COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears prep for home opener on Wednesday against Barton

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY –Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first home baseball game of the season is Wednesday, with a first pitch against Barton College at 5 p.m. The Bears (1-2) started their season with a three0-game series against Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. Rollins won the third and final game of the series 3-2 on Sunday, winning on a ninth-inning walk-off suicide squeeze …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Grigg first-team All-SAC in preseason; Bears projected to finish sixth

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has one preseason All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball player and is picked to finish in sixth place in this year’s conference race. In voting by conference head coaches this week, Bears starting pitcher John Grigg was named first-team preseason all-league. In the teams picks, the Bears are projected sixth behind Catawba, Lincoln Memorial, …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Conference coaches tab Lenoir-Rhyne as favorite to win SAC crown

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Gaining 10 first-place votes from conference head coaches, the Lenoir-Rhyne University women’s softball team is the pick to win the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) title this season. The Bears got 110 points and ended up ahead of Coker (91 points) and defending league tournament champion Carson-Newman (87) in the voting. Fourth-place Wingate received the other …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Led by 4 preseason all-league picks, Lenoir-Rhyne picked to win SAC title

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – With four preseason all-conference players in the lineup, the Lenoir-Rhyne University men are the favorite in this year’s South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s lacrosse title race. In voting by league head coaches released by the SAC in a Thursday press release, the Bears gained 71 votes and seven first-place votes as the conference favorite. Wingate …