HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University junior P.J. Lotharp is headed to the NCAA Division II men’s indoor track and field championships this week in Pittsburg, Kan. Lotharp will participate in the 1,600 relay, the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash at the championships on Thursday and Friday. He is top-ranked in the Southeast Regional in the 60-meter (6.73) and the …
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Home on Saturday, Bears still battling for home tourney games
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University will honor its basketball seniors on Saturday when the Bears face Lincoln Memorial in a conference doubleheader at Shuford Gym. The games begin at 2 p.m. in Shuford Gym when the women play, and the men’s game will follow to close the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) regular season. The LRU men are tied for fourth …
LENOIR-RHYNE SPRING SPORTS: Softball, baseball games on Friday shifted to Saturday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Rain on Friday altered the athletic schedule for Lenoir-Rhyne University’s teams. LRU’s softball team did not play its originally scheduled game against Georgia College at Young Harris and reset the game for 3 p.m. on Saturday with a game against Young Harris to follow at 5 p.m. The Bears were scheduled to meet Anderson (S.C.) in a …
COLLEGE TENNIS: Both Lenoir-Rhyne teams off to 7-1 starts
HobbsDailyReport.com COLLEGE TENNIS SUMMARIES WOMEN LENOIR-RHYNE 7, ERSKINE 0 (Friday at Hilton Head, S.C.) Singles: Marta Escanero Funes (LRU) d. Faith Wright 7-6, 5-7, 10-1; Iulia Ponomareva (LRU) d. Katie Loudermilk 8-6; Gemma Southwick (LRU) d. Luiza Souza 7-6, 6-1; Diana Babinets (LRU) d. Eileen Rickert 8-3; Ally Garofoli (LRU) d. Rachel Berkey 6-3, 6-1; Emily Murchland (LRU) d. Marie …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears’ 100th season begins at home against St. Augustine’s
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 …