HOUSTON (Interstat) — Rice defeated Tulane 10-6 on Friday afternoon at M.O. Campbell Center, overcoming an early six-run deficit to win the American Athletic Conference matchup. The Owls improved to 33-22, while the Green Wave fell to 25-30.

Tulane struck first, scoring six runs in the top of the first, capped by Trent Liolios’ sacrifice fly. Liolios finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Rice chipped away, with Garet Boehm driving in three runs, including a ground-rule double in the second and a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Ty Thames earned the win with four innings of three-run ball, striking out five.

Trailing 6-4 in the third, Kutter-Gage Webb homered to cut the lead to one. The Owls took the lead in the fourth on a Boehm single. James Agabedis homered for Tulane in the eighth, but Rice answered with two runs in the bottom half, including a Davila sacrifice fly. Thomas Vincent took the loss for Tulane, allowing one earned run in 2.2 innings with two strikeouts. Rice’s Brayden Sharp recorded two strikeouts in a scoreless inning of relief. The teams meet again Saturday.