SPORTS
4/25/25 3:11pm
Sports Notebook: April 16-25
Rice men’s and women’s basketball programs each secured several transfer portal commitments last week.
Rice men’s and women’s basketball programs each secured several transfer portal commitments last week.
Rice men’s tennis traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, and pulled off a series of upset victories en route to winning the American Athletic Conference Championship.
Towards the end of my freshman year, someone pointed out that the Thresher paid $12 per article. As a broke college student, my mind immediately went to the essentially “free” Whataburger meals I’d be able to buy from writing about soccer games that I was going to watch anyway. While I have enjoyed some good burgers over the last three years, I also stumbled across one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve had in my life.
Towards the end of my freshman year, someone pointed out that the Thresher paid $12 per article. As a broke college student, my mind immediately went to the essentially “free” Whataburger meals I’d be able to buy from writing about soccer games that I was going to watch anyway. While I have enjoyed some good burgers over the last three years, I also stumbled across one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve had in my life.
When Robyn and Greg West enrolled their sons in T-ball, they said they saw baseball as a way to keep the boys out of trouble. Eighteen years later, brothers Graiden and Landon West compete at the Division I level for Rice’s baseball team.
For the first time since 2022, Rice women’s club ultimate frisbee is heading to nationals. The team, named “Torque,” secured a berth in the 2025 USA Ultimate D-III College Championships after winning its conference tournament earlier this month.
Rice men’s tennis traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, and pulled off a series of upset victories en route to winning the American Athletic Conference Championship.
Rice football concluded its spring practice schedule with an open session Saturday, April 12. While an end-of-spring showcase is common throughout college football, this was Rice’s first under head coach Scott Abell, who was hired last November.
In the midst of ktru’s music rotation of indie rock, jazz, Brazilian funk and more, there is an 8 a.m. Saturday slot completely dedicated to talking about sports at Rice, in Houston and around the world.
Illuminated by the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza’s red and yellow lights, Sid Richardson College defeated Baker College in the intramural coed flag football championship April 3. Sid Rich took home the title for the second year in a row, outscoring Baker 19-7 in the final after an undefeated season.
Baseball suffered back-to-back losses last weekend against East Carolina University.
Rice women’s basketball senior forward Malia Fisher announced Tuesday that she will enter the 2025 WNBA Draft.
Rice track and field kicked off their outdoor 2025 spring season with their first meet March 20 against the University of Houston.
