HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Mount Olive toppled Lenoir-Rhyne University 14-8 on Sunday, sweeping the Bears and leaving them at 1-6 after the first seven games of the season. Mount Olive improved to 6-1 by winning three straight games over the weekend in Hickory and that left the Beas at 1-6. LRU’s next game is Tuesday, a 2 p.m. first pitch against …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Split leaves Lenoir-Rhyne 1-3 at Florida tournament
Bears are 3-3 heading into game on Sunday morning HobbsDailyReport.com CLEARWATER, Fla. – Lenoir-Rhyne University won by a shutout and fell by the same on Saturday in the National Fast-pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) softball tournament. On the second day of the tournament, the Bears downed Eckerd 9-0 before Valdosta (Ga.) State beat LRU 6-0. Hillside and North Georgia beat …
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Anderson nips Lenoir-Rhyne in closing seconds
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Anderson (S.C.) continued as a thorn in the side for Lenoir-Rhyne University in men’s basketball on Saturday. The visiting Trojans nipped the Bears 71-70 in Shuford Gym, winning in the final seconds as they did at home in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) game earlier in the season Anderson improved to 13-10 overall and 7-8 in the …
MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Limestone nips Lenoir-Rhyne in season-opening match
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Limestone College overcame four goals by Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Eric Dickinson on Saturday, beating the Bears 19-9 in a season-opening men’s lacrosse match at LRU. Quinn Kuhn and Ben Austin each had multiple goals for LRU (0-1). Limestone scored the first four goals and never trailed. The Bears got within 9-7 on a goal by Joe Buduo with …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: League-leading Anderson holds off Lenoir-Rhyne
Bears tied for seventh; Wingate visits on Wednesday night HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – League-leading Anderson (S.C.) held off Lenoir-Rhyne University on Saturday in women’s basketball, nipping the host Bears 69-63 in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) game. Anderson (21-2, 15-0 SAC) won despite LRU (11-11, 6-8) having three players score in double figures. Madline Hardy, Karlie Bearden and Kendall Toineeta …