Rice Baseball This Week, February 23 - March 1
Tuesday – HCU 11, Rice 8 (11) Box l Recap: Rice l HCU l Roost
Friday – Rice 11, Harvard 7 Box l Recap: Rice l Harvard l Roost
Saturday – Rice 2, Harvard 1 Box l Recap: Rice l Harvard l Roost
Sunday – Rice 9, Harvard 0 Box l Recap: Rice l Harvard l Roost
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RICE UPDATE
Monday, March 2, 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
Rice M Golf:
Watson Tied for Second at Cabo Collegiate (Rice Owls)
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Earns Road Win at Temple (Rice Owls)
Rice guts out a physical road win over Temple (The Roost)
Rice M Tennis:
Rice Opens Home Slate against No. 8 Baylor (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 4 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner finished T64 at -4 at the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Hazing:
Rice to audit O-Week for hazing under new federal guidelines (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice presidents George Rupp (PhD ’72) and David Leebron (BA ‘76/JD ’79) earned Harvard degrees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
This weekend, the Owls baseball team hosts the Crimson to a three-game set at Reckling Park.
Way to go, Bob Toone (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Ty Buthod (2), Elizabeth Gillis (2), Paul Reese (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Steve Gilliland, John Montana (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Ann Eldredge (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Andy Williams (2), Tania Min, Walt Greenberg (2), Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Ann Bixby (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Ted Richard (2), Scott Wise (2), Peter Fasullo (2), Richard Zansitis (2), Betty Bixby (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Steve Lukingbeal (2), Greg Williams (2), Mike Ross (2), Melinda Clark (2), James Walker (2), Susan Zimmerman, Jim Tucker (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Larry Nettles (2), Ben Mayberry (2) and Dan Hyde (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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