Friday, December 5
Dallas, Texas
4 PM
Rice University
vs
Florida
Photo by: Mike Carlson | Rice Athletics
Rice Faces Florida to Open NCAA Tournament
12/4/2025 10:19:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
HOUSTON — Rice volleyball will open the NCAA Tournament with Florida at the SMU Regional on Friday Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. in Moody Coliseum.
Match 31
What: Rice (21-9, 15-1) at Florida (15-11, 9-6)
When: Friday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m. CT
Where: Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Moody Coliseum
Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Series Information: Rice trails, 1-7
Notes
Match 31
What: Rice (21-9, 15-1) at Florida (15-11, 9-6)
When: Friday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m. CT
Where: Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Moody Coliseum
Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Series Information: Rice trails, 1-7
Notes
- The Owls received their sixth at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and will make their ninth appearance, all under head coach Genny Volpe.
- Rice went on a 17-game winning streak, the longest in program history, before falling to Tulsa in the American Championship.
- In the rankings, the Owls are No. 21 in RPI and are receiving votes in the latest AVCA poll.
- This is just the fourth different regional location for the Owls, the first being Austin, then Waco and College Station.
- The teams have not faced each other this century; their last matchup was in September 1996 and ended in a 3–1 Florida win.
- Rice trails the all-time series 7–1.
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