HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Two Lenoir-Rhyne University women’s basketball players – freshman Kennedy Weigt and junior Maddi Suddreth – were recognized Thursday as among the top players in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Weigt, from Manteo, Ill., was on the All-Freshman team, and Suddreth, who is from Taylorsville and starred at Alexander Central High, earned honorable mention when the …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ win moves head coach up on all-time victory list
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Getting three hits and three RBIs from senior Marcus Shoemaker sparked Lenoir-Rhyne University to a 9-1 baseball win on Wednesday that moved Bears head coach Tom Fleenor to third on the school’s all-time coaching win list. LRU downed visiting Lake Erie (1-6-1), quickly bouncing back from a 16-run loss the day before to Belmont Abbey. The Bears …
COLLEGE WOMEN’S TRACK: Lenoir-Rhyne has 8 on women’s All-Southeast Region team
HobbsDailyReport.com NEW ORLEANS, La. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s track and field program has produced eight female athletes selected to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Southeast Region team for NCAA Division II. The Bears’ 1,600-meter relay – which established a new school mark this year (three minutes, 56.01 seconds) and was first at the South …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Bears open conference schedule by beating Wolves
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Rachel Elmore and Gabby Sousa combined for eight goals – four each – to lead Lenoir-Rhyne University to a 16-6 victory over visiting Newberry, S.C., on Wednesday in women’s lacrosse. The Bears (1-2, 1-0) began South Atlantic Conference (SAC) play with the win over Newberry (2-3, 0-1) at Moretz Stadium. LRU raced to an 11-1 lead by …
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Both Lenoir-Rhyne teams ousted in first round of league tourney
HobbsDailyReport.com SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS WEDNESDAY’S FIRST ROUND SUMMARIES WOMEN No. 1 CARSON-NEWMAN 65, No. 8 LENOIR-RHYNE 63 (at Holt Field House in Jefferson City, Tenn.) LENOIR-RHYNE (15-14) Rodriguez, Ashley 4-6 2-2 14; Suddreth, Madi 4-11 5-6 13; Joyner, Cassidy 5-14 0-0 13; Toineeta, Kendall 3-7 1-1 8; Swango, Justyce 3-8 0-0 7; Bearden, Karlie 3-7 0-0 6; Denny, …