COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Kickoff for first Lenoir-Rhyne playoff game set for 2 p.m. on Saturday

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The kickoff time for Florida Tech at Lenoir-Rhyne University in the NCAA Division II football playoffs is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday. LRU officials announced the game time on Monday, a day after the Bears (10-1) received news they are the No. 3 seed in Super Regional Two. Florida Tech (8-3) is a No. 6 seed. …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Vols easily handle Bears in exhibition game at Tennessee

HobbsDailyReport.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A crowd of more than 16,000 watched Tennessee’s men easily handle visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University on Tuesday night in a college basketball exhibition. The game, won 86-41 by Tennessee, was a match-up of the Vols’ head coach, Rick Barnes, battling his alma mater. He is a 1977 LRU graduate who played basketball for the Bears and is …

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Anderson (S.C.) nips top-seeded LRU in tourney semis

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Anderson (S.C.) beat Lenoir-Rhyne University 2-1 on Friday in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s soccer semifinals, downing the Bears for the second time this season. Fourth-seeded Anderson (10-4-3) derailed the top-seeded Bears (11-6) — who must now await Monday’s pairings for the NCAA Division II playoffs — at Manchester Meadows. The Trojans meet third-seeded …