COLLEGE BASEBALL: Trio of Bears make first-team All-South Atlantic Conference

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – A trio of Lenoir-Rhyne University baseball players were first-team picks on Tuesday for All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC). The selections were announced by the conference in a press release and conference coaches voted junior outfielder Justin Dean, sophomore starting pitcher John Grigg and senior relief pitcher Landon Whitson to the first-team. Dean leads the Bears in …

SAC LACROSSE: LRU men face Queens, women will battle Wingate in semis

HobbsDailyReport.com SAC MEN’S LACROSSE TOURNAMENT Tuesday’s first round results No. 4 Queens 21, No. 5 Catawba 12 No. 3 Lincoln Memorial 13, No. 6 Coker 10 Friday’s semifinals at Wingate No. 4 Queens vs. No. 1 LENOIR-RHYNE, 11 a.m. No. 3 Lincoln Memorial vs. No. 2 Wingate, 1:30 p.m. Sunday’s championship at Wingate Semifinals winners, 1 p.m. SAC WOMEN’S LACROSSE …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne returns to league tourney as No. 5 seed

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – After two seasons of not qualifying for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) tournament in baseball, Lenoir-Rhyne University is back in this season as a No. 5 seed. The Bears (27-21, 13-14) open the tournament on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., facing No. 8 Anderson (S.C.) at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tenn. LRU tied Newberry and Tusculum …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Bears’ Kenley on list of those considered for national award

HobbsDailyReport.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Lenoir-Rhyne University pitcher Emily Kenley, a junior with 21 wins this season, has been named to a national watch list for NCAA Division II Player of the Year. A junior from Charlotte, she is on a 25 player list generated by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), a press release by LRU on Monday said. Kenley …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Bears’ Crompton wins defensive award for fifth time this season

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Ryan Crompton of Lenoir-Rhyne University has won a league defensive award for the fifth time this season in men’s lacrosse. A senior goalkeeper from Fredrick, Md., Crompton was again named the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. He stopped nine shots last Saturday in a 15-7 win over Coker that …