #16 Texas A&M SECN+
Friday-Sunday – W Tennis at Rice Invite
Friday – XC at Gans Creek Classic, Columbia SC
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. ECU ESPN+
Saturday-Sunday – Texas Division Men’s Club Water Polo Tournament, Rice
Sat (9 pm CT) – Football at Fresno St Radio l CW l Game Notes: Rice l FS
Sunday (11 am CT) – Soccer vs. Tulsa ESPN+
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. UAB ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 21-27
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Monday (12 pm) – Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Alex Harkess
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Bill King
Tuesday (12 pm) – Sociology Speaker Series: Dr Katherine Maich
Tuesday (5:30 pm) – Houston l Glasscock Course and Reception
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – DFW l Recent Alumni Reception
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Taste of CELAS & Research Expo
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Creating Visual Stories: Steven Perry
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wed (6:30 pm CT) – RSI Frontiers Lecture Series: Branelle Rodriguez
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Hal Marcus Constitution Day Lecture: David Dow
Thu (6:30 pm CT) – Portia Hopkins: Hidden Histories of Our Residential Colleges
Sunday (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Fabricio Watanay
Shepherd School Events This Week, September 21-27
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Nwajuaku Named Campbell Trophy Semifinalist (Rice Owls)
Professional Baseball News
Owls in MLB:
Update: September 23 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
No Owls in action.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Rice Routs Temple for First Conference Win (Rice Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Rice to Host Rice Invitational (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Rice Opens Conference Play at Home This Weekend (Rice Owls)
Gans Creek Classic:
Preview: Women l Men (Rice Owls)
Rice Swimming:
Owls Voted Favorite in American Preseason Coaches Poll (Rice Owls)
Other News
Shepherd School:
Houston Symphony adds four new Shepherd School members (Rice News)
Flock Cameras:
VP of Safety defends continued Flock use (The Rice Thresher)
Master of Artificial Intelligence:
Rice to launch MAI program in Fall 2027 (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Brooke Rollins (Texas A&M, ’94) is a member of the Cabinet of the United States. She is Security of Agriculture. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Guy Rollins and Mike Ross!
Last night, the #16 Aggie volleyball team swept the Owls, 3-0.
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Joe Quoyeser, Betty Bixby, Andy Williams, Bob Toone, John Montana, James Walker, Arthur Rogers, Ann Bixby, Martha Proctor Gano, Anne Eldredge, Susan Zimmerman, George Wagner, Paul Reese, Guy Rollins, Ted Richard, Walt Greenberg, Kirwin Drouet, Chris Kohnhorst, Art Gottschalk, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Clarke Anderson, Steve Brown, Ben Mayberry, Brian Lattimer, Russell Henderson, Mike Ross and Sallie Schwall!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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