HobbsDailyReport.com HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University won on the road for the third straight time on Wednesday night, beating Coker 4-1 in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) match. The Bears (5-3, 4-1) hadn’t beaten Coker (2-5, 0-3) since 2014. Senior Ignacio de Goya scored twice for LRU and sophomore Victor Cascon and senior Josh Silent each added one goal. The …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE X-C: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Kiplagat wins league’s weekly award
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) has named Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Domtila Kiplagat as its top runner in women’s cross country for the week of Sept. 24-30. Kiplagat, a senior from Eloret, Kenya, set a new LRU 5K record at the Queens Invitational last week. Her time of 18:06 broke the Bears’ previous mark and was the …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Horn named league’s top defender
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University linebacker Clayton Horn was named Monday as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Defensive Player of the Week in football. Horn, a junior from Mount Pleasant, N.C., led the Bears’ defense in last Saturday’s 35-10 home victory over Tusculum. LRU held the Pioneers, one of the leading rushing teams in NCAA Division II, to …
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Bears’ Arroyo, Hamilton gain conference’s weekly awards
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University players swept the weekly South Atlantic Conference (SAC) awards in volleyball on Monday. The league announced Angelica Arroyo, an outside hitter for the Bears, won Player of the Week for matches played Sept. 24-30 while Helen Hamilton won Specialist of the Week. Arroyo, a senior from San Juan, P.R., helped the Bears extend …
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Cascon’s 5 goals lead Bears to 3-1 league start
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Victor Cascon, who scored four times a season ago, has five goals this season in leading the Lenoir-Rhyne University men’s soccer team. The Bears (4-3, 3-1) won again Saturday, beating visiting Wingate 3-1 when Cascon scored twice, and they next play on Wednesday in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) match at Coker with a 7:30 p.m. start. …