Rice Athletics:
Baseball Coach Jose Cruz Jr and Ellie Bichelmeyer join JP Heath in the latest episode of Rice Owls Insider “to offer two different perspectives on the recent announcement of the move to the American Athletic Conference.”
Rice Basketball:
Women Host St Edwards in Season Opener (Rice Owls)
Men Host Pepperdine in 2021-22 Opener (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Graham Garners C-USA Setter of the Week Honors (Rice Owls)
The Ion:
Houston council delays vote amid community organizers’ opposition (Houston Chronicle)
Arbor Day:
Texas Arbor Day walk highlights campus canopy (Rice News)
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “the first such award ever to be made, 1937”.
Guest Trivia Question:
Who is the former Rice baseball player who has a NFL rule named after him? Email your answer here.
Rice Football:
Game Preview: Western Kentucky (The Roost)
C-USA Football:
Week 10 Review (The Roost):
Seven Lakes Spartans (Thanks, Sten Gustafson '89!):
As previously reported, on Thursday at 7 pm, the Fort Bend Ridge Point Panthers will face the Katy Seven Lakes Spartans in the 6A Division I bi-district playoffs at Hall Stadium in Missouri City.
The Ridge Point quarterback is senior Bert Emanuel Jr, the son of Bert Emanuel ’94 who was a two-year baseball and football letterman (1992-93) at Rice. Also, junior DK Kalu, the son of four-year Rice football letterman ND Kalu ’97 (1993-94-95-96) plays defensive tackle for the Panthers.
Senior Jonah Thigpen, the son of four-year Rice football letterman Jeremy Thigpen ’97 (1993-94-95-96), plays linebacker for the Spartans.
Owl teammates and classmates, ND was the starting Rush-DE and Jeremy was the starting center on the Rice team that defeated Texas, 19-17, on October 16, 1994.
C-USA Volleyball Championship, November 19-21:
Owls Earn No. 1 Seed and Will Face Charlotte (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Season Preview (The Roost)
Margaret Sobel (1940-2021):
On September 29, Margaret Sobel passed away. Born in Washington DC, she earned a BA from Smith College in 1962 and a PhD in French Language and Literature from Rice in 1969. While at Rice, she met and married Professor of Architecture Robert Sobel. She “had a number of academic assignments in European literature and languages at Rice and UH, and subsequently in Virginia and Maryland”. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
Charlotte 31, Rice 24:
Owls Fall to Charlotte in Second Straight OT Game (RIce Owls)
Niners Rally for OT Win (Charlotte Athletics)
Rice runs out of gas in OT loss to Charlotte (The Roost)
Rice falls to Charlotte in OT (Houston Chronicle)
Ridge Point Panthers:
On Friday night, Fort Bend Ridge Point defeated Fort Bend Travis, 31-17, to clinch the outright district title. Next Thursday (November 11) at 7 pm, the Panthers will face Katy Seven Lakes in the 6A Division I bi-district playoffs at Hall Stadium in Missouri City.
The Ridge Point quarterback is senior Bert Emanuel Jr, the son of Bert Emanuel ’94 who was a two-year baseball and football letterman (1992-93) at Rice. Also, junior DK Kalu, the son of four-year Rice football letterman ND Kalu ’97 (1993-94-95-96) plays defensive tackle for the Panthers.
Staff Council:
Staff Council providing advocacy, awareness for campus community (Rice News)
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Complete Perfect C-USA Season (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Owls to Host Louisiana on November 13 (Rice Owls)
Rice at Charlotte: 5 things to watch (Houston Chronicle)