Undefeated Owls to start C-USA season tonight
· After narrowly escaping San Marcos with a 1-0 win over Texas State University last Friday, the undefeated soccer team begins its conference schedule with two games at the Rice Track/Soccer Stadium this weekend. Rice (8-0-1) will take on the University of Central Florida tonight at 7 p.m. and the University of Southern Mississippi Sunday at 1 p.m.
Sluggish starts lead to costly conference losses for volleyball
· The volleyball team's bid for the Conference USA title took an early-season hit last weekend, as the Owls dropped their first two C-USA matches to the University of Alabama-Birmingham and Memphis University. They recovered on Wednesday with a convincing sweep of Lamar University in Beaumont, Tex., and will resume conference play this weekend at Autry Court, facing Tulane at 7 p.m. tonight and the University of Texas-El Paso on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Harknett upsets No. 4 Poerschke
· Highlighted by the senior Ben Harknett scoring the biggest Rice upset so far this season, the Rice men's tennis team displayed its potential at last weekend's Baylor Invitational in Waco, Tex. Led by Harknett, sophomore Christoph Mueller and freshman Dennis Polyakov, the Owls competed against some of the top players in the country, including three ranked in the Fila/ITA Collegiate Top Ten.