COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears split, stay game above .500 in conference play

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University won Sunday’s last game of a doubleheader with Tusculum to slip back above .500 in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball. After Tusculum won 7-5 at Bears Field in the first game, the Bears won 13-3 to earn a split and improve to 24-16 overall and 11-10 in the league. Tusculum left 20-20 overall and 12-9 …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Tusculum hammers Lenoir-Rhyne 24-4 to open weekend series

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Tusculum College hammered Lenoir-Rhyne University 24-4 on Friday to open a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) weekend baseball series at Bears Field. The Pioneers (19-19, 11-8) and Bears (23-15, 10-9) will play two games on Sunday to complete the series, starting at 2 p.m. Tusculum built a 9-0 lead on Friday through three innings. Daulton Martin hit a …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Russ homers twice as Red Hawks collect 25th win of season

HobbsDailyReport.com LANCASTER, S.C. – Kyran Russ homered twice and drove in five runs on Thursday to lead Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) past USC Lancaster, 12-6. Russ hit a three-run home run in the first inning at Lancaster High and added a solo shot in the fourth inning as CVCC improved to 25-9 overall by winning. The Red Hawks start …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears have 23 wins as they prep to play Lincoln Memorial next

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENWOOD, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has surpassed its win total of last season and has its eyes on next reaching 25 wins. The Bears nipped Lander, S.C., on the road 9-8 on Tuesday — with sophomore Corbin Watson driving in four runs — to improve to 23-14. LRU won 22 games a year ago. Next up for the Bears …

EXHIBITION BASEBALL: Crawdads topple Red Hawks 12-2 at L.P. Frans Stadium

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) baseball players received the experience of a lifetime on Monday night during the Red Hawks’ exhibition against the Class-A Hickory Crawdads at the newly renovated L.P. Frans Stadium. In front of a crowd of 1,300 fans, the Red Hawks fell 12-2 to the Crawdads in the first meeting of the two clubs. …