New head coach James DeFeo and the Bears softball team officially hit the diamond for their first action of the 2012 season. Being tested on the road, the Mercer team visited KSU for the Kennesaw State Classic Tournament Tallahassee with the Florida State Tournament. Austin Peay 11, Mercer 9 As Head ...
Bob Hoffman and the Mercer Bears extended their Cinderella Story win streak to nine games with a win over the hometown KSU Owls before disappointingly falling at the hands of Jacksonville on the road. With the A-Sun tournament in sight, the Bears must stay focused and hopeful in the games to come. Mercer ...
Recently, Claude Smith Field was updated with brick terraces for seating and tailgating out past the back fence. Now, the newest addition to this historic field has been added: a new LED jumbotron that is the best in the entire Atlantic Sun conference. Coach Craig Gibson was very excited about the ...
Mercer Intramurals and Quadworks are partnering up this year for basketball’s Championship Night on Monday, Feb. 27. The Intramural staff hopes it will be their largest turnout ever. “These are obviously the best basketball teams in their respective divisions so we’re looking forward to giving ...
In an age where teams continue to change conferences in order to bring the most money to their program with little regard to tradition or historical rivalries/match-ups, Mercer University might face the choice of whether to stay in the Atlantic Sun or not. The Atlantic Sun is a great conference, but ...
The Mercer women’s golf team and Head Coach Gary Guyer recently pulled out a much-needed victory in the JU Classic hosted by Jacksonville University. On day one, Mercer sophomore Lacey Fears fired a score of 71, one under par, to lead the entire tournament. Junior Aurelie Wiriath was tied for second ...
As part of the kickoff to the baseball team’s season, Mercer University was proud to welcome Atlanta Braves third baseman and future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones as this year’s First Pitch Classic speaker. Coming on to the Macon campus for a short visit, Chipper was glad to sign autographs for the ...
In 2009, the NCAA Division I Legislative Council added sand volleyball to the list of emerging sports for women, clearing the way for schools to use the sport toward minimum sponsorship requirements and minimum financial aid awards. “The opportunity to play sand volleyball in the spring will spur ...
First there was Tebow time. Now there’s Linsanity. In case you’ve been living under a sports rock for the last two weeks or so, Jeremy Lin, who plays for the New York Knicks, has taken over sports media. Jeremy Lin, an undrafted Harvard graduate, spent most of the 2010-2011 season on the Golden ...
After ending the 13-game losing streak, the Mercer Bears’ Women’s Basketball team looked to three games on the road that would either let them win their way back into postseason contention or fade back away into the cellar of the Atlantic Sun conference standings. Unfortunately, the Bears were ...
After an inaugural 1-12 season for Mercer’s first-ever Division I lacrosse program, Head Coach Jason Childs and the bears have gotten off to a tough 2012 campaign with three consecutive losses to begin the spring. Ohio State 15, Mercer 8 The Mercer men’s Lacrosse team opened up their season for ...
Justin Evans is one of the more highly talked about athletes to have ever come to Mercer University. Wearing number five for the lacrosse team is a 5-foot-10 midfielder that also does face offs, where he was listed as an All-American coming out of high school. Evans was state runner-up twice as a starter ...
If the world is looking for a place where their children can look up to their role models and aspire to walk in the same shoes as their mentors, Major League Baseball is probably not the best place to do so right now. Right when fans buy a shirt or jersey of the player they love due to their on and ...
After a 2011 campaign that saw the Bears finish 39-20 and lose a variety of stars from their starting nine, Head Coach Craig Gibson and the Bears look to an array of young talent to step forward in 2012. After the recent visit from Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones and with a four-game set ...
After a very busy recruiting season, the Mercer Bears football team is looking mighty impressive for their inaugural season in the fall of 2013. Much progress has been made on a variety of fronts surrounding the future of the Bears. Head Coach Bobby Lamb was able to grant several insights into where ...
The Mercer men’s golf team had a disappointing beginning to the spring season, coming in ninth in the Sea Best Invitational at TPC Sawgrass, hosted by Jacksonville University. Heading in the final round on Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Bears were in sixth. After the last round, however, they were in ninth ...
Mercer’s men’s tennis team opened the season with a pair of disappointing losses against Georgia Southern University and Coastal Carolina University on Jan. 27 and Jan. 29 respectively. Against the Eagles, Mercer narrowly missed coming away with the doubles point. Playing number two doubles, Vince ...
With the start of the 2012 softball regular season right around the corner, Mercer senior shortstop Sara Stukes picked up preseason All-Atlantic Sun honors as released by the conference office last Wednesday. “We are very proud of Sara and all of the accomplishments she has made both on and off ...
The Bears just cannot lose lately, holding a seven-game winning streak as of Feb. 5. This is the longest winning streak since 2002-2003, when the Bears won an impressive 12 in-a-row. Mercer has faced competition both at the top and bottom of the table, and they win all of them in stride like ...
Student sections rule. I absolutely love being in them, seeing them, and laughing at/with them. Last year, there was a rather controversial column from another writer that saw one of our own blast our own student section for not being loud enough. Personally, I saw that happening. However, I understand ...
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