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SPORTS 4/3/17 8:34pm

Baseball loses third straight series to open C-USA play

By Craig Broadman

With a win and two losses to Florida Atlantic University (18-8-1, 7-2 Conference-USA) this weekend, Rice baseball fell to 9-21 (2-7 C-USA). Rice is now 3-11 in its last 14 games, with the majority of losses coming from a brutal seven-game losing streak in mid-March.

SPORTS 4/3/17 8:33pm

MVP Hawkins closes her career on top

By Andrew Grottkau

Senior guard Maya Hawkins left the Tudor Fieldhouse floor for the final time to a standing ovation and a hug from her head coach Tina Langley.

SPORTS 3/29/17 3:17pm

Meet the dynamic duo of Rice tennis

By Juan Saldaña

Senior Tommy Bennett arrived at the car slightly late for the tennis team’s six-hour road trip to Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

SPORTS 3/28/17 4:04am

The Final Kauntdown: Don't blame Rhoades for leaving

By Andrew Grottkau

One moment, Rice men’s basketball was celebrating its best season in over a decade. The next, it was lost.

SPORTS 3/27/17 9:07pm

Four men's basketball players announce plans to leave Rice including Evans, Koulechov

By Andrew Grottkau

Rice men’s basketball lost two of its top players Monday when both sophomore guard Marcus Evans and junior guard Marcus Jackson announced they are planning to transfer after this school year.

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.

SPORTS 3/24/17 2:36pm

Women's basketball fights its way to WBI title game

By Madison Buzzard

The Rice Owls women’s basketball team advanced to the Women’s Basketball Invitational championship with a 86-80 win against the University of Idaho Vandals in a Friday night contest at a raucous Tudor Fieldhouse. Five Owls scored in double figures.

SPORTS 3/21/17 12:08am

Men's basketball season ends in quarterfinals of CBI

By Andrew Grottkau

Rice men’s basketball had its season come to an end in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational, falling 85-79 to Utah Valley University.

SPORTS 3/20/17 11:16pm

The Final Kauntdown: Baseball season falling apart

By Andrew Grottkau

When the baseball season began, Rice understandably had high expectations. The Owls have reached the NCAA tournament in 22 consecutive seasons and finished one run shy of the conference title last year.

SPORTS 3/20/17 11:05pm

Women's basketball advances to final four of WBI

By Ben Rieden

With standout performances from senior forward Jasmine Goodwine and sophomore guard Lauren Grigsby, the Rice women’s basketball team won the quarterfinal game of the Women’s Basketball Invitational on Sunday afternoon.

SPORTS 3/6/17 10:38pm

Three-way race for starting QB job highlights spring practice

By Madison Buzzard

For sophomore J.T. Granato, sophomore Jackson Tyner and freshman Sam Glaesmann, spring practice is anything but the offseason.

SPORTS 3/6/17 10:36pm

Men's basketball rides best-ever C-USA season into tournament

By Craig Broadman

Despite a loss to Western Kentucky University to complete its regular season, Rice basketball finished 21-10 (11-7 C-USA) and captured the fifth seed in the Conference USA tournament.

SPORTS 3/6/17 10:34pm

Women's basketball sets sights on tournament run

By Andrew Grottkau

When women’s basketball head coach Tina Langley took over last year, she was expected to begin a long rebuilding process for a team that had not had a winning record since 2011.

SPORTS 3/6/17 10:33pm

Zhang acing test in No. 1 role

By Michael Kidd

Sometimes the demands of a student-athlete’s hectic schedule call tight windows to get things done.

SPORTS 2/28/17 5:25pm

The Final Kauntdown: Men's basketball's season is already special

By Andrew Grottkau

After Rice men’s basketball’s 88-81 upset win over Louisiana Tech University, head coach Mike Rhoades, smiling ear to ear, lifted his daughter up in a bear hug and spun her around.

SPORTS 2/27/17 9:25pm

Baseball sloppy in disappointing week

By Ben Rieden

Since splitting its opening series, the Rice baseball team has lost three of the last four games it has played.

SPORTS 2/27/17 9:22pm

Rhoades thriving in third year at the helm of men's basketball

By Craig Broadman

When head coach Mike Rhoades arrived on Rice’s campus, he was taking over a program that had not had a 20-win season in a decade.

SPORTS 2/27/17 9:21pm

Swimming places second in C-USA championships

By Ben Rieden

Led by performances by junior Kaitlyn Swinney and junior Alicia Caldwell, the Rice women’s swim team finished in second place at the Conference USA championships last week.

Sports

Baseball loses third straight series to open C-USA play

MVP Hawkins closes her career on top

Meet the dynamic duo of Rice tennis

The Final Kauntdown: Don't blame Rhoades for leaving

Four men's basketball players announce plans to leave Rice including Evans, Koulechov

Pera era begins for men's basketball

Baseball still optimistic despite 7-19 start

Champs! Women's basketball captures WBI title

Women's basketball fights its way to WBI title game

Men's basketball season ends in quarterfinals of CBI

The Final Kauntdown: Baseball season falling apart

Women's basketball advances to final four of WBI

Three-way race for starting QB job highlights spring practice

Men's basketball rides best-ever C-USA season into tournament

Women's basketball sets sights on tournament run

Zhang acing test in No. 1 role

The Final Kauntdown: Men's basketball's season is already special

Baseball sloppy in disappointing week

Rhoades thriving in third year at the helm of men's basketball

Swimming places second in C-USA championships

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