HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has made changes for the weekend in schedules for its baseball and women’s softball teams. Baseball The Bears will now play a Friday doubleheader and one game on Saturday against West Virginia State. Friday’s games will be seven innings each and the first game is at 3 p.m., while the game on Saturday begins at …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Bears fall, go 2-3 in tournament in Alabama
HobbsDailyReport.com GULF SHORES, Ala. – A five-run sixth inning wiped out Lenoir-Rhyne University’s lead on Sunday as Alabama-Huntsville nipped the Bears 6-4 in women’s softball. The Chargers improved to 5-1 with a victory on the final day of the Gulf Coast Invitational while the Bears headed home at 2-3. Senior Mackenzie Cates had the only RBI for LRU in an …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne splits, sits 2-2 headed into Sunday’s game
HobbsDailyReport.com GULF SHORES, Ala. – Lenoir-Rhyne University again went 1-1 at the Gulf Coast Invitational on Saturday, beating Shorter 7-2 and falling 5-2 to seventh-ranked North Georgia. The Bears (2-2) close the tournament on Sunday with a 12:15 p.m. game against Alabama-Huntsville. LRU 7, Shorter 2 LRU junior outfielder Erin Boone hit a two-run home run while junior Emily Kenley …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne ranks No. 25 in first NCAA poll
HobbsDailyReport.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Lenoir-Rhyne University will open its women’s softball season on Feb. 2 as the 25th best team in the country, based on rankings released by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) for NCAA Division II teams. The Bears, picked by South Atlantic Conference (SAC) head coaches to finish second this season, are ranked No. 25 in the …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Boone-led Bears picked to finish second in conference
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women’s softball team has been picked to finish second in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) this season by the league’s head coaches. The coaches voted this week, with Carson-Newman gaining six first-place votes and 106 points and LRU got four first-place votes and 102 points. The Bears open the 2018 season in Gulf …