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Owls Drop Series Finale to Wildcats
2/15/2026 5:49:00 PM | Baseball
Next Up: Louisiana, Tuesday at 6:35
Houston-JC Davis homered twice, but Northwestern answered with five longballs to avoid a season-opening sweep with a 17-6 win at Reckling Park on Sunday afternoon.
How it Happened: The Wildcats wasted no time in taking command, scoring four times in the first and three in the second, but Davis capped a five-run answer by Rice in the bottom of the second with a two-run home run to draw the Owls within two. Rice loaded the bases with one out in the second, and Hiram Bocachica Jr. broke the ice with a sacrifice fly to score Cole Green, who had led off the inning with a double. Kutter-Gage Webb scored the Owls' second run when he came home when Garet Boehm's first career hit as an Owl was misplayed for an error. Colin Robson followed with a single to score Boehm, and Davis closed out the scoring with the first of his two home runs to left. The Wildcats rebuilt the lead to 10-5 with two in the third and one in the fourth before Davis closed out the scoring for Rice with a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth.
Next Up: Rice remains home with games on Tuesday vs. Louisiana (1-2) and on Wednesday against Purdue (2-1) to close out the opening homestand before embarking on a three-game trip to Los Angeles to face USC next weekend.
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How it Happened: The Wildcats wasted no time in taking command, scoring four times in the first and three in the second, but Davis capped a five-run answer by Rice in the bottom of the second with a two-run home run to draw the Owls within two. Rice loaded the bases with one out in the second, and Hiram Bocachica Jr. broke the ice with a sacrifice fly to score Cole Green, who had led off the inning with a double. Kutter-Gage Webb scored the Owls' second run when he came home when Garet Boehm's first career hit as an Owl was misplayed for an error. Colin Robson followed with a single to score Boehm, and Davis closed out the scoring with the first of his two home runs to left. The Wildcats rebuilt the lead to 10-5 with two in the third and one in the fourth before Davis closed out the scoring for Rice with a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth.
Next Up: Rice remains home with games on Tuesday vs. Louisiana (1-2) and on Wednesday against Purdue (2-1) to close out the opening homestand before embarking on a three-game trip to Los Angeles to face USC next weekend.
NOTES
- The Owls won a season-opening series for the first time since 2019 and have won five of the last seven series since David Pierce took over as head coach in 2025.
- Davis hit .636 in the opening series (7x11) with a double, three home runs and four RBI… He hit just three home runs in 86 games and 277 at-bats in two seasons at Weatherford College before transferring to Rice this season.
- Davis and Green (.300, 3x10) each hit safely in each of the first three games.
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