COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Bears’ Arroyo selected first-team All-SAC

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Angelica Arroyo has been selected first-team All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in volleyball. The Bears also had freshman Helen Hamilton, from Greensboro, make the league’s All-Freshman team. The teams were released Thursday by conference officials. Arroyo, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico and transfer from Saint Andrews, led LRU with 3.57 kills per …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Vols easily handle Bears in exhibition game at Tennessee

HobbsDailyReport.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A crowd of more than 16,000 watched Tennessee’s men easily handle visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University on Tuesday night in a college basketball exhibition. The game, won 86-41 by Tennessee, was a match-up of the Vols’ head coach, Rick Barnes, battling his alma mater. He is a 1977 LRU graduate who played basketball for the Bears and is …

COLLEGE SOCCER: Both Lenoir-Rhyne teams miss NCAA Division regional playoffs

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Both Lenoir-Rhyne University soccer teams missed the postseason when pairings for the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional were announced on Monday. The LRU men, who shared the regular season title with Queens and were the top seed for the conference tournament, finished 11-6. They fell to Anderson, S.C., in the SAC tournament semifinals. The LRU …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne has 3 first-team all-league players

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – A trio of Lenoir-Rhyne University players have been named first-team All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in women’s soccer. In voting by league head coaches, the Bears had seniors Abbie Brown and Claire Neibergall and junior Aqsa Mushtaq on the first team. Two other LRU players – junior Christina Shimshock and senior Taylor Rios – were selected …

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne has trio of award winners in conference

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has won three top South Atlantic Conference (SAC) awards in men’s soccer. In voting by conference head coaches, the Bears gained the SAC Defender of the Year award (Marcos Enruiquez), SAC Freshman of the Year (Carles Montoliu Lobo) and SAC Coach of the Year (Jack Winter). The Bears won a regular-season title for …