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Mercer seeks two new head coaches for coming season
By Gabriel Kopp | March 11Mercer's Basketball programs are looking for two new head coaches for their 2024/25 seasons.
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Athletics announces expanding facilities
By Gabriel Kopp | February 19Mercer Athletics has announced that it will expand its sports facilities in the coming years, adding a baseball performance center, new tailgating areas within Five Star Stadium and a joint tennis and golf facility.
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Softball and Baseball season previews
By Isaiah Lyseight | February 14With the 2024 baseball and softball seasons coming up, here is a rundown of what you can expect for the following seasons.
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Mike Jacobs introduced on Wednesday
By Gabriel Kopp | February 5Mercer’s newly hired head football coach, Mike Jacobs, gave an introductory press conference on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the coach’s reign at Mercer.
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Mercer club sports add wrestling team
By Isaiah Lyseight | January 27Mercer University recently introduced a club wrestling team, expanding the number of club sports offered at Mercer to nine.
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Mercer taps a Lenoir-Rhyne coach again to lead Mercer Football
By Gabriel Kopp | January 25Mercer has named Mike Jacobs to the position of football head coach after Drew Cronic resigned from his post last week to become Navy College’s next offensive coordinator.
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Cronic Resigns for Navy College job
By Gabriel Kopp | January 10Drew Cronic stepped down from his position as head coach of Mercer’s football program on Tuesday. His next role will be with the Navy Midshipmen as the team’s offensive coordinator.
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Mercer football falls to South Dakota State
By Gabriel Kopp | December 7Mercer football’s historic season came to an end in the second round of the FCS Playoffs as they fell to #1 South Dakota State University, 41-0. The Bears’ season ended with a 9-4 record, the team’s greatest number of wins since it was reinstated in 2013, as well as its first-ever berth in the FCS Playoffs.
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Injury could have derailed his career, he never gave up
By Gabriel Kopp | December 7A four-star prospect in 2018 out of Mars, Pennsylvania, 247 Sports considered Carmody the 17th-ranked shooting guard in the nation and he committed to perennial NCAA powerhouse Notre Dame.
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Bears win first-ever FCS Playoff game
By Gabriel Kopp | November 28The Mercer Bears football team recorded its first ever victory in the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs, beating the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs, 17-7, in Macon. The Bulldogs, who were the champions of the Big South Conference, came into the game riding a five-game win streak while Mercer had won six of their last seven contests.
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Dogs beat Bears in women's basketball
By Isaiah Lyseight | November 19Mercer’s women’s basketball team hosted the Georgia Bulldogs at Hawkins Arena on Thursday, losing 77-57. With the loss, Mercer falls to 1-3 on the season while UGA improves to 3-1. This was the second home game of the season for the Bears, who won their first home game over Florida Atlantic University, 70-62.
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Men's soccer wins SoCon championship
By Gabriel Kopp | November 16Mercer’s men’s soccer team defeated Furman University 2-0 in Greenville, South Carolina, winning them the Southern Conference championship on Sunday. It was the program’s fifth SoCon championship in seven years.
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Football gets eighth win of season
By Gabriel Kopp | November 15On a rainy Homecoming weekend, the Mercer Bears football team got a little closer to the NCAA FCS playoffs with a win in the 2023 homecoming game against Samford University, 28-21. The game finished out the regular season for the Bears, who ended with a 8-3 overall record and went 6-2 in Southern Conference play.
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Bears easily handle The Citadel
By Gabriel Kopp | November 9Mercer extended its winning streak to three games with a win against The Citadel on Saturday, beating the winless Bulldogs in Charleston, South Carolina, 38-16. The win puts Mercer at third in the Southern Conference with a 5-2 record, and a 7-3 record overall.
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Mercer football edges past #10 WCU
By Gabriel Kopp | October 31The Bears upset no. 10 Western Carolina University on Saturday, beating the Catamounts 45-38. The high-scoring game was Mercer’s first victory against a ranked opponent this season, leaving them at a 6-3 overall record, 4-2 in the SoCon.
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Mercer basketball season preview
By KC Wetherington | October 31As the 2023-2024 basketball season approaches, here is what to expect from Mercer’s men’s and women’s teams this year.
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Bears record two defensive touchdowns in win
By Gabriel Kopp | October 26Mercer won Saturday against Wofford 31-17, continuing the trend of teams denying Wofford any wins this season. The win moved the Bears up to 3-2 against Southern Conference opponents, while the Terriers languish at the bottom of the Conference table with a 0-5 record.
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Mercer falls at home to Chattanooga
By Gabriel Kopp | October 16Mercer lost at home on Saturday, falling to 20th-ranked Chattanooga, 22-10. The result moved Mercer’s overall record to 4-3, 2-2 in the Southern Conference, while Chattanooga is 5-2, and 4-1 in the SoCon.
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Former walk-on turns defensive stalwart
By Ali Sulko | October 16“He’s a great student, great person. He’s a guy who has some maturity about him,” Head Coach Drew Cronic said about defensive stalwart Ken Standley ‘24 at a recent press conference. “He’s a kid I’ll bring in my office just to ask him what he thinks about stuff cause I think I’m gonna get a mature answer from a person within the program.”
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Ty James, strong defense earn Bears win
By Gabriel Kopp | October 11Mercer grabbed an away win on Saturday, beating Eastern Tennessee State University for the first time while on the road, 24-6. The win puts Mercer at a 4-2 record on the season, and a 2-1 record in the SoCon, which puts them fourth in the standings.
