HICKORY, N.C. - Head coach Shannon McHale and the Lenoir-Rhyne women's lacrosse team have released their 2026 schedule, featuring nine games between the bricks. Four of their 16 games are against 2025 NCAA Tournament teams, including national quarterfinalist Florida Southern.

The Bears' schedule opens with a home game against Rollins on Sunday, February 22, the first of five consecutive games in Hickory to start the season. Lenoir-Rhyne's first South Atlantic Conference game will take place at home vs. Emory & Henry on Wednesday, March 4th. The first road games for the Bears will be on March 12th and 14th when they travel to Florida to take on Embry-Riddle and Florida Southern. Three of the final four games will take place at home, with the final contest of the year being against Coker on April 22nd. 

The SAC quarterfinals and semi-finals will take place at the site of the high seed on April 25th and April 29th. The conference championship will is on May 2nd at the Matthews Sportsplex in Matthews, N.C.