COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Horn named league’s top defender

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University linebacker Clayton Horn was named Monday as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Defensive Player of the Week in football. Horn, a junior from Mount Pleasant, N.C., led the Bears’ defense in last Saturday’s 35-10 home victory over Tusculum. LRU held the Pioneers, one of the leading rushing teams in NCAA Division II, to …

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Bears’ Arroyo, Hamilton gain conference’s weekly awards

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University players swept the weekly South Atlantic Conference (SAC) awards in volleyball on Monday. The league announced Angelica Arroyo, an outside hitter for the Bears, won Player of the Week for matches played Sept. 24-30 while Helen Hamilton won Specialist of the Week. Arroyo, a senior from San Juan, P.R., helped the Bears extend …

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Cascon’s 5 goals lead Bears to 3-1 league start

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Victor Cascon, who scored four times a season ago, has five goals this season in leading the Lenoir-Rhyne University men’s soccer team. The Bears (4-3, 3-1) won again Saturday, beating visiting Wingate 3-1 when Cascon scored twice, and they next play on Wednesday in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) match at Coker with a 7:30 p.m. start. …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears win, can grab top spot alone this weekend by winning at Newberry

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University will have a chance this weekend to sit alone atop the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) football standings. The Bears (4-1, 3-0), after winning their fourth straight game on Saturday via a 35-10 home victory over Tusculum (2-2, 1-1) travel to Newberry, S.C. on Saturday for another conference game. Newberry is the only other SAC team …