Following their fifth consecutive appearance in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament in the 2012 season, the Mercer women’s soccer team started the 2013 season Wednesday, Aug. 7. Since then, this year’s newly compiled team has been preparing for not only a repeat appearance in the Atlantic ...
With ten returning players and five new freshmen, the Mercer University volleyball team is looking forward to an exciting and challenging year. Senior Captain Emily Rochefort said the returning team members are talented leaders and players, and the new freshmen are strong volleyball players too. The ...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="495"] Photo Credit: Mercer Athletics[/caption] On Wednesday, July 31, the Mercer football team reported for preseason camp for the first time in 70 years. After a full year of practice and no competition, the Bears are looking forward to their first game on Aug. ...
The Mercer men’s soccer team embarks on their season this fall as players begin reporting for preseason camp on Tuesday. Mercer hosts both Winthrop and Georgia Southern respectively for their own preseason tournaments Sept. 13 and 15. The 2013 season will include 20 games, six of which are against ...
The Mercer Univerity Athletics Department announced its 2012-13 Outstanding Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year at its third annual Big Bear Event held at Hawkins Arena on Saturday April 20. Seniors Will Betts and Kacie Niemann picked up the honors after four impressive years at Mercer University ...
After yet another successful week between the lines, the Mercer baseball team completed its season-long rise to the top of the charts to the No. 1 ranking in the most recent College Baseball Daily Top-25 Mid-Major Poll released earlier this week. Mercer (32-11, 12-6 A-Sun) started the week off by ...
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 ...
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