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SPORTS 8/27/19 11:10pm

Volpe’s volleyball seeks to repeat success

By Spencer Moffat

This summer, the Rice volleyball team added an international component to their preseason training: a trip to Italy. During the second week of June, the team embarked on a nine-day voyage overseas, where they trained, toured and competed, winning three of four matches against local Italian teams.

SPORTS 8/27/19 11:08pm

Football names starting quarterback days before season opener

By Joshua Anil

While many Rice students spend their summer breaks around the world researching, working or spending time with their families, the Rice Owls football team spent the better part of their summer on campus preparing for the upcoming season.

SPORTS 4/27/19 1:20pm

Diagnosing NCAA play with women’s tennis head coach Elizabeth Schmidt

By Madison Buzzard

After earning victory in the Conference USA Championship final for the sixth time in seven years, the Rice Owls women’s tennis team is set to compete in both team and individual postseason play at the NCAA Championship.

SPORTS 4/18/19 7:55pm

Millora-Brown to transfer; Kreider to leave for new job

By Eric Barber

Rice men’s basketball will experience a shakeup in both its player roster and staff next year. According to multiple anonymous sources, freshman center Quentin Millora-Brown has entered the NCAA transfer portal with intent to transfer and assistant coach Chris Kreider has left his position to join Georgia State University as an assistant coach.

SPORTS 4/17/19 12:10am

Freshman Diae El Jardi making immediate impact for women’s tennis

By Spencer Moffat

Freshman tennis player Diae El Jardi began playing tennis at the age of six with her father on the clay courts in Meknes, Morocco. According to El Jardi, the rigors of daily practice fostered a bonding with her father.

SPORTS 4/17/19 12:08am

RPC releases revised Beer Bike results

By Madison Buzzard

Will Rice College won the men’s Beer Run while the Graduate Student Association claimed victory in the alumni and women’s bike races in Rice Program Council’s revised Beer Bike results released last week.

SPORTS 4/17/19 12:06am

Athletic department strives for improved competitiveness, better fan experiences in new strategic plan

By Andrew Grottkau

Rice Athletics released a five-year strategic plan on Thursday detailing objectives such as implementing a more scientific approach to maximizing athletic performance and improving recruitment and retention of top athletes.

SPORTS 4/17/19 12:06am

Rice athletics must integrate transgender student-athletes

By Madison Buzzard

Title IX is the bedrock of anti-sex discrimination law in the U.S. It requires universities that receive federal funding to prove equality of opportunity for female student-athletes compared to male student-athletes.

SPORTS 4/12/19 9:30am

Previewing Rice women's tennis against UH with the Daily Cougar

By Madison Buzzard

On Friday afternoon, Rice women’s tennis takes on University of Houston Women’s Tennis at the John E. Hoff Courts. Rice Thresher Assistant Sports Editor Madison Buzzard and Daily Cougar Assistant Sports Editor Trenton Whiting came together to preview the matchup.

SPORTS 4/10/19 3:49pm

Men’s tennis peaking near postseason

By Derrick Kagwanja

Rice men’s tennis went undefeated in three matches this weekend during the Conference USA Showcase at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.

SPORTS 4/10/19 12:34am

Hanszen wins Pizza Bike title over Jones, Baker

By Savannah Kuchar

The Hanszen College men’s bike team beat five other colleges competing in Pizza Bike, an unofficial make-up race for the 2019 Beer Bike men’s race held Saturday at the Hackerman Race Track.

SPORTS 4/10/19 12:32am

Women’s tennis pushes winning streak to three

By Spencer Moffat

The Rice women’s tennis team celebrated Senior Day this past Sunday by stretching its win streak to three after defeating Florida International University in a 4-0 win. It was also the second straight match in which the Owls shut out their opponent 4-0.

SPORTS 4/10/19 12:31am

Dunlap Dominates: Senior designated hitter finally finds his stroke

By Madison Buzzard

Twenty-four year old senior Andrew Dunlap inherited his middle name, Bellows, from his grandfather. As a husband, father and designated hitter for the Rice baseball team, Dunlap said he isn’t quite the vocal leader his middle name would suggest.

SPORTS 4/6/19 10:05pm

Baseball's struggles continue in series loss to FIU

By Madison Buzzard

After winning one of three games at home against Conference-USA opponent Florida International University over the weekend, Rice baseball is 14-20 overall and 5-7 in C-USA.

SPORTS 4/2/19 11:42pm

A golfer’s journey across the pond: featuring Jake Benson

By Eric Barber

Sophomore golfer Jake Benson first picked up a club when he was five years old. Hailing from Nottingham, England, Benson gained experience playing in the British Isles, where the sport originated.

SPORTS 4/2/19 11:40pm

Women’s tennis prepares for C-USA showdown

By Madison Buzzard

Women’s tennis will look to build on its 9-2 home record in two matches against Florida-based opponents at George R. Brown Tennis Center this weekend.

SPORTS 4/2/19 11:40pm

GSA wins alumni and women’s races, but controversy clouds results

By Andrew Grottkau

The Graduate Student Association claimed first place in both the alumni and women’s Beer Bike races, while McMurtry College took first in the men’s Beer Run, according to official results posted by the Rice Program Council.

SPORTS 4/2/19 11:37pm

Barber Shop Talk: Football should not have practice on beer bike

By Eric Barber

Beer Bike is arguably the most important social event on the Rice calendar. Students call it the best day of the year or even Christmas. From the early wake-up to the Martel sundeck to the water balloon fight to the races, it is a day of celebration and a journey outside of the normal obligations of being a college student.

SPORTS 3/29/19 9:59pm

Soccer names Brian Lee new head coach

By Madison Buzzard

Rice Women’s soccer has hired former Louisiana State University head soccer coach Brian Lee for the same position, according to a release from Rice Athletics. Last season, Lee led the Tigers to the Southeastern Conference Tournament title and the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS 3/26/19 10:22pm

Men’s tennis continues slide with winless weekend

By Spencer Moffat

The Rice men’s tennis team fell to Utah State University 4-2 on Sunday night to finish a winless weekend at the 61st Ralph O’Connor Rice Invitational.

Sports

Volpe’s volleyball seeks to repeat success

Football names starting quarterback days before season opener

Diagnosing NCAA play with women’s tennis head coach Elizabeth Schmidt

Millora-Brown to transfer; Kreider to leave for new job

Freshman Diae El Jardi making immediate impact for women’s tennis

RPC releases revised Beer Bike results

Athletic department strives for improved competitiveness, better fan experiences in new strategic plan

Rice athletics must integrate transgender student-athletes

Previewing Rice women's tennis against UH with the Daily Cougar

Men’s tennis peaking near postseason

Hanszen wins Pizza Bike title over Jones, Baker

Women’s tennis pushes winning streak to three

Dunlap Dominates: Senior designated hitter finally finds his stroke

Baseball's struggles continue in series loss to FIU

A golfer’s journey across the pond: featuring Jake Benson

Women’s tennis prepares for C-USA showdown

GSA wins alumni and women’s races, but controversy clouds results

Barber Shop Talk: Football should not have practice on beer bike

Soccer names Brian Lee new head coach

Men’s tennis continues slide with winless weekend

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