RICE UPDATE

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19

No events

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class: World Cup Celebration
Friday (7:30 pm CT) – Salt Lake City l The Utah Symphony Under the Stars
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Summer Jam 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market  
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Minnesota l New Student Social

Shepherd School Events This Week, July 13 - 19

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, June 8-14

College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series

Football News

July 18, 2026

Rice Football:
Episode 231: 2026 Rice Opponent Preview: Temple (The Roost)

Professional Baseball News

July 18, 2026

Player Moves:
Yesterday, the Reds activated Dane Myers from the 10-day injured list.

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:

Tristan Gray (.232) scored for the Twins.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

July 18, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), RF Mason Ashlock is transferring from Rice to Incarnate Word.

Other Sports News

July 18, 2026

Rice Soccer:
Single Game Tickets Now on Sale (Rice Owls)

Other News

July 18, 2026

2026 FIFA World Cup:
A World Cup Superfan’s journey comes full circle at Rice (Rice News)

John Polking (1934-2026):
Influential mathematician and celebrated Rice educator dies at 93 (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

July 17, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Andy Pettitte, the father of former Rice pitcher Josh Pettitte, was a three-time MLB All-Star (1996, 2001 and 2010).  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Mike Ross, Tania Min, Kirkwood Johnston, Ted Richard, Steve Lukingbeal, Anne Eldredge, Roger Parthasarathy, James Walker, Randy Schaffer, Guy Jackson, Jill Clausen, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Nancy Bailey, Paul Reese, Ty Buthod, Art Gottschalk, Walt Greenberg, Tom Stallings, Ann Bixby, Scott Wise, Clarke Anderson, Joe Quoyeser, David Gano, George Wagner, Betty Bixby, Kyle Wendel, Dawn Herrington, Russell Henderson, Brian Lattimer, Ben Mayberry, Melinda Clark, Guy Rollins and John Montana! 

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

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: 35-24 (AC: 16-11)

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 L, 14-3
5/14 Tulane W, 12-0
5/15 Tulane W, 10-6
5/16 Tulane W, 6-5
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
5/19    
5/20    
5/21 Wichita St W, 5-4
5/22 East Carolina L, 4-3
5/22 UAB L, 9-6
5/23    
5/24    
     
5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series