Reimers finishes ninth overall in the conference The Mercer men’s golf team finished off the season with a fifth place finish in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament. On day one of the tournament, Junior James Beale booked a 75 (+3) in to lead the Bears to a tie for fifth place on the team leaderboard. ...
Left battling for one of six spots in A-Sun Tournament In a disappointing weekend at home on Sikes Field, the Mercer softball team fell to Lipscomb in three straight match-ups, 8-0, 10-6 and 3-1, damaging the Bears’ postseason chances. On Saturday, Junior Randi Rea and freshman Natalie Shiver each ...
In their arguably most impressive performance this season, the Mercer men’s lacrosse team ended their five-game losing streak with a 16-8 dominating win over Virginia Military Institute on Sunday, April 14 in Lexington, Va. Junior Zack Ward and freshman Chris Baxa each had five points in the victory. After ...
On Saturday, May 11, former men’s soccer player Will Betts will be graduating from the Stetson School of Business and Economics with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, but that is not all he will be taking away from Mercer. Successful would be an understatement in describing Betts’ career ...
On a Thursday afternoon, sand volleyball player, Hannah Noon, sat down in Bear Necessities to study for her pre-calculus with a calm ease that carries over into the sand court. The freshman athlete and her partner recently qualified as one of the top five on the team, “There are seven teams of two ...
The fifth seeded Mercer sand volleyball team was eliminated from the Atlantic Sun Tournament on Saturday after dropping 3-2 decisions to No. 4 Florida Gulf Coast and No. 3 Jacksonville at the Dolphin Beach Volleyball Courts. Mercer (0-17) saw its season conclude while FGCU (5-9) and Jacksonville (6-16) ...
Mercer junior attackman Zack Ward had an impressive game on Saturday, netting four goals on six shots as the men’s lacrosse team dropped a 15-9 decision to Air Force at the Moye Lacrosse Complex. A week before the Air Force match-up, the Bears dropped another close one to first-year program High Point ...
Fail to capitalize at North Florida After an impressive 10-1 win against then No. 12 ranked Georgia Tech and taking the first game against North Florida in a 5-4 thriller, the Mercer baseball team dropped their next two matches to the University of North Florida making it the Bears’ first weekend ...
Mercer University seniors Richie Edmondson of the men’s soccer team and Charlayna Braxton of the women’s volleyball team were both recognized as National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) All-Americans as released by the organization Wednesday afternoon. The prestigious national honor ...
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced its Division I All-District teams on Tuesday, with Mercer senior guard Travis Smith among the 242 national honorees. Smith was named a second team selection in District 3, comprised of teams in the Atlantic Sun and Big South Conferences. Smith ...
The Mercer women’s golf team recently took home the title at the MSU Invitational. After day one, Mercer junior Lacey Fears and senior Kaitlin Marrin each fired 71 to help the Mercer women’s golf team wrap up opening play at the MSU Invitational atop the team standings. Mercer’s team score ...
Despite dropping a weekend series for the first time all season, the Mercer baseball team jumped up into the No. 6 position in the most recent College Baseball Daily Top-25 Mid-Major Poll released earlier this week. Mercer did drop two-of-three at North Florida this past weekend, but offset that with ...
Amiee Frutchey, former member of the volleyball team, graduated last May with a Global Health degree from Mercer and is currently working as a Clinical Research Coordinator for Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston in Cambridge, MA. As soon as she graduated, Frutchey moved to the beach town of Kailua in ...
Emily Brett, a sand volleyball player and biomedical engineering major, is rarely frazzled by the daily stresses of balancing engineering classes and sand volleyball. Surprisingly, Brett braces her busiest day of the week, which is Tuesday, with a calm ease. On Tuesday Brett wakes up at 6:30 a.m. to ...
The Mercer softball team went 1-2 this weekend at home against Florida Gulf Coast. In Saturday’s double-header, the Bears earned a split with the Eagles, but on Sunday, Mercer was unable to overcome a nine-run fifth inning, giving FGCU the 15-7 win at Sikes Field. In the first game on Saturday, the ...
Left-handed pitcher for Mercer’s baseball team, David Randall hopes to work for the financial management company, Merrill Lynch after completing his last season playing for the Bears. Randall achieved a BA in marketing and business management last fall. He began working on his MBA at Mercer in January. The ...
During halftime of the Michigan versus Syracuse semifinal game, Jakob Gollon, junior forward for the Mercer men’s basketball team was officially honored with a spot on the All State National Association of Basketball Coaches Good Works Team. The award recognizes a unique group of men’s college basketball ...
The Mercer softball team traveled to Deland, Fla. last weekend where they went 2-1 with Stetson on Patricia Wilson Softball Field. They dropped game one in a disappointing 8-4 game, but came back and won the next two 8-4, 12-4. The Bears started off slow in the first game on Saturday and weren’t able ...
The Mercer baseball team has gone 3-3 in their last six contests. The first of the six-game stretch was against in-state and conference rival Kennesaw State. Mercer fell 5-4 to close out a 2-1 series victory. After the loss to Kennesaw State, the Bears played a pair of games against Georgia State. Mercer ...
In just their second season as a competitive team, the Mercer sand volleyball team is off to a rough start. Losing in their first seven contests, the team looks to regroup and claim that all-important first win. Despite the dismal record, the team has had some quality performances from several members ...
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