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Seasons in review: How the Bears did last year

Last school year, the football, softball, women’s lacrosse and volleyball teams set a high standard for excellence in the athletic category. All four teams won their conferences, with softball and lacrosse taking home SoCon championships and volleyball making it to the SoCon championship game. From ...

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2025 Mercer Ford Concert Series released

The Ford Concert Series lineup for the 2025 football season has been released ahead of the start of the season. The season's five home games will see seven different performers play on Black Field.Aug. 30: Ole 60 will perform at 6:00 p.m.Sept. 30: Ying Yang Twins with David J and Charly Reynolds ...

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Softball wins first-ever SoCon title

Softball made history by winning the first Southern Conference title in school history after beating the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (41-15, 15-5 SoCon), 5-2, in the SoCon championship game on Saturday, May 10. The historic victory came after the team (38-24, 11-9 SoCon) dominated in the ...

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Women's lacrosse wins fourth-straight conference championship

Women’s lacrosse took down High Point University to win their fourth-straight Big South Championship title on Sunday, beating the Panthers, 16-8. The team is now on their way to their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance after finishing the season with a 12-7 record, including a 7-1 record against Big South opponents.

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Redding, Moore receive invites to NFL Rookie Camp

Mercer football players Myles Redding '25 and TJ Moore '25 were both invited to rookie camps to display their talents for NFL teams following the end of last week's NFL Draft. Both players went undrafted after declaring for the draft earlier this year. The purpose of these camps are to ...

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Women's lacrosse clinches share of Big South title

Women’s lacrosse clinched a share of the Big South regular season title this past Saturday, April 26, with a 19-1 win against Longwood University (1-14, 1-7 Big South) in Farmville, Va.The Orange and Black put on an offensive masterclass against the Lancers, outshooting them by 34 shots while holding ...

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Volleyball continues search for next head coach

Chad Sutton stepped down as Mercer’s volleyball head coach to accept the same position at Appalachian State University on April 11 after leading the program to its first-ever outright regular season championship. The Mountaineers compete in the Sun Belt Conference."The Mercer Athletics family ...

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Beach volleyball prepares for Sun Belt Conference tournament

Beach volleyball (23-11, 3-3 Sun Belt) competes today in the Sun Belt Conference, and will face off in the first round of the conference championship. The Orange and Black will face off against the University of Louisiana-Monroe (13-20, 2-4 Sun Belt) in Foley, Ala., coming in as the No. 4 seed, while ...

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Men's tennis falls to Samford in semis

Men’s tennis closed out their season with a 4-0 loss to eventual champions Samford University in the 2025 Southern Conference Championship semifinals in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Friday.Despite coming into the tournament on a hot streak, winning eight of their last 10 matches, Mercer could not contain ...

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Softball honors seniors, baseball drops ETSU series

SoftballSeniors for Mercer's softball team were celebrated this past week before the last game of the three-game series against Western Carolina University. The players celebrated were catcher Lillian Wilkerson, pitcher Madi Wicker, outfielder Sydney Harris, infielder Emma Dorval, outfielder Laura ...

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Softball tops KSU, ETSU

Softball (22-22, 3-8 Southern Conference) was in action for games against Kennesaw State University (10-33) at home, and a three-game series against SoCon opponent East Tennessee State University (14-29, 3-9 SoCon) in Johnson City, Tenn.The game against Kennesaw was a 3-1 victory, which broke an 11-year ...

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Men's tennis sits atop SoCon standings

Men’s tennis is off to their best start to a season in years, currently sitting at a record of 9-6 and on a five-game win streak. The team is undefeated in Southern Conference play this season, amassing a 5-0 record against conference foes.The team got off to a rough start, though, falling 7-0 to ...

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Softball downs Dawgs in Athens

Mercer softball (19-21, 1-7 SoCon) upset No. 16 University of Georgia (25-13), 5-2, on Wednesday, April 2 for the team's first top-25 win since 2018. The win pushed Mercer to a 6-1 record against in-state universities this season, and came just a week after the Bears took down Georgia Tech in Atlanta.For ...

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Softball wrecks Tech in Atlanta, 8-5

Mercer softball (18-18) pulled off an 8-5 win over Georgia Tech (19-13) in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 25, snapping a four-game home win streak for the Yellow Jackets and giving Mercer their first win over Tech since 2013.The Bears were led by Sietske Drijvers ‘26, who went three-for-five on the night ...

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Walk-off homer against GSU sparks 3-1 stretch for baseball

Mercer baseball (19-10, 3-3 SoCon) beat Georgia State University (17-11) Tuesday evening, March 25, in dramatic fashion, with a walk-off three-run home run by Ty Dalley ‘26. The win 9-7 was the first in a 3-1 stretch for the Bears after losing their first Southern Conference series of the season against ...

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Women's lacrosse begins title defense Saturday

The Mercer women’s lacrosse team (3-6) heads into conference play this Saturday at home against Wofford College (3-6) as the Bears finished up the non-conference part of their season with a 16-14 loss at home to Jacksonville University (5-4).The team had a difficult schedule in the first half of the ...

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Mercer takes series win against Tenn. Tech

This past weekend, Mercer baseball played a three-game series at home against Tennessee Tech, a team the Bears had not yet played this season nor last season. Mercer entered the non-conference game 12-6 on the season and coming off of a two-game losing streak.Mercer won the series with two wins and ...

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Bears take down No. 5 FSU baseball

Mercer baseball (15-7) upset No. 5 Florida State University (18-2), 9-3, in Tallahassee on Tuesday, marking their second-straight season besting the Seminoles and their highest ranked win since beating No. 1 University of Florida in 2018.The Bears got on to a fast start after a two-run home run by Bradley ...

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Women's lacrosse upsets No. 9 Clemson

The Mercer women’s lacrosse team beat No. 9 Clemson (6-2), 11-10, in South Carolina on Tuesday, marking the first win against a ranked team in the history of the program.Mercer (3-4) jumped out to an early lead in the game as Ansley Walters '27, last season's Big South Freshman of the Year, ...


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