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SPORTS 3/6/18 11:27pm

Men’s basketball fails to qualify for conference tournament

By Andrew Grottkau

The first season of head coach Scott Pera’s tenure came to an end over the weekend, as Rice men’s basketball failed to qualify for the Conference USA tournament. The Owls finished the season with a record of 7-24, 4-14 in conference play.

SPORTS 3/6/18 11:26pm

Women’s basketball prepared for challenges of C-USA Tournament

By Michael Byrnes

Rice started the season on a tear, recording a 17-3 record through its first 20 games for the best start in program history. But since the second week of February, the team has posted just three wins against five losses, all at the hands of conference rivals.

SPORTS 2/28/18 12:00am

Feature Photo: Wendy Zhang, women's tennis

Senior Wendy Zhang hits a forehand during her match against Texas State.

SPORTS 2/27/18 11:53pm

Knight of Autry Court: Senior Wendy Knight leads the charge

By Spencer Moffat

As the only senior on the Rice women’s basketball team, guard Wendy Knight has found a way to balance a busy life as a double major in mathematics and computational and applied mathematics with her demanding basketball career.

SPORTS 2/27/18 11:49pm

Swimming again places second at conference championships

By Joshua Anil

For the fourth straight year, Rice swimming finished second behind Florida International University at the Conference USA Championships.

SPORTS 2/27/18 11:47pm

The Final Kauntdown: A conversation on Rice talk radio

By Andrew Grottkau

The scene is a talk radio show solely dedicated to Rice Athletics. The host is taking callers during a segment on the past weekend of games. Of course, this is entirely fictional. Any radio show solely devoted to Rice Athletics would surely be taken off the air in a week due to low ratings.

SPORTS 2/21/18 9:48am

Comeback kids: Baseball gets third come-from-behind win of the season

By Andrew Grottkau

In the first home game of his career, with Rice trailing 6-4 in the eighth inning, freshman second baseman Trei Cruz came to bat with the bases loaded.

SPORTS 2/20/18 9:29pm

Women’s basketball falters in attempt to reach top of Conference USA

By Spencer Moffat

The Rice women’s basketball team lost its second game in a row on Saturday to Middle Tennessee State University, suffering its first losing streak since November.

SPORTS 2/20/18 9:12pm

Starting pitching leads baseball to winning weekend

By Madison Buzzard

Orlando, Florida had some Disney World magic for the Rice Baseball team last weekend, as the Owls earned wins in two of three games at the University of Central Florida Tournament to kick-start an optimistic 2018 campaign.

SPORTS 2/20/18 9:10pm

Cashaw carrying the load for men’s basketball

By Michael Byrnes

“Having a team that believes in me and is working with me every day [has] been amazing,” Cashaw said. “[Head coach Scott Pera] lets me be a vocal leader, stay on the young guys and ultimately grow as a team.”

SPORTS 2/20/18 9:02pm

Swimming out for revenge in C-USA Championships

By Andrew Grottkau

For three seasons, the Owls have come up just short at the Conference USA Championships, finishing second to Florida International University every year. This year they are hoping for revenge.

SPORTS 2/14/18 7:48am

Soccer reaches internationally to sign 2018 recruiting class

By Andrew Grottkau

After winning the conference title and making its first NCAA tournament appearance in three years last season, Rice is on to 2018.

SPORTS 2/14/18 7:48am

Women’s basketball topples conference-leading ‘Toppers; UAB awaits

By Andrew Grottkau

The Rice women’s basketball team captured a signature win Saturday at Tudor Fieldhouse when it defeated conference leader Western Kentucky University 73-58. But the Owls have a quick turnaround.

SPORTS 2/14/18 7:21am

Immortality: An Oral History of the 2003 Rice baseball team

By Andrew Grottkau

It has been 15 years since Rice baseball claimed the school’s first and only national championship. The image of the team’s dogpile on the Rosenblatt Stadium mound is still etched in the memories of Rice fans a decade and a half later. But the season itself is memorable for far more than its finish.

SPORTS 2/14/18 7:19am

Wayne's World: Rice Thresher baseball preview

By Thresher Sports Staff

Twenty-six years ago, the movie “Wayne’s World” debuted in theaters. The day of the premiere, Feb. 14, 1992, Rice baseball lost 9-1 to the University of Texas, Austin to drop new 55-year-old head coach Wayne Graham’s career Division I record to 5-3.

SPORTS 2/7/18 11:08pm

Bloomgren completes his first recruiting class by signing 17 players

By Andrew Grottkau

Head coach Mike Bloomgren completed his first recruiting class at Rice on Wednesday by signing 17 players to National Letters of Intent, a binding commitment to play football for Rice.

SPORTS 1/30/18 11:57pm

Baseball Intrasquad photo gallery

By Martin Zhang

The Rice baseball team began its spring practices this past weekend with a series of intrasquad games. The Thresher's Martin Zhang captured some of the action from Sunday's game.

SPORTS 1/30/18 11:52pm

Ups and downs: Men's and women's tennis in brief

By Michael Price

The men’s team will face the Louisiana State University Tigers this Sunday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center at 12 pm. The women’s team is on the road again, and will play University of Texas, Arlington on their courts on Feb. 9.

SPORTS 1/30/18 11:45pm

FAU’s buzzer-beater shocks Rice

By Michael Byrnes

Moments away from registering its first winning streak of the year, Rice’s men’s basketball team saw its hopes dashed on a heart-breaking, buzzer-beating heave by Florida Atlantic University’s Justin Massey.

SPORTS 1/30/18 11:44pm

Riddle, Jackson shine at UH

By Joshua Anil

Last weekend, the Owls competed in their second meet of the year, the Houston Invitational, hosted by the University of Houston.

Sports

Men’s basketball fails to qualify for conference tournament

Women’s basketball prepared for challenges of C-USA Tournament

Feature Photo: Wendy Zhang, women's tennis

Knight of Autry Court: Senior Wendy Knight leads the charge

Swimming again places second at conference championships

The Final Kauntdown: A conversation on Rice talk radio

Comeback kids: Baseball gets third come-from-behind win of the season

Women’s basketball falters in attempt to reach top of Conference USA

Starting pitching leads baseball to winning weekend

Cashaw carrying the load for men’s basketball

Swimming out for revenge in C-USA Championships

Soccer reaches internationally to sign 2018 recruiting class

Women’s basketball topples conference-leading ‘Toppers; UAB awaits

Immortality: An Oral History of the 2003 Rice baseball team

Wayne's World: Rice Thresher baseball preview

Bloomgren completes his first recruiting class by signing 17 players

Baseball Intrasquad photo gallery

Ups and downs: Men's and women's tennis in brief

FAU’s buzzer-beater shocks Rice

Riddle, Jackson shine at UH

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