WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Suddreth preseason All-SAC but Bears picked to finish 7th

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Former Alexander Central high star Madi Suddreth has been picked among the top 12 women’s basketball players in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) this season. Suddreth, a junior forward for Lenoir-Rhyne University, was on the preseason All-SAC second team when the conference released a coaches’ vote with a predicted conference finish and two six-player preseason …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: League coaches pick Lenoir-Rhyne to finish eighth

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The men’s basketball coaches in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) have predicted Lenoir-Rhyne University will finish eighth in an 11-team race for a league title this season. In a vote on preseason team finishes and preseason all-star teams, coaches favored Queens – last year’s regular season co-champion and tournament champion – to repeat as an …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Mars Hill extends Lenoir-Rhyne’s losing streak to 4

HobbsDailyReport.com MARS HILL – Mars Hill University extended visiting Lenoir-Rhyne’s volleyball losing streak to four matches with a 3-1 conference win on Tuesday night. The Lions (11-15, 9-10) won 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-16 in a South Atlantic Conference match that left the Bears at 10-14 overall and 6-12 in the SAC. Rebecca Butler had 13 kills and 26 digs, and …

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne gets postseason bid, faces Young Harris first

HobbsDailyReport.com INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University men’s soccer team is headed back to the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Bears (10-3-3) earned the No. 5 seed from the Southeast Regional when the national field was revealed on Monday, and they’ll face No. 4 Young Harris (11-3-2) in a first-round match Thursday at 7 p.m. in Gaffney, S.C. Thursday’s winner …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Dugger wins league special teams award

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – A punt return for a touchdown helped Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Kyle Dugger win this week’s South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Player of the Week Award for special teams. Dugger, a sophomore safety from Fayetteville, Ga., returned a punt 38 yards for a score last Saturday in the Bears’ league battle at home with Carson-Newman. The Eagles downed …