WOMEN’S COLLEGE INDOOR TRACK: Bears’ Fair honored by conference

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Paiton Fair was named Tuesday as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Indoor Track Athlete of the Week. A junior from Newton, she finished second in the women’s 800-meter dash at the Appalachian Open with a school-record time of 2:23.85 las Saturday. She was also part of the women’s 1,200-meter relay team that placed …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Conference coaches pick Lenoir-Rhyne to repeat as champ

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The head men’s lacrosse coaches in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) are pointing their finger at Lenoir-Rhyne University as the favorite to win another league title this season. The coaches gave LRU six first-place votes and 60 points in a preseason poll released Tuesday by conference officials. LRU opens the season at home on Feb. …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: League coaches pick Lenoir-Rhyne to finish next-to-last

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Head baseball coaches in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) are picking Lenoir-Rhyne University to finish next-to-last in the league race this season. In voting this week, those coaches picked Catawba to win the conference (nine first-place votes, 99 points) and Lincoln Memorial (one first-place vote, 90 points) to finish second. Catawba is the defending SAC …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Boone-led Bears picked to finish second in conference

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women’s softball team has been picked to finish second in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) this season by the league’s head coaches. The coaches voted this week, with Carson-Newman gaining six first-place votes and 106 points and LRU got four first-place votes and 102 points. The Bears open the 2018 season in Gulf …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Queens 70, Lenoir-Rhyne 63

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S SUMMARY QUEENS 70, LENOIR-RHYNE 63 (at Curry Arena, Charlotte) LENOIR-RHYNE (7-9, 5-5 SAC) Thomas, Cory 7-15 3-3 18; Diallo, Djibril 5-16 0-0 11; Lucas, Reed 4-8 0-0 10; Awana, Bertrand 3-5 0-3 6; Calhoun, Jarvis 2-5 0-0 5; Simmons, Darius 2-2 0-0 5; Wembi, Emmanuel 1-3 1-2 3; Bales, Billy 1-3 0-0 3; Leskovar, Filip 1-2 0-0 2; …