Volleyball streak ends at 19
· The volleyball team's 19-game winning streak at Autry Court ended Tuesday, as Texas Tech University gave the Owls their first loss of the season. Rice's five-game loss was its first at home since losing to national power Hawaii on Oct. 23, 2003.
Football opens season at UCLA
· The Rice football team begins its 2005 season Saturday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. against the University of California-Los Angeles.
Men's cross country wins at A&M relays
· The men's cross country team opened its season with a strong start, placing three teams in the top seven last Friday at the Texas A&M Men's Cross Country Opener in College Station, Texas. The 12-kilometer relay consisted of four three-kilometer segments run by a pair of alternating two-man teams. The tandem of senior Marcel Hewamudalige and sophomore Colby Keithan won the event, and senior David Axel and sophomore Charles Hampton placed third.