Big semifinal win over Queens helps Bears earn at-large bid HobbsDailyReport.com GREENVILLE, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first appearance in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball tournament final since 2005 fell short of a title. Second-seeded Catawba edged the fifth-seeded Bears 71-67 at Furman’s Timmons Arena on Sunday afternoon, earning the SAC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division II tournament. …
SAC MEN’S BASKETBALL: Bears get shot at top-seeded Queens in semifinals
HobbsDailyReport.com GREENVILLE, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men have an opportunity on Saturday they haven’t enjoyed in 10 years – a chance to get to the title game of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball tournament. The Bears (20-9), led by coach Everick Sullivan, face top-seeded Queens (28-3) at 5 p.m. in Furman’s Timmons Arena, a game available for viewing on …
SAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne battles top-seeded Anderson in semifinals
HobbsDailyReport.com GREENVILLE, S.C. – After winning a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball tournament game for the first time since 2015, the Lenoir-Rhyne University women are ready for more. The fourth-seeded Bears (17-12) face top-seeded Anderson, S.C. (26-2) in a semifinal on Saturday at noon at Furman’s Timmons Arena. LRU head coach Cameron Sealey returns to a territory she’s not been …
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Bears’ Lotharp makes national finals in 60-meter run
HobbsDailyReport.com PITTSBURG, Kan. – With a seventh-place finish on Friday, junior P.J. Lotharp of Lenoir-Rhyne University advanced to the finals in the 60-meter at the NCAA National Indoor Championships. Lotharp came into the 60-meter ranked third nationally and will be in the finals on Saturday (5:30 p.m.) for the second straight year. He did not advance to the finals in …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Lenoir-Rhyne’s match in Georgia stopped by lightning
HobbsDailyReport.com YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women’s lacrosse match on the road against Young Harris on Friday night was eventually postponed. The Bears took an early 1-0 lead after an hour-plus delay before the match went into a second and third lightning delay and was stopped. A makeup date for the match will be announced. Reported by LRU Sports …