2021 Rice Owls baseball team

2021 Rice Owls baseball
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record23–29–1 (11–20–1 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumReckling Park
Uniform
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Charlotte x‍‍‍y 24 – 8 – 0   .750 40 – 21 – 0   .656
No. 16 Old Dominion ‍‍‡‍y 22 – 10 – 0   .688 44 – 16 – 0   .733
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 18 – 14 – 0   .563 32 – 25 – 0   .561
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍ 15 – 17 – 0   .469 27 – 29 – 0   .482
FIU ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 20 – 31 – 0   .392
Marshall ‍‍‍ 6 – 26 – 0   .188 10 – 35 – 0   .222
West
No. 22 Louisiana Tech x‍‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 42 – 20 – 0   .677
No. 23 Southern Miss ‍‍‍y 22 – 9 – 0   .710 40 – 21 – 0   .656
UTSA ‍‍‍ 14 – 17 – 0   .452 22 – 26 – 0   .458
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍ 12 – 19 – 1   .391 24 – 29 – 1   .454
Rice ‍‍‍ 11 – 20 – 1   .359 23 – 29 – 1   .443
UAB ‍‍‍ 11 – 21 – 0   .344 18 – 36 – 0   .333
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 7, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Rice Owls baseball team represented Rice University in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA West Division. They played their home games at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas. The team was coached by Matt Bragga, who was in his third season with the Owls.

For the first time since joining Conference USA in 2005, Rice did not qualify for this season's conference tournament. The Owl's broke their 14-year appearance in the tournament. On May 24, 2021, Rice announced that coach Bragga was relieved from his coaching duties.[2]

  1. ^ "2021 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ McIlvoy, Randy (May 24, 2021). "Rice AD announces coaching change for baseball program: Matt Bragga let go after three seasons". KPRC-TV. Retrieved May 25, 2021.