Year after year, the Athletics Department at Mercer continues to exceed its expectations and outdoes the previous year with high-profile speakers and remarkable talents roaming the halls of the University Center. In four years, Mercer has hosted the likes of college basketball legends such as the ...
The Mercer women’s golf team is looking to set a standard of excellence going into the 2012 competitive season. Led by Head Coach Gary Guyer the team looks to take the precedent set in the fall of 2011 and take that momentum into the spring of 2012 to finish well in conference play. The lady golfers ...
As the championship part of Mercer’s golf schedule quickly approaches, the Bears have several goals that are still set clearly in their sights. During the fall semester schedule, new Head Coach Steve Bradley and new Assistant Coach Jacob Davidson were still trying to feel out their new team while ...
After conference championship Sunday’s three-point margin of victories were completed and the Super Bowl XLVI (46) matchup was decided, the headlines of NFL.com read: “Déjà Blue”. I couldn’t agree more. Not only have the Patriots and Giants met in the Super Bowl in recent years, but the ...
The Mercer Bears men’s basketball team went 4-4 over the 2011-2012 Winter Break, including snatching two wins on the road against top-tier competition in Navy and Georgia Tech, which was the first win against the Yellow Jackets in over three decades. Besides the big wins, the Bears experienced some ...
Going into only their second season as a team, the Mercer men’s lacrosse team looks to improve upon an inaugural 1-12 season. In their first season, the young squad comprised of mostly freshman at the time played teams that have won national championships in lacrosse in the past. This year, the Bears ...
The Mercer Bears will have a new opponent to play beginning in Fall 2012, as the Northern Kentucky Norse will make the jump from NCAA Division II to Division I and provisionally enter the Atlantic Sun. The public university is located in Highland Heights, KY with an enrollment of just over 15,000, ...
The Mercer men’s golf team’s opening season of the 2011-2012 campaign can be characterized with consistency and progress as the Bears played their way through three fall events including the annual home match at the Brickyard. The Bears’ opening campaign was the first season with newly signed ...
During one of the best stretches of Mercer men’s soccer history, it is difficult to look back and see what is and is not working currently. For the first time since the 2001 and 2002 seasons, the Bears have posted back-to-back winning records. After consecutive postseason runs, the Bears are hoping ...
The 2011 season for Mercer volleyball was rough. Having a tough non-conference schedule started the Bears off on the wrong foot for another rough Atlantic Sun year. They went 12-19 on the year, 4-9 in Atlantic Sun play. They were eliminated before the season ended. As a result, Coach Noelle Rooke ...
One of the most highly touted defensive players in recent history, Ndamukong Suh was drafted number two overall in the 2010 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. During his final year at the University of Nebraska, Suh won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, given to the nation’s best defensive player; the Lombardi ...
Mercer’s women’s basketball team got their first road win of the season on Nov. 25, defeating the High Point Lady Panthers 75-67. Sophomore Briana Williams put on a clinic as she scored 33 points while contributing two rebounds, one assist, two steals and one block. Freshman guard Alicia Williams ...
I’ve been following the Gators as long as I can remember. I’ve stuck by them in the tough years of Ron Zook. I’ve handled Steve Spurrier having a few rough years. I even watched as the greatest player in college football history didn’t win a third national championship. Yes, Tebow is the greatest ...
The Mercer women’s basketball team recently had four very pivotal non-conference matchups. The team was looking to get some valuable playing experience playing against some very tough opponents before going into conference play. First up for the Lady Bears was Davidson. Last year’s Atlantic Sun ...
The men’s and women’s cross country teams had record-breaking seasons. Individuals set personal bests while others also set school records. Leading the way for the women’s cross country team was Kacie Niemann. Niemann consistently finished first for the Bears in every race she competed in. Not ...
The Mercer men’s basketball team opened up its conference schedule against the Lipscomb University Bison on Thursday, Dec. 1, in Nashville, TN. The Bears went 2-1 last year against the Bison, with their only loss coming on Dec. 4, 2010, in Nashville. The Bears would go on to take the final two meetings ...
Mercer’s women’s golf team had a historic season as the Lady Bears captured their second ever Eat-A-Peach Collegiate during the 2011 fall campaign. Mercer began their fall schedule during the first week of September as they traveled to Huntsville, Alabama to participate in the Chris Bannister classic. ...
Going into Week 13, the Packers are still perfect… barely. Even with the 12-0 record, it hasn’t been the smoothest of routes for the Green Bay squad. The hot and cold season has seen their offense rise and their defense occasionally fall. Although they lead the planet with interceptions, they ...
After traveling to ranked Missouri, the Bears finished up the CBE Classic Macon subregional by going 2-1 at home, finishing 2-2. Missouri 81, Mercer 63 The Mercer Bears traveled to Mizzou Arena in Columbia, MO to play the Tigers in their one away CBE Classic game. They lost by 18, and the Tigers ...
It was a tough draw at the end of the season, but the Mercer Bears were unable to overcome. Dropping two of their final three conference matches, Mercer women’s volleyball will not play in the postseason this year. Despite knowing that if they won out, they were in, the Bears could not beat ...
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