HobbsDailyReport.com SALISBURY – A ninth-inning solo home run allowed Lenoir-Rhyne University to win a conference baseball game on Friday night in which it pulled a triple play. Clayton Jeffries homered in the ninth inning to lift the visiting Bears past Catawba 3-2, leaving LRU at 14-6 overall and 3-1 in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) heading into a doubleheader against …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: CVCC has back-to-back weekly award winners for first time in school history
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — For the first time in program history, the Catawba Valley Community College baseball team has back-to-back National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) weekly award winners. Red Hawks first baseman Kyran Russ was named the NJCAA Division II Player of the Week on Wednesday — one week after CVCC’s Julian Smith was named NJCAA Div. II Pitcher of the …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Spartanburg Methodist pops Red Hawks twice
HobbsDailyReport.com SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Red Hawks had their wings clipped on Tuesday night in baseball. Host Spartanburg Methodist handed Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) its first sweep of the season by winning 8-5 and 11-4 to leave the Red Hawks at 10-4. CVCC resumes play on Saturday at 1 p.m. with a home doubleheader against Louisburg College at the …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ win moves head coach up on all-time victory list
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Getting three hits and three RBIs from senior Marcus Shoemaker sparked Lenoir-Rhyne University to a 9-1 baseball win on Wednesday that moved Bears head coach Tom Fleenor to third on the school’s all-time coaching win list. LRU downed visiting Lake Erie (1-6-1), quickly bouncing back from a 16-run loss the day before to Belmont Abbey. The Bears …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Belmont Abbey pounds Lenoir-Rhyne, wins 11th straight
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Belmont Abbey scored a dozen runs over the first three innings on Tuesday, riding that to a 19-3 baseball victory over Lenoir-Rhyne University at Bears Field. The Crusaders (16-2), ranked No. 11 on NCAA Division II, ran their win streak to 11 games and dealt the Bears (12-6) their fourth loss in six games. Belmont Abbey’s early …