MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne in first place in conference race

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first-place men’s soccer team returns to South Atlantic Conference (SAC) action on Wednesday at LRU with a 7 p.m. match. The Bears grabbed first place in the league on Saturday with a 3-2 home victory over Queens (7-2-1 4-1). LRU is 6-3 overall and 5-1 in the league. Sophomore Victor Cascon had two goals, giving …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears look to rebound after 5-match win streak snapped

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women will attempt to rebound from a loss when they resume conference play on Wednesday with a 7 p.m. match at Limestone. The Bears’ five-match win streak was snapped Saturday when Queens beat LRU in Hickory, 3-1. The loss dropped the Bears to 7-3-1 overall and 5-2 in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Queens is …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears win streak at 5 after victory at Coker

HobbsDailyReport.com HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s win streak in women’s soccer reached five matches on Wednesday night in a 3-0 victory over Coker on the road. The Bears (7-2-1, 5-1 South Atlantic Conference) are 5-0-1 on the road this season after edging the winless Cobras (0-6, 0-3). Abbie Brown, Stephanie Figueiredo and Judith Verdaguer each scored a goal for LRU …

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne beats Coker, wins on road again

HobbsDailyReport.com HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University won on the road for the third straight time on Wednesday night, beating Coker 4-1 in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) match. The Bears (5-3, 4-1) hadn’t beaten Coker (2-5, 0-3) since 2014. Senior Ignacio de Goya scored twice for LRU and sophomore Victor Cascon and senior Josh Silent each added one goal. The …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE X-C: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Kiplagat wins league’s weekly award

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) has named Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Domtila Kiplagat as its top runner in women’s cross country for the week of Sept. 24-30. Kiplagat, a senior from Eloret, Kenya, set a new LRU 5K record at the Queens Invitational last week. Her time of 18:06 broke the Bears’ previous mark and was the …