College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, September 20, 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
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at #15 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+
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
Western Michigan 28, Rice 21:
Broncos Outlast Owls (Rice Owls)
Broncos Ground Owls (Western Michigan Athletics)
Owls Come Up Short (The Roost)
Western Michigan pulls away from RIce (Chronicle/AP)
American Conference Football:
Week 3 Roundup (The Roost)
College Football:
Week 3 Misery Index (Yahoo Sports)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.262) singled for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.260) went 2-for-4 with a double and a run for AAA Toledo.
Garrett Stratton (0-0, 6.75) allowed 1 earned run in 0.0 innings in relief for AAA Syracuse.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
ITA All-American Championships:
Selvaraj Earns WIn (Rice Owls)
Botran Opens Fall Season (Rice Owls)
Rice W Golf:
Owls Head into Final Round in Tenth (Rice Owls)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former Rice football players James Casey (Tight Ends/Run Game Coordinator) and Justin Hill (Running Backs) are on the coaching staff of the Cincinnati Bengals. In 2011, James graduated from Rice with a quadruple major (Economics, Business, Managerial Studies, Sport Management). Also, in 2011, Justin graduated from Rice with a major in Sociology. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
On Sunday, the Texans host the Bengals at Reliant Stadium.
Way to go, Ted Richard (2), Ann Bixby (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Martha Proctor Gano (2), Art Gottschalk, John Montana (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Bob Toone (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Andy Williams (2), Steve Gilliland, Randy Schaffer, Bill Eiland, Steve Lukingbeal, Harvin Moore, Walt Greenberg, Betty Bixby (2), Kirwin Drouet (2), Paul Reese (2), Russell Henderson (2), Mike Ross (2), Vicki Bretthauer, James Walker (2), Guy Rollins (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Steve Brown (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), David Gano, Melinda Clark (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Richard Avant and Ben Mayberry!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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