HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Joe Buduo and Ben Corrigan each scored four times Friday, sparking Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men in a 14-12 home lacrosse victory over Florida Tech. The Bears, ranked No. 6 in NCAA Division II, improved to 5-1 with a win at Moretz Stadium and dropped Florida Tech to 1-3. LRU had to rally from a 3-0 deficit to win. …
ALL-SAC MEN’S BASKETBALL: Bears’ Diallo gains honorable mention
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University junior Djibril Diallo is on the honorable mention list for All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s basketball, released Thursday by conference officials. The Bears did not have a player make the first- or second-team selections by league head coaches. Diallo, a junior from Conakry, Guinea, averaged 15.1 points this season and finished with 111 …
ALL-SAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Bears’ Weigt makes All-Freshman unit
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 …