In front of a crowded room, Mercer University Athletic Director Jim Cole announced the inception of Mercer’s Women’s Lacrosse program under the direction of newly hired Head Coach Eve Levinson on Oct. 30. The women’s lacrosse program will play its first season in the spring of 2015. Until then, ...
With their hearts set on a Championship, after defeating the University of North Florida, the Mercer women’s soccer team came up just short against a talented team from Florida Gulf Coast University in the championship match for the second year in a row. In the first match for the Bears of the Atlantic ...
After such great success last season for the Mercer men’s basketball team, the Bears look to continue to succeed in the 2012-13 season. Although the Bears won the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, this year they will strive to accomplish what they came just short of doing last season, winning the Atlantic ...
In their first preseason exhibition, the Mercer women’s basketball team took on Francis Marion University and came up victorious on Nov. 1 in Hawkins Arena. At halftime the Bears were leading the visitors from Francis Marion 31-17. But the visitors came out from the locker room hot and began the second ...
The weekend of Oct. 26, our Mercer women’s golf team competed against 13 other teams and finished in fifth place during the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman University. The tournament began on Friday, Oct. 26, in Greensboro, S.C. On the first day Mercer tied with Samford University for fourth place ...
In the 2012-13 season, the Mercer women’s basketball team is looking to prove their doubters wrong. Head coach Susie Gardner enters her third season at the helm for the Bears, and she assures it’s going to be a great year for the team. “We’ve been practicing for a long time. Women’s basketball ...
The Mercer men’s golf team recently competed at the AutoTrader Classic at the Berkley Hills Country Club in Duluth, Ga. After finishing sixth at the Brickyard Collegiate, the Bears looked to improve upon their performance in their last tournament of the fall season. After the first day of play which ...
In their last 5 matches, the Mercer women’s volleyball team has come up victorious in only two of those competitions. While playing some of their best volleyball to date, some efforts weren’t strong enough to secure those all important conference wins and they now see themselves in a battle to ...
In the last four games of the season, the Mercer women’s soccer team has won three of those matches, claimed a first-round bye in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, and broken a program record for wins in a season with 12 on the year. It is no doubt that head coach Tony Economopoulos has had ...
Volleyball player, dual math and psychology major Lizzie Knapper contributes much to her team’s advancement. Knapper ardently supports her teammates by attending every volleyball practice and tournament while also staying connected to the school community. Mercer students usually spot Knapper attending ...
In an unfortunate loss to the No. 17 team South Florida on Oct. 10, the Mercer men’s soccer teams’ four-game winning streak came to an end. USF proved to be the more dominant team for the duration of the first half until Mercer regrouped at halftime. Throughout the second half, Mercer nearly netted ...
The Mercer women’s golf team recently visited the LPGA Invitational located in Daytona Beach, Fla. After the team’s most recent success winning the Eat-A-Peach Collegiate, head coach Gary Guyer and his team looked to take their momentum into the LPGA Invitational and came back with an impressive ...
So far this season, junior Lacey Fears has proven to be one of the best women’s golfers in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Fears has already earned two Atlantic Sun Player of the Week Honors this season, along with winning the LPGA Invitational and placing second in the Eat a Peach Collegiate. After ...
Both of the Mercer men’s and women’s cross country teams finished very well at the 2012 Will Wilson Citadel Invitational held on Saturday, Oct. 16. The men’s team took first overall while the women’s team came in second. These results would be the best for both teams this season. The men had ...
This past weekend Mercer men’s golf team co-hosted the annual Brickyard Collegiate Championship. In the tournament, 15 teams competed from across the country from Princeton to South Florida. The tournament was held at the Brickyard Golf Club in north Macon. Mercer finished the opening round in ninth ...
The Mercer women’s volleyball team has dropped three of their last four matches bringing their overall record to 7-10 on the year and 3-4 in conference play. The first match-up for the Bears was against the Norse of Northern Kentucky University. The Orange & Black faltered, losing in three straight ...
Sophomore Washida Blackman has been a crucial offensive threat this season for the Mercer women’s soccer team. With one year of experience under her belt, she looks to help lead the team to an A-SUN Championship win, something that the Bears were just short of last season. She’s tallied up one goal, ...
Veteran cross country coach, Ryan Bailey, has led the Mercer Bears to a successful season this fall. The team placed third in the University of Georgia and University of Auburn races. They were also invited to compete in the coveted “Gold Race,” which included some of the top cross country programs ...
On Sept. 26, the Mercer men’s soccer team dominated UNC-Asheville offensively to come away on top with a 4-0 win at Bear Field. Mercer out-shot UNC-Asheville 19-8 and held the advantage in corner kicks, 7-2, during the match. The Bears’ 4-0 result matches their shutout win over Presbyterian on Sept. ...
After three wins and a tie, the Mercer women’s soccer team extended their undefeated streak as they shutout visiting team University of South Carolina Upstate on Friday, Sept. 28th at Bear Field. This would be the Bears’ first conference win of the season. The Bears showed up for the game sporting ...
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