Silver Glove series
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Silver Glove Series is a series played between the University of Houston Cougars and Rice University Owls
in college baseball
. The series began in 1998. The Rice Owls have dominated in the series, winning it each year since 2001. The Owls and Cougars compete in the same conference, Conference USA
. Each year, the series consists of 5 games. Three of those contest are "conference
" games with the other two "non conference" games being played at the opposite site as the three "conference" games.
Rice Owls baseball
The Rice Owls baseball team is the interscholastic baseball team representing Rice University in Houston, Texas. The Rice Owls have been a regular fixture in the NCAA Tournament, participating in every tournament since 1995 including a victory in the 2003 College World Series, the first national...
in college baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. The series began in 1998. The Rice Owls have dominated in the series, winning it each year since 2001. The Owls and Cougars compete in the same conference, Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
. Each year, the series consists of 5 games. Three of those contest are "conference
Athletic conference
An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the professional, collegiate, or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels...
" games with the other two "non conference" games being played at the opposite site as the three "conference" games.