HobbsDailyReport.com MARS HILL – A career night by junior Hannah Houston sparked Lenoir-Rhyne University’s 3-2 women’s volleyball road victory on Tuesday night over Mars Hill. Houston, a junior who played high school volleyball at Bunker Hill, had 17 kills as LRU won a South Atlantic Conference match, improving to 8-3 overall and 2-2 in the league. Senior Jessica Funk led …
COLLEGE: Lenoir-Rhyne will add 5 to Hall of Fame next month
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s newest Sports Hall of Fame Class will include five inductees. The Bears announced the new class — which will be induced on Oct. 13 on Homecoming Weekend before a football game against Limestone — via a press release. Meredith O’Connor, Scott Walker, Taylor Pugh, Benny Moose and Ben Sheffield will be inducted in a ceremony …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Clifton wins Lott award from Bears’ win over Mars Hill
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Left tackle Ronnie Clifton won the weekly Ronnie Lott Heavy Hitter Award for Lenoir-Rhyne University football from the Bears’ victory over Mars Hill. Clifton, a junior from Front Royal, Va., opened huge holes in the run game in 59-27 home victory over the Lions last Saturday. LRU rushed for 305 yards, averaging 5.9 per run. Clifton’s work …
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears’ Langer wins league defensive award
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Alexander Langer of Lenoir-Rhyne University was named Tuesday as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Defensive Player of the Week in men’s soccer. Langer, from Stuggart, Germany, had two saves – both on diving stops — as the Bears edged conference foe Carson-Newman 1-0 and this is her first conference award. LRU (2-1, 1-0) plays a …
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears (1-0) go for second league win on Wednesday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University will go for a 2-0 start in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s soccer in the next match. The Bears (2-1, 1-0) will not play, as scheduled, a league match Sunday at Tusculum because of the impact of Hurricane Florence hitting the North Carolina cost. LRU will face Mars Hill on the road on Wednesday. …