COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears sweep all 3 SAC weekly football awards

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – All three weekly award winners in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) football, as selected by conference officials, are from Lenoir-Rhyne University. The Bears beat Limestone 63-17 at home on Saturday to continue atop the conference standings, and Bradley Jones, Sherrod Williams and Jaquay Mitchell won league awards. Jones, a junior running back from Virginia Beach, Va., won …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears in third place, have key home match Wednesday against Catawba

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – A key conference home match is next for the Lenoir-Rhyne University women in soccer as they try to snap a three-match losing streak. The Bears (7-5-1, 5-3-0) are in third place behind Carson-Newman (6-1) and Anderson, S.C. (5-1-1) in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and just ahead of Catawba (4-2) and Lincoln Memorial (4-2). Catawba visits LRU …

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Sixth-place Bears face Mars Hill next in conference race

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University goes into next week — when it has three South Atlantic Conference (SAC) matches – in sixth place in volleyball. Unbeaten Wingate downed the host Bears 3-1 on Friday night and LRU defeated Coker earlier in the week, snapping a three-game losing streak. LRU’s next action is Tuesday at 7 p.m. at home against Mars …

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne nips Lincoln Memorial, goes into week in first place

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men head into next week atop the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) soccer standings after winning on Saturday. The Bears used two penalty kicks and a long-range shot to nip visiting Lincoln Memorial 3-2 on Saturday at LRU, improved to 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the SAC. Tusculum defeated LRU 2-1 in overtime on Thursday at …

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Newberry extends Lenoir-Rhyne’s losing streak to 3

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWBERRY, S.C. – Newberry extended a losing streak by the visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University women in volleyball to three matches on Tuesday, beating the Bears 3-0 in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) match. The Bears dropped to 12-6 overall and 6-5 in the league after falling on the road. Newberry improved to 8-11 overall and 3-9 in the SAC. LRU …