HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Nicole Hunt’s goal with 30 seconds left in overtime Saturday lifted visiting Catawba to a 12-11 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne University in women’s lacrosse. The same teams will meet Tuesday in Salisbury in a quarterfinal of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) tournament. The Bears are 10-7 overall and finished 5-3 in the conference and Catawba is 13-4 overall …
COLLEGE LACROSSE: Lenoir-Rhyne men grab SAC’s regular-season title
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY –Eric Dickerson and Mike Hanlon each scored four goals Saturday as Lenoir-Rhyne University won the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s lacrosse regular season championship. The Bears nipped visiting Catawba 14-13 for their 12th straight victory. They’ll next compete as the top seed in the quarterfinals of the SAC tournament on Thursday in Charlotte. LRU improved to 8-0 in …
COLLEGE GOLF: Morganton senior from Lenoir-Rhyne earns honorable mention
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University senior golfer Hunter McCombs, from Morganton, won honorable mention as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) announced its all-conference men’s golf team on Friday. McCombs led the Bears this season with a stroke average of 73.6 while playing 16 rounds this season. His best finish was a tie for seventh place at the Richard …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Newberry shuts out Lenoir-Rhyne in series opener
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWBERRY, S.C. – Zack Kelly pitched a six-hit shutout, striking out nine, as Newberry (S.C.) trimmed visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University 3-0 in an opening game Friday of a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball series. Newberry (29-19, 14-8) extended the Bears’ losing streak to five games. LRU is now 21-24, 6-16. The teams play a doubleheader Saturday in Newberry, S.C., at …
CRAWDADS: Bats boom in win at Kannapolis; 7-game homestead begins Monday
HobbsDailyReport.com KANNAPOLIS – Getting 15 hits — including home runs from three players — the Hickory Crawdads crushed Kannapolis 15=6 on Friday night in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball. With a crowd of 1,551 at Intimidators Stadium on hand, the Crawdads rolled. They led 7-2 through four innings, scored five runs in the fifth, and they were up 15-2 when …