2009 Other Rice Sports News

OTHER RICE SPORTS NEWS August 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Rice Golf:
Burrow Ends Run at US Amateur (Rice Owls)

Rice M Basketball:
Five Absurdly Premature Basketball Questions (Rice Owls Blog)

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

ITA Scholar Athlete Awards:
Women's Tennis Leads C-USA With Six ITA Scholar Athlete Honorees (Rice Owls)
Men's Tennis Leads C-USA With Four ITA Scholar Athlete Honorees (Rice Owls

Rice Athletics:
Holloway to Lead Owls Marketing Efforts (Rice Owls)

Rice Golf:
Burrow Within Reach of Match Play at US Amateur (Rice Owls)

Rice M Basketball:
'They're Rice Players' (Rice Owls Blog)

Monday, August 24, 2009

Rice Golf:
Burrow Ready for first US Amateur (Rice Owls)

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Rice Athletics:
Rice Sports needs and deserves your support (The Rice Thresher, Natalie Clericuzio '11)

Rice Soccer:
Soccer Battles Baylor To 1-1 Tie Friday Night (Rice Owls)
Sebastian Vecchio: New Keepres Coach Makes Impact (Rice Owls)

IAAF World Championships (Thanks, WRCisforgotten79!):
At the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, neither Funmi Jimoh and Alice Falaiye qualified for the long jump finals yesterday.

Friday, August 21, 2009

IAAF World Championships (Thanks, WRCisforgotten79!):
At the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Pablo Solares (800 metres) did not qualify for the semi-finals although he ran a season best of 1:47.96 in the first round yesterday.  Funmi Jimoh and Alice Falaiye will compete in the long jump preliminary round today.

Lenny Waite:
Waite a finalist for 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year Award (Rice Owls)

Memphis Basketball:
Tigers found guilty by NCAA; must vacate 2007-8 season; will appeal (Memphis Commerical Appeal)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Rice Soccer:
Soccer Hosts Baylor In Season-Opener Friday Night (Rice Owls)

C-USA Basketball:
C-USA Men's Basketball Preview  (C-USA)
C-USA Women's Basketball Preview (C-USA)

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Rice Soccer:
Owls Blitz Navarro With Five Second Half Goals (Rice Owls)

Rice Golf:
Golf Announces 2009-10 Schedule (Rice Owls)

Friday, August 14, 2009

Rice Soccer:
2009 Rice Soccer Outlook (Rice Owls)

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Rice Athletics:
A Blog By Any Other Name (Rice Owls)

Rice Volleyball:
Owls Place a League-High Four Athletes on C-USA Preseason Volleyball Team (Rice Owls)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Tweets Galore:
If you haven't already done so, click here to follow the Tweeting Owl (nka MK) for the latest on Rice football and other sports.  Also, you can click here to follow the Chronicle's Sam Khan and here to follow the Rice Owls Examiner's Nate Griffin.

Top Ten Coaches in Houston History:
The Houston Press' John Royal placed Jess Neely and Wayne Graham on his list of hte top ten coaches in Houston history.

Rice Soccer:
Shelley Wong Named To C-USA Preseason Soccer Team (Rice Owls)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Rice Volleyball:
Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award (Rice Owls)

Monday, August 10, 2009

Rice Golf:
Whitehead Captures South Texas Amateur Title (Rice Owls)

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Rice Soccer:
Team Begins Practice For 2009 Season (Rice Owls)

Rice Swimming:
Work Continues on New Rice Aquatics Center (Rice Owls)

Friday, August 7, 2009

Rice W Basketball:
Non-Conference Schedule Released (Rice Owls)

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Trent Herman:
Today, Galveston County News reported that the Absolute Volleyball Academy 18-year-old Performance team, under first-year coach Trent Herman, won the 2009 USA Volleyball Girls Junior Olympic Championships in Miami.  Previously, Herman was an assistant volleyball coach at Rice.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Rice Golf:
Burrow Qualifies for US Amateur (Rice Owls)

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Rice Golf:
According to a story in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle today, Owl Robert Burrow was 1 of 3 players who qualified for the US Amateur during a sectional event at the Wahconah Country Club.

UH Athletics:
New AD Rhoades era begins at UH (Houston Chronicle)

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Rice Swimming:
Rice Swimming Update by Coach Huston (Rice Owls, video)
It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a palm? (Rice Owls)