HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University won three of four women’s softball games over the weekend at home and moved above .500 at 6-5. On Saturday, the Bears won two extra-inning games against Lees-McRae, 3-2 in eight innings and 9-8 in eight innings. The Bears won 9-1 on Friday over Virginia-Wise and fell in the nightcap 6-3. LRU’s next games are …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Catawba Valley Community College will add as 5th sports team
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Softball is coming to Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC). CVCC’s athletic department officially announced on Friday the addition of a softball program starting in the 2019-20 academic year. A private donation helped spearhead the start of the softball program, the school said in a press release. “This is a great opportunity to grow athletics at CVCC with …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Bear Bash includes doubleheaders on Friday, Saturday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has made some changes for this weekend’s Bear Bash in softball, shifting to playing two doubleheaders at Bears Field. The four-team event begins on Friday at 2 p.m. with a game against Virginia-Wise. Game 2 between those teams is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start. On Saturday, the Bears will face Lees-McRae College in games …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Split leaves Lenoir-Rhyne 1-3 at Florida tournament
Bears are 3-3 heading into game on Sunday morning HobbsDailyReport.com CLEARWATER, Fla. – Lenoir-Rhyne University won by a shutout and fell by the same on Saturday in the National Fast-pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) softball tournament. On the second day of the tournament, the Bears downed Eckerd 9-0 before Valdosta (Ga.) State beat LRU 6-0. Hillside and North Georgia beat …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Triplett hired to get CCC&TI’s softball program started
HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON – Scott Triplett, an assistant coach at nearby South Caldwell High, will guide the first women’s softball team at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI). The school’s athletic department announced Triplett’s hiring on Thursday. He is a South Caldwell and Appalachian State graduate who has worked with the Spartans’ softball team since 2013. CCC&TI is adding softball …