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Day in the life: Joey Heavner

At 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday night, senior Joey Heavner finally sits down to study for his econometrics exam in the morning. Along with most athletes, the Mercer men’s soccer player has quite an exhaustive and busy schedule with a limited amount of time to get his studies done. The standout soccer player ...

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Slow start for the men’s golf team

The Mercer Men’s golf team opened their season at the Kiawah Invitational, posting a team score of 315 on the final day of play.  They played through tough conditions to earn a 13th spot overall.  Mercer’s scores of 319, 300, and 315 gave them an overall team score of 934, placing them just behind ...

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Coaching Spotlight: Damian Elder

Coach Damian Elder started his first fall season as head coach of the Women’s Volleyball team and led the Bears to an excellent home court debut. Having coached in the Pacific-12, the Southeastern Conference and the Southern Conference, Coach Elder brings experience, good energy and a positive change ...

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Women’s soccer begins conference play

With conference play just around the corner, the Mercer women’s soccer team looked to add one more win to the record to catch a momentum. They did just that by defeating Jacksonville State on the road on Friday, Sept. 14. Although play was tough and competitive, neither the Bears nor the Gamecocks ...

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This or That: Jittery Joe's or Starbucks

If you’re like me, you have established your series of ideal study places and know exactly which places works for what type of studying you’re doing. If one of your study places is an establishment where you can order food or drinks, you may have even become one of the regulars -- those loyal customers ...

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Men’s soccer on 4-game undefeated streak

The Mercer men’s soccer team is now 3-2-1 after going unbeaten in their last four matches. On Aug. 31, Mercer men’s soccer secured the first win of the Hotels at Grand Prairie Classic at Shea Stadium during the opening game against Nebraska-Omaha. The 2-0 result came out of two set piece goals and ...

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Women’s Soccer wins two, drops two

With a 2-1-1 start to their season, the Mercer women’s soccer team was looking to continue adding wins to the board in the game against Alabama A&M on Friday, Aug. 31. They did just that with a shutout win of 6-0. The pace and play of the game was dominated by the Bears as they outshot the Lady ...

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Coaching Spotlight: Brad Ruzzo

The Mercer men’s soccer team began their season on Aug. 24 and have been playing hard from the start. They have faced many difficult opponents since the season started and have played strong in all of their games. In order get a better idea of how the team is looking this year, Head Coach Brad Ruzzo ...

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Volleyball 2-5 with conference play looming

After one of their best starts in nearly a decade, the Mercer women’s volleyball team saw a short-lived win streak before dropping four straight contests. The Bears are now 2-5 on the year and are looking to improve in upcoming games to better their record before entering into an important and competitive ...

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Men’s, women’s cross country races well in first two meets

To start off the season, both Mercer men’s and women’s cross country teams each had a strong showing in the University of Georgia Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 1. Overall, Mercer finished third. For the men, Saturday was an improvement on last year’s fourth pace finish in the same 8k race, while ...

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A day in the life: Lauren Gassie

On Sept. 5, at 9:53 a.m., Mercer soccer player, Lauren Gassie prepared for her Organic Chemistry test in the ARC, laying her organic chemistry book on the desk in front of her. Earlier that morning, Gassie’s roommate, Stephanie Giangiuli, left Gassie an encouraging note on top of her organic book ...

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Elder, women’s volleyball prepares for upcoming season

Damian Elder, and the Mercer women’s volleyball team is slated to begin one of the most anticipated seasons in recent years. In Elder’s first year at the helm of the volleyball team, much is expected of what is supposed to be one of the best teams in recent times to grace the court for the Bears. With ...

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Inaugural win for Head Coach Economopoulos

In only his first season, Head Coach Tony Economopoulos has led the Mercer women’s soccer team to a resounding 2-1-1 start in their first two weekends of play. With conference play looming in the near future, the Bears look to capitalize on these non-conference match-ups to gain experience and confidence ...

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The state of soccer in America

Imagine a world where every child is practically born kicking a soccer ball. That is virtually every country in the entire world except for the United States of America. There is no doubt that the United States produces some of the world’s best athletes which is continually proven in every sport except ...

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Player Spotlight: Mercer Men’s Soccer #4 Josh Shutter

Josh Shutter, senior captain of the men’s soccer team, has already garnered recognition in the conference. As a sophomore, he made the Atlantic-Sun All-Conference Second team. In his junior season, Shutter made the Atlantic-Sun All-Conference First team. Prior to the 2012 season, he was named to the ...

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Coaching Spotlight: Tony Economopoulos

Women’s soccer season gets under way as head coach Tony Economopoulos begins his first season as the head coach for the team. While Economopoulos is new to Mercer’s soccer team, he is no stranger to the sport. Now in his twelfth year of coaching, Economopoulos has previously worked with the Georgia ...

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Men’s basketball announces 2012-13 Schedule

Coming off of a record shattering, ground-breaking and monumental 2011-12 season, the Mercer men’s basketball team has released an extremely competitive 2012-13 schedule, highlighted by the Paradise Jam Tournament and 13 home contests at the newly named Hawkins Arena in the University Center. “We’re ...

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Women’s basketball releases 2012-13 schedule

Head Coach Susie Gardner and the Mercer women’s basketball team released its 2012-13 season schedule on, featuring contests against schools from the Big East, ACC and SEC. The Bears 2012-13 season features 14 home games, and six contests against teams that participated in post-season play in either ...

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Olympians, Mercerians: One and the same

Every four years, the entire world comes together as one for the largest sporting event in the world, the Olympics. The world watches in anticipation, hoping their home country’s athletes can bring home the coveted gold medal. With the Olympic Games being such a large competition, many athletes in ...


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