What you missed from Mercer Athletics during spring break
By KC Wetherington | March 18While students left for spring break, several Mercer sports teams continued to play, including beach volleyball, men's and women's tennis, and softball.
While students left for spring break, several Mercer sports teams continued to play, including beach volleyball, men's and women's tennis, and softball.
The Bears have continued their hot streak despite losing to Georgia Southern.
Mercer beat the Paladins 73-54 and claimed their fourth SoCon title in the past five years.
With the bases loaded in the 11th inning, the Bears completed the comeback and the upset thanks to a walk-off single from Bill Knight.
The Bears are going into the Southern Conference tournament as the No. 7 seed and will play No. 10 seed, Western Carolina on Friday, Mar. 4 in Asheville, North Carolina.
After a season of hovering around .500 with a 24-23 record in the 2021 season, Mercer softball is back and hoping to improve on their previous outing.The Bears played in the Joanne Graf invitational and finished with a 1-5 record. Their first game was on Feb. 11 against Loyola University Chicago, who ...
The Bears open their season Friday at 6 p.m. with a home game against Eastern Kentucky University. The series continues with games on Saturday and Sunday.
With the preseason over, the Bears will contend with the University of Oregon on Friday and the University of Southern California on Saturday, both at home, to open their season.
They play Wofford on Thursday, Feb. 17 and Furman on Saturday, Feb. 19. Furman is their only conference loss, so the game on Saturday is the Bears’ shot at redemption.
The three losses from the week put the team’s record at 13-13 overall and 6-7 in the conference.
After two thrilling conference championship games, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angles Rams are headed to the Super Bowl.
The Bears travel to Annapolis on Feb. 12 to play Navy for their next game.
The Bears took down ETSU 82-48 to achieve a four-game winning streak, making their SoCon record 8-1.
Parity, broadcasting and excitement are just a few of the reasons the CFP needs to change.
The Bears bounced back from the first two losses and completed a perfect weekend, not losing even one match.
The Bears played four teams over the weekend and came out winning all four matches, improving their record to 4-1.
Glisson III sunk two from the free-throw line to secure a 67-62 win over Wofford after a nail-biting night.
The Bears are staying home to play Bucknell on Feb. 5 at 11 a.m.
The Bears continued their winning streak Jan. 17 when they defeated East Tennessee State University 66-54 at Hawkins Arena.
The game will tip off at 8 p.m at the Pete Hanna Center Jan. 26th.