WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Conference coaches pick Bears to finish in fourth place

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University women — who will pursue double-digit wins after reaching that for 10 straight seasons — are picked to finish fourth this season in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) women’s soccer. The conference’s head coaches voted on projected team finishes and preseason All-SAC with both released on Monday by the league officials. Carson-Newman, last …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Bears blank Mars Hill at home in conference match

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women collected their fifth shutout victory of the soccer season on Wednesday night, edging visiting Mars Hill 2-0. Abbie Brown and Stephanie Figueiredo each scored for the Bears (6-3-1, 2-2-1) in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) match. Brown, a junior, scored for a team-best fourth time in the opening half and Figueiredo’s goal also came …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Tusculum 2, Lenoir-Rhyne 1

HobbsDailyReport.com SATURDAY’S SUMMARY WOMEN’S SOCCER TUSCULUM 2, LENOIR-RHYNE 1 (at LRU) Tusculum       0       2—2 LRU                  0       1—1 Scoring summary LRU, 55:56–Sarah Pullman (2) (Hannah Van Eerden), top of the box, center, scored off a rebounded save T, 84:30–TC Jordan Newby (1) (Sonja Ballmert), header off a free kick T, 87:27–TC Sonja Ballmert (2) (Nicole McMillen), header off a short lob …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Unbeaten Lenoir-Rhyne shuts out Mount Olive

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Abigael McGarel scored twice on Wednesday night, leading Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women past visiting Mount Olive 3-0 in soccer. McGarel, a sophomore from Morristown, Tenn., scored the only goal the Bears (3-0, ranked No. 21 in NCAA Division II) would need just 15 minutes, 24 seconds in. The match was played in wet field conditions. McGarel, a midfielder, …