HOUSTON\u00a0\u2014 Rice volleyball will close out nonconference play Tuesday at No. 16 Texas A&M at Reed Arena.<\/p>\n
\nMatch 12 Next Up
\nWhat: Rice (6-5) vs. No. 16 Texas A&M (6-5)
\nWhen: Tuesday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m. CT
\nWhere: College Station, TX
\nStadium: Reed Arena
\nLive Stats: Statbroadcast<\/a>
\nBroadcast: ESPN+<\/a>
\nSeries Information: Rice trails 4-37
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\nNotes
\n\u2022 The Owls faced No. 5 SMU and No. 13 TCU in Fort Worth last week. Rice dropped a 3-0 decision to SMU and a 3-1 decision to TCU.
\n\u2022 Since 2019, the Owls have recorded six Top 25 victories. The last time Rice defeated two ranked opponents in a single season was in 2015, when the Owls defeated No. 22 WKU and No. 23 Colorado.
\n\u2022 The Owls defeated No. 15 Creighton 3-1 to close out the Rice Invitational II. The win marked their first ranked win since 2023.
\n\u2022 The Owls opened the season with a five-match winning streak, their best start since 2019, when Rice opened the season 9-0.
\n\u2022 Head Coach Genny Volpe<\/a> is in her 23rd season with the Owls and is the school’s all-time
\nleader in total wins (440) and winning percentage (.656).
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\nRice vs. Texas A&M
\n\u2022 The Owls are 1-12 on the road against the Aggies.
\n\u2022 Head coach Genny Volpe<\/a> is an alum of Texas A&M. Volpe was a four-year letterwinner as a setter and outside hitter at Texas A&M from 1990-93.
\n\u2022 The Owls are looking for their first win over the Aggies since a 3-1 win at home in 1990.
\n\u2022 Texas A&M is the reigning national champion. The last time Rice faced the reigning national champion was in 2023, when the Owls lost 3-0 to No. 6 Texas.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Rice will open conference play this weekend, hosting ECU on Friday and UAB on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON\u00a0\u2014 Rice volleyball will close out nonconference play Tuesday at No. 16 Texas A&M at Reed Arena. Match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-443752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}