HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s 100th season of football will begin at home on Sept. 7 against St. Augustine’s. The start of head coach Drew Cronic’s tenure at LRU will have a 6 p.m. kickoff in Moretz Stadium and opens a season-long celebration of 100 years of Bears football. The school announced the 11-game schedule on Thursday. It has six …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s spring game scheduled March 9
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s spring football game is scheduled March 9 at 5 p.m. and will follow a groundbreaking ceremony an hour earlier for the Neill McGeachy Sports Performance Center. The game at Moretz Stadium is free admission. LRU, which returns 20 starters from a 12-2 team that finished at No. 8 in the NCAA Division II rankings, will …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Sousa, Elmore combine for 9 goals as Bears win at home
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Gabby Sousa scored five goals and Rachel Elmore added four on Monday as Lenoir-Rhyne University edged visiting North Greenville (S.C.) 16-12 in women’s lacrosse. The victory evened the Bears’ record at 2-2 and left the Crusaders at 2-4. LRU’s next match is at home Saturday at 3 p.m. against Virginia Wise. The Bears withstood a late surge …
COLLEGE GOLF: Lenoir-Rhyne women in fifth, men in seventh at Battle of Hilton Head
HobbsDailyReport.com HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University women are fifth and the men are seventh after Monday’s opening round of the Battle of Hilton Head. LRU’s women shot a 27-over par 315 while the Bears shot a 4-over 302. The final rounds of the tournament are Tuesday starting at 9 a.m. LRU junior Ainee O’Connor and senior Chelsea Mansel …
COLLEGE INDOOR TRACK/FIELD: Lotharp Most Outstanding as both LRU teams second in league
HobbsDailyReport.com WINSTON-SALEM – Lenoir-Rhyne University had a big weekend in indoor track and field with both team’s finishing second, and sprinter P.J. Lotharp being named the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Outstanding Track Athlete of the Year. Queens won both team championships with the women scoring 188 points to edge LRU (134) and the men scoring 184 points with LRU net …