Sports

SPORTS 9/3/19 10:14pm

Football prepares to take on ACC foe Wake Forest after Army loss

By Eric Barber

Fresh off their first loss of the season, the football team is looking to rebound for their first win of the season as they face Wake Forest University on Friday night at Rice Stadium. In their first game of the season, the Owls fell to Army West Point by a score of 14-7.

SPORTS 9/3/19 10:13pm

Bloomgren should stick with Green at QB

By Joshua Anil

Rice football fell to Army West Point 14-7 last Friday, but that shouldn’t be a reason for head coach Mike Bloomgren to make a change to the starting quarterback position. After leaving the status of the position up in the air for nearly the entire offseason, and even stating that he would be willing to open the season playing multiple quarterbacks, Bloomgren named redshirt freshman Wiley Green the opening day starter at last Tuesday’s news conference.

SPORTS 9/3/19 10:11pm

Lettenberger strives for gold in World Para Swimming Championships

By Madison Buzzard

Earlier this week, freshman swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger traveled to London to prepare for the World Para Swimming Championships, an international competition designed for athletes with disabilities, during which she will compete in five separate events.

SPORTS 8/27/19 11:12pm

Soccer picks up pair of wins

By Madison Buzzard

Head soccer coach Brian Lee kickstarted his Rice tenure with two wins in two matches last week. The Owls defeated Oral Roberts University on the road at Case Soccer Complex on Thursday before beating the University of Houston at Holloway Field on Sunday.

SPORTS 8/27/19 11:12pm

Barber Shop Talk: Give Rice athletics a chance

By Eric Barber

New Students: Welcome to Rice! A new Rice Athletics season has begun, and while you all have been introduced to our sports spirit at Rice Rally during Orientation Week, it is important that you give the athletics a chance past just the first week or two of the school year.

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

Football prepares to take on ACC foe Wake Forest after Army loss

Bloomgren should stick with Green at QB

Lettenberger strives for gold in World Para Swimming Championships

Soccer picks up pair of wins

Barber Shop Talk: Give Rice athletics a chance

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

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