HobbsDailyReport.com FLORENCE, S.C. – The Bears are already hot. Lenoir-Rhyne University remained unbeaten in baseball on Saturday by beating Southern Wesleyan 4-0 and Francis Marion 7-5 in the Carolinas Hospital System Classic. The Bears don’t play again until Wednesday when they face Barton in a doubleheader at McCrary Park in Asheboro with a 1 p.m. start. LRU 4, Southern Wesleyan …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne splits, sits 2-2 headed into Sunday’s game
HobbsDailyReport.com GULF SHORES, Ala. – Lenoir-Rhyne University again went 1-1 at the Gulf Coast Invitational on Saturday, beating Shorter 7-2 and falling 5-2 to seventh-ranked North Georgia. The Bears (2-2) close the tournament on Sunday with a 12:15 p.m. game against Alabama-Huntsville. LRU 7, Shorter 2 LRU junior outfielder Erin Boone hit a two-run home run while junior Emily Kenley …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Carson-Newman’s rides defense to win over Bears
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Carson-Newman rolled to a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) women’s basketball victory on Saturday, beating host Lenoir-Rhyne University 73-48. The Eagles (22-1, 14-1) held the Bears (12-11, 6-9) to 18 points in the second half, when LRU shot 28 percent. For a game boxscore, click on the link below to Carson Newman’s athletic page: http://www.cneagles.com/sports/w-baskbl/2017-18/boxscores/20180203_7baw.xml?view=boxscore LRU’s next game …
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Carson-Newman topples Lenoir-Rhyne in OT
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Carson-Newman doubled Lenoir-Rhyne University in scoring in overtime on Saturday to beat the Bears 89-79 in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s basketball. Click the link for a complete box at Carson-Newman’s athletic page, plus complete play-by-play: http://www.cneagles.com/sports/m-baskbl/2017-18/files/0203CNMB-Lenoir-Rhyne.pdf LRU fell to 9-12 overall and 7-8 in the SAC and next plays on Wednesday at 8 p.m., facing Catawba …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Brown-led Red Hawks roll past Clinton JC, 100-56
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Freshman Zharia Brown set a new career-high in scoring and Shaniya Lester had another 20-point game as Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) picked up a 100-56 women’s basketball victory Saturday over Clinton Junior College. Brown scored 19 points and Lester had 21 — her fourth straight game with 20 or more – as the 18th-ranked Red Hawks …