Texas A&M’s quarterback Johnny Manziel has put up absurd numbers this year. So absurd, that his play has garnered him the nickname “Johnny Football.” Through 12 games this season, Manziel has 3,419 yards passing and 24 touchdowns to go with 1,181 yards and 19 touchdowns rushing. His 4,600 yards ...
Seeking a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership, preparing for practice and having a social life keeps Jake Gollon’s agenda quite full. Gollon is one of the most successful and recognized members of the men’s basketball team. The Mercer men’s basketball team keeps making progress and was ...
After two three-set wins against Kennesaw State and USC Upstate and some help in other conference match-ups, the Mercer women’s volleyball team claimed a spot in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament as the number six seed under first year head coach, Damian Elder. The Bears traveled to host Lipscomb ...
The Mercer women’s basketball team has had a busy schedule of late. Their first game of the year came against Brevard in their homecoming game. The game began with Brevard coming out strong with a 13-3 lead in the first five minutes of the game, but Mercer came back with vengeance. The Bears buckled ...
Despite their disappointing season-ending loss in the Atlantic Sun Championship, there were many high notes this season for the Mercer women’s soccer team. This season was arguably one of the best seasons in program history. Not only was their record outstanding, but six players racked up personal ...
The Mercer cross country teams traveled to Tallahassee, Fla. to conclude their 2012 season at the NCAA South Regional Championships. The men placed 12th and the women finished 24th at the Apalachee Regional Park course. In the history of the Mercer men’s team, the 12th place finish out of the 26 teams ...
With a lavish Homecoming celebration, Mercer men’s basketball opened up the 2012-2013 season against Sewanee at Hawkins Arena. Predicted to finish first in the conference this season, the Bears have their sights set on the ultimate prize, a trip to the NCAA tournament and a chance to experience March ...
The Mercer women’s volleyball team has dropped four of their last five matches, pitting them in a race against three other teams for a spot in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. In the first match, the Bears lost a thrilling match in four sets (17-25, 25-23, 18-25, 19-25) to conference rival ...
After a hard fought 2-1 win over Northern Kentucky on Thursday, Oct. 25, the Mercer men’s soccer team clinched a spot in the Atlantic Sun Tournament for the fifth-straight season. This has been Mercer’s best record after 16 games since 2002. The win over Northern Kentucky extended the Bears’ undefeated ...
After having such success this season, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams had arguably their best showing in the Atlantic Sun Championship meet on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Buckingham Cross Country Course hosted by Florida Gulf Coast. For the second consecutive year, the women’s cross ...
Veteran NCAA Division I coach Susie Gardner became Mercer University’s 10th head women’s basketball coach on Jun. 24, 2010. Throughout Gardner’s career she has established herself both as a player, and as a coach in women’s basketball. Gardner was a member of the University of Georgia women’s ...
In front of a crowded room, Mercer University Athletic Director Jim Cole announced the inception of Mercer’s Women’s Lacrosse program under the direction of newly hired Head Coach Eve Levinson on Oct. 30. The women’s lacrosse program will play its first season in the spring of 2015. Until then, ...
With their hearts set on a Championship, after defeating the University of North Florida, the Mercer women’s soccer team came up just short against a talented team from Florida Gulf Coast University in the championship match for the second year in a row. In the first match for the Bears of the Atlantic ...
After such great success last season for the Mercer men’s basketball team, the Bears look to continue to succeed in the 2012-13 season. Although the Bears won the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, this year they will strive to accomplish what they came just short of doing last season, winning the Atlantic ...
In their first preseason exhibition, the Mercer women’s basketball team took on Francis Marion University and came up victorious on Nov. 1 in Hawkins Arena. At halftime the Bears were leading the visitors from Francis Marion 31-17. But the visitors came out from the locker room hot and began the second ...
The weekend of Oct. 26, our Mercer women’s golf team competed against 13 other teams and finished in fifth place during the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman University. The tournament began on Friday, Oct. 26, in Greensboro, S.C. On the first day Mercer tied with Samford University for fourth place ...
In the 2012-13 season, the Mercer women’s basketball team is looking to prove their doubters wrong. Head coach Susie Gardner enters her third season at the helm for the Bears, and she assures it’s going to be a great year for the team. “We’ve been practicing for a long time. Women’s basketball ...
The Mercer men’s golf team recently competed at the AutoTrader Classic at the Berkley Hills Country Club in Duluth, Ga. After finishing sixth at the Brickyard Collegiate, the Bears looked to improve upon their performance in their last tournament of the fall season. After the first day of play which ...
In their last 5 matches, the Mercer women’s volleyball team has come up victorious in only two of those competitions. While playing some of their best volleyball to date, some efforts weren’t strong enough to secure those all important conference wins and they now see themselves in a battle to ...
In the last four games of the season, the Mercer women’s soccer team has won three of those matches, claimed a first-round bye in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, and broken a program record for wins in a season with 12 on the year. It is no doubt that head coach Tony Economopoulos has had ...
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