This Week's Front Page
The football team's senior class was honored before the Owls' final regular season matchup against The University of Houston on Saturday. As they stood before a record crowd of over 35,000 fans, the players were faced with one final chance to capture the Bayou Bucket, one of the few previous historic imprints the squad had been unable to make. (0) comments
Prior to last weekend's match against Texas Christian University at Tudor Fieldhouse, only the upperclassmen on the volleyball team could remember the last time the Owls played a home contest on Autry Court. But even the seniors had no recollection of the last time Rice received an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. (0) comments
To complete one of the best seasons the women's cross country team has ever had, the team placed 22nd overall out of 31 squads at the NCAA National Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., on Monday, Nov. 24. Considering the temperature at race time was 42 degrees, well below the Houston average, the Owls ran an impressive race. (0) comments
After visiting Provo, Utah, and Austin in the past two weeks, the Owls, 2-4 on the year, return home to the renovated Tudor Fieldhouse this weekend before they break for finals. The Owls need just two victories to eclipse their win total from last year after picking up wins against North Florida University and Cal Polytechnic Institute at the Basketball Travelers Invitational hosted by Brigham Young University two weekends ago. (0) comments
The swim team proved head coach Seth Huston right: They showed that they can have unbeatable depth. While they have struggled to win dual meets in the past few months, the Owls had no trouble destroying their competition at the Cornhusker Invitational hosted by the University of Nebraska Nov. (0) comments
Two hard-fought games in different venues resulted in two separate outcomes for the women's basketball team in the past several weeks. A second-half surge was enough to give the home team a win against Furman University at Tudor Fieldhouse on Nov. 25, but the Owls could not prevent the University of Arkansas - Little Rock from taking a home victory of its own the Saturday afterwards. (0) comments
Click the picture to enjoy this week's publication of Casey Michel's commentary. (0) comments