Mercer Spring Intramurals Overview
January 28, 2019
Mercer is offering many different intramural sports opportunities for their students in the upcoming spring semester. Here are some important dates to be aware of: Spikeball Registration: Jan. 14-22 Tournament Date: Jan. 24 Spikeball is played as a one day tournament. A maximum of two players are ...
Bears beat Cadets en route to second straight win
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 27, 2019
Mercer men’s basketball hadn’t won a game by more than six points in nearly two months. That all changed Thursday night as the Bears (8-12, 3-5) throttled the Virginia Military Institute Keydets (7-13, 1-7) by way of an 88-68 blowout victory. The game was never really close. Mercer’s Ross C...
Women’s basketball top Mocs, stay undefeated in SoCon
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 27, 2019
Welcome home, Mercer women’s basketball. Your welcoming present? A matchup with archrival Chattanooga, also the only other undefeated team in the SoCon. After splitting a two-game weekend road trip, the Bears returned home to Hawkins Arena eager to secure their place as the top team in the confe...
Cummings stays hot, Bears split weekend road trip
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 22, 2019
The 2018-2019 season has been a rollercoaster of a ride for Mercer men’s basketball. The team has shown signs of greatness, but also signs of a team that lacks one key ingredient -- consistency. The Bears entered this past weekend’s road trip seeking momentum coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to...
Bears sweep road trip, remain undefeated in SoCon
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 22, 2019
After a rockier than usual start to the season, Mercer women’s basketball seems to have finally found its groove again. A close, last-minute victory over the Western Carolina Catamounts tested the limits of Mercer’s perseverance and toughness. After leading by as much as 20, Mercer saw their led dw...
Bears edge Samford in overtime thriller
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 15, 2019
Mercer women’s basketball opened up Southern Conference play on Saturday afternoon, welcoming rival Samford to Hawkins Arena. The Bears opened the game extremely slow, shooting just 21 percent from the floor in the opening period, likely not the start head coach Susie Gardner was looking for from a t...
Men’s basketball drops heartbreaker to ETSU
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 15, 2019
Mercer entered Saturday’s game fresh off their first SoCon victory of the year, knocking off Western Carolina (4-14, 1-4) at home on Thursday evening. However, the challenge that walked into Hawkins Arena on Saturday was a different animal. ETSU (15-4, 5-1) entered the game having won six straight ga...
Cummings scores 36, men’s basketball win first SoCon game
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 14, 2019
Men’s basketball entered Thursday night’s battle with Western Carolina on a two-game skid, looking to get back in the victory column. The Catamounts (4-13, 1-3) have had a rollercoaster of a season, but came into the game riding a victory over conference foe Samford which gave them their fir...
Bears Are Back: Men’s Basketball Winter Break Recap
Christian Hartley, Sports Editor
January 12, 2019
For most of the Mercer community, the last few weeks were a time of rest and relaxation, a well-deserved break from the grueling stretch of finals week. But for Mercer men’s basketball, time for rest was limited to only a few days as the team found themselves heading straight towards a three-gam...
Cummings finds his stride, Bears get back on track with win
December 4, 2018
The Mercer men’s basketball team welcomed the Brewton-Parker Barons (1-5, 0-0) to Hawkins Arena on Tuesday afternoon. The Bears (4-3, 0-0) could not buy a basket for most of the first half, but thankfully neither could the Barons. The teams started the game shooting a combined 14-of-46 from the floor...
Mercer Volleyball finishes season on highs and low
Kyle Mullins, Sports Writer
November 29, 2018
The season is over for Mercer’s volleyball team after they lost in the second round of the SoCon tournament to no.1 seed East Tennessee State University. In the first round, the Bears played no. 5 seed Wofford and swept them in three sets, hardly even a contest. Brittany Major and Roberta Todd ...
Jaylen Stowe ready to make the most of senior season
November 29, 2018
After spending three years as a member of Mercer’s men’s basketball team, senior Jaylen Stowe has learned a valuable lesson: don’t take anything for granted. “Four years may seem like a long time, but it goes by really fast,” Stowe said. You have to make the most out of every day becaus...