The Mercer women’s basketball season is underway as the Bears competed in an exhibition game against Northwood on Thursday, Oct. 31, in Hawkins Arena. Junior Briana Williams was one of five players in double figures for the team, leading to the 108-61 win. After missing an entire season due to an ...
The Mercer Women’s Golf team has just completed their fall season. The end to their season resulted in a season high third place effort at Campbell University’s Fighting Camel Classic. As a team, the Bears scored a 300 to secure placing in the event. The Camel Classic was the final event of the ...
The Bears played their last home game on Saturday, Oct. 26, against the University of North Florida Ospreys. Before the game, the Bears took a moment to honor the six seniors on the team: Ehjayson Henry, Joey Heavner, Ryan King, Brady O’Brien, Cole Mitchell and Micheal Lewis. Saturday’s game ...
The Mercer women's soccer team concluded regular season conference play ranked fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In their final weekend of play, the team traveled south to Florida to take on University of North Florida and Jacksonville. Mercer tied in a double overtime effort 0-0 to UNF. The Bears ...
The Mercer volleyball team hosted their instate rival, the Kennesaw State Owls, in Hawkins Arena on Saturday. Mercer played valiantly, but fell to the Owls late in the match. The loss marked the second five-set match of the season, but ended in a disappointing loss for the Bears. The game is ...
Mercer football defeated Valparaiso and Carnegie Mellon to add two more wins to their season, giving them a 6-1 record. The Bears remain undefeated on home grounds. On Oct. 12, Mercer conquered the Valparaiso Crusaders 35-21. Linebacker Andrew Layson is proud of the outcome so far this season. “I ...
The Mercer Men’s Golf team started off the week strong after their Brickyard Championship. Two members of the team, senior Hans Reimers and freshman Emmanuel Kountakis, were named Atlantic Sun Co-Players of the Week. The Bears captured this title after leading the team to victory at the Brickyard ...
The Mercer men’s and women’s cross country teams took fourth place overall in the Front Runner Invitational on Saturday. The race was hosted by the University of Tennessee Chattanooga at Moccasin Bend in Chattanooga, Tenn. Sony Prosper led the men’s team in the 5000 meter run. He posted a 15:36.28 ...
The Mercer Men’s Soccer team kicked off the past week of games when they hosted Incarnate Word on Oct. 10. The Bears started the game off as senior Ehjayson Henry scored the first goal in the first eighteen minutes of the games. However, the Bears’ defense was unable to stop Incarnate Word’s offense. ...
The Mercer Women's Soccer team is approaching the end of their regular season with only two contests left, fighting for entrance and a high seed in the conference tournament. Only two teams have clinched birth in the championships thus far. In first place is Florida Gulf Coast and in second place ...
A junior here at Mercer University, Caroline Carlton plays on the right side for the Mercer University volleyball team. She is a political science major with a minor in secondary education, and hopes to be a high school volleyball coach someday. Her favorite artists right now are Taylor Swift and Kenny ...
The Mercer University football team holds a 4-1 record after facing off against Drake and San Diego University. The Bears pulled out a 31-17 win against Drake Sept. 28, giving them their fourth consecutive win of the season. The biggest play of the game came in the second quarter, from defensive back ...
The Mercer University Men’s Lacrosse preseason is officially underway, as the team has begun off-season practices of lifting and conditioning. Second-year head coach Kyle Hannan says he has been very impressed with practices so far. “All of the things you’re looking for as a coach I think is ...
The Men’s Golf team travelled to Simpsonville, Ky. to compete in the Cardinal Intercollegiate Monday Sept. 23 and Tuesday Sept. 24. The team consisted of three seniors, James Beale, Trey Rule and Hans Reimers, and two freshmen, Sean Smothers and Emmanuel Kountakis. Four of these players helped the ...
The Mercer Men’s soccer team travelled to play three ranked teams in the past week. The Bears first suffered a tough 0-4 loss to the No. 20 UAB on Sept. 21. The Bears then travelled to Memphis to take on the No. 22 Tigers. The Bears started off a little slow, letting the Tigers gain a 2-0 lead. However, ...
The Mercer volleyball team competed in four Atlantic Sun Conference games over the past two weeks. Stetson University beat the Mercer volleyball team Sept. 27 3-1 (25-22, 18-25, 25-12, 25-20) at the Edmunds Center in DeLand, Fla. The loss caused the Bears to drop to 0-3 in conference, while Stetson ...
The Mercer Women's Golf team competed in the Xavier's LPGA Invitational in Daytona, Fla, Oct. 4-6. The team placed first in the three day tournament, with a team score of 893. This exciting win was a second for the Bears this fall. They also won the Eat a Peach Collegiate tournament. Many Mercer individuals ...
Mercer Women's Soccer has had an exciting few weeks, not just on the field but within the team as well, with the addition of a new member to the squad. Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Bears welcomed five-year-old Cameron Jones to their team and celebrated the signing of her "National Letter of Intent". The ...
On Saturday, Aug. 31, the Mercer University men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Georgia Cross Country Invitational against the University of Georgia (UGA), The Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech) and Emmanuel College. Located at the Equestrian complex of the University ...
An athlete who loves the sport she plays, Tess Patton, is in the spotlight for the 2013 soccer season. Patton, a junior, has proven to be an outstanding student-athlete at Mercer. She transferred to Mercer from Auburn University in the Fall of 2012, the beginning of her sophomore year. Although Mercer ...
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