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 …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Trojans’ Howard needs 65 yards to break career rushing record

HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Bandys High has credited senior running back Ethan Howard with 205 rushing yards on 28 carries against North Lincoln, leaving him 65 yards shy of becoming the school’s all-time leading rusher. Howard has 571 career carries for 4,000 yards and trails only Chris Spade, who gained 4,064 yards while playing two varsity seasons at Bandys (2003, 2004). …