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SPORTS 4/17/17 9:35pm

Men's tennis earns No. 1 seed in C-USA tournament

By Madison Buzzard

One year removed from a 23-9 overall record, a Conference USA tournament championship and a first-round loss to Louisiana State University in the NCAA tournament, the Rice Owls men’s tennis team enters the Conference USA tournament at 20-7 with 10 wins in its last 12 matches.

SPORTS 4/10/17 10:10pm

Fans see reasons for optimism despite men's basketball overhaul

By Jackson Dooling

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The day after the Rice men’s basketball team concluded its first 23-win season in over 60 years, the news broke: Head coach Mike Rhoades was leaving to take over the reins at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he had served as an assistant under Shaka Smart from 2009-2014.

SPORTS 3/27/17 9:06pm

Pera era begins for men's basketball

By Andrew Grottkau

Two days after Mike Rhoades left Rice men’s basketball, a new age began. Call it the Pera era. Last Thursday, Rice announced it will hire former associate head coach Scott Pera as its new head coach for next season.

SPORTS 3/27/17 9:03pm

Baseball still optimistic despite 7-19 start

By Ben Rieden

After losing two out of three games in a Conference USA series against Florida International University this past weekend, the Rice baseball team has now lost nine of its last 10 games and has a 7-19 record for the season.

SPORTS 3/27/17 9:02pm

Champs! Women's basketball captures WBI title

By Madison Buzzard

Senior point guard Maya Hawkins and senior forward Jasmine Goodwine delivered clutch performances in their last game and the Rice Owls women’s basketball team captured its first Women’s Basketball Invitational title with a 74-62 win over the University of North Carolina, Greensboro at an electric Tudor Fieldhouse.

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