WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Belmont Abbey nips Lenoir-Rhyne in double OT

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Belmont Abbey handed the Lenoir-Rhyne University women their first loss of the soccer season on Monday night, winning 2-1 in double overtime at LRU. Morganton Patton scored on a breakaway for a win that improved the Crusaders to 2-0. Junior Judith Verdaguer scored the Bears’ goal in the 25th minute for a 1-0 lead. Belmont Abbey pulled …

MEN’S COLLEGE X-C: League coaches pick Bears to finish in fifth place

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University is projected to finish fifth in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s cross country this season. League head coaches picked defending SAC champion Queens to win again after the Royals finished sixth in NCAA Division II last season. The poll was released on Wednesday by the SAC. Wingate, Anderson (S.C.) and Lincoln Memorial were …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Conference coaches pick Bears to finish in fourth place

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University women — who will pursue double-digit wins after reaching that for 10 straight seasons — are picked to finish fourth this season in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) women’s soccer. The conference’s head coaches voted on projected team finishes and preseason All-SAC with both released on Monday by the league officials. Carson-Newman, last …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne won’t play any games this weekend

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has made softball schedule changes for the weekend and will not play any games. Athletic officials said the Bears’ home doubleheader against Lincoln Memorial will not be played Saturday and moved it to Monday at 3 p.m. at Bears Field. It’s a South Atlantic Conference twinbill. Additionally, a home doubleheader scheduled Sunday against Chowan will …