Sammy Leads the Way

The Rice Owls baseball team defeated Louisville 15-10 today in an opening-round game in the College World Series in Omaha, overcoming deficits of 5-0 and 10-4 with a 6-run 8th inning. Baseball is the only sport that Rice has been consistently excellent at, appearing several times in the College World Series and winning the NCAA championship in 2003. Last year's CWS was excruciating for Rice: they were the #2 national seed and won their opening game but were shut out in back-to-back games by Oregon State, the eventual champions. Let's hope that this year will be better.

Rice's next game will be Sunday at 6 PM against the winner of tonight's Mississippi State-North Carolina game. Go Owls!