By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – In a marked change in its football recruiting, Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first list of 2018 signees features nearly one-third of the players being from local high schools. When the Bears released their 37 signees on Wednesday in the first class for new head coach Drew Cronic, it included: Ten seniors who played at Greater Hickory …
MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Bears’ Crompton named top defensive star of week
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The first top defender award of the season in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s lacrosse was won Monday by Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Ryan Crompton. Crompton, a senior from Fredrick, Md., allowed just three goals in one half and had four saves as the Bears opened the season last Saturday by beating Young Harris 18-7 in Hickory. …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Bears fall, go 2-3 in tournament in Alabama
HobbsDailyReport.com GULF SHORES, Ala. – A five-run sixth inning wiped out Lenoir-Rhyne University’s lead on Sunday as Alabama-Huntsville nipped the Bears 6-4 in women’s softball. The Chargers improved to 5-1 with a victory on the final day of the Gulf Coast Invitational while the Bears headed home at 2-3. Senior Mackenzie Cates had the only RBI for LRU in an …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne wins twice, off to 3-0 start to season
HobbsDailyReport.com FLORENCE, S.C. – The Bears are already hot. Lenoir-Rhyne University remained unbeaten in baseball on Saturday by beating Southern Wesleyan 4-0 and Francis Marion 7-5 in the Carolinas Hospital System Classic. The Bears don’t play again until Wednesday when they face Barton in a doubleheader at McCrary Park in Asheboro with a 1 p.m. start. LRU 4, Southern Wesleyan …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne splits, sits 2-2 headed into Sunday’s game
HobbsDailyReport.com GULF SHORES, Ala. – Lenoir-Rhyne University again went 1-1 at the Gulf Coast Invitational on Saturday, beating Shorter 7-2 and falling 5-2 to seventh-ranked North Georgia. The Bears (2-2) close the tournament on Sunday with a 12:15 p.m. game against Alabama-Huntsville. LRU 7, Shorter 2 LRU junior outfielder Erin Boone hit a two-run home run while junior Emily Kenley …