HOUSTON — After a four-game home sweep of UMass-Lowell to open the season, the Arizona Wildcats faced their first road test of the 2019 season on Wednesday against the Rice Owls.
They passed with flying colors.
Arizona scored runs in each of the first three innings en route to a 16-5 victory in the first of their four-game trip to Houston.
Cameron Cannon got the offense started with a one out double down the left field line. Freshman Ryan Holgate, who hit .429 in his first weekend as a Wildcat, brought Cannon around to give Arizona the early lead.