HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Left tackle Ronnie Clifton won the weekly Ronnie Lott Heavy Hitter Award for Lenoir-Rhyne University football from the Bears’ victory over Mars Hill. Clifton, a junior from Front Royal, Va., opened huge holes in the run game in 59-27 home victory over the Lions last Saturday. LRU rushed for 305 yards, averaging 5.9 per run. Clifton’s work …
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears’ Langer wins league defensive award
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Alexander Langer of Lenoir-Rhyne University was named Tuesday as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Defensive Player of the Week in men’s soccer. Langer, from Stuggart, Germany, had two saves – both on diving stops — as the Bears edged conference foe Carson-Newman 1-0 and this is her first conference award. LRU (2-1, 1-0) plays a …
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears (1-0) go for second league win on Wednesday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University will go for a 2-0 start in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s soccer in the next match. The Bears (2-1, 1-0) will not play, as scheduled, a league match Sunday at Tusculum because of the impact of Hurricane Florence hitting the North Carolina cost. LRU will face Mars Hill on the road on Wednesday. …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne falls in conference opener, idle until Wednesday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women’s soccer team will be idle until Wednesday. The Bears (2-2-1, 0-1 South Atlantic Conference) were scheduled to play Sunday at Tusculum but weather associated with Hurricane Florence postponed that match. LRU will face Mars Hill on the road next Wednesday in a conference match. The Bears opened SAC play on Wednesday at home, falling …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears roar with 59 points, ravage Lions
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Scoring more than 50 points for the second straight game, Lenoir-Rhyne University gained its second football victory of the season Thursday afternoon, hammering visiting Mars Hill 59-27. In a game moved up to a 2 p.m. start in Moretz Stadium because of anticipated bad weather associated with Hurricane Florence hitting the North Carolina coast, the Bears jumped …