Women’s soccer team finishes season 16-4, Icen named SoCon player of the year
Jen Jones, Sports Editor
November 22, 2019
Nicole Icen was also named SoCon player of the year. She is the first player to win honors since 1998, according to Mercer Athletics.
Player Spotlight: Women’s soccer player scores three goals in a single game
Jacob Lugenbeel, Contributing Writer
September 28, 2019
A rising star has been spotted on the Mercer Women’s Soccer team; freshman Nicole Icen from Marietta, Georgia, scored three goals in a single game against Davidson College, leading the Bears to victory.
Mercer women’s soccer gearing up for 2019 season
Samantha Homcy, Contributing Writer
September 11, 2019
Mercer’s women’s soccer season is in full swing, and the team is looking to reestablish their Southern Conference dominance after a loss to Eastern Tennessee State in the first round of the playoffs last year.
Practice makes confidence: Men’s soccer team kicks off season
Jacob Lugenbeel, Contributing Writer
September 11, 2019
From summer training to the first game of the year on Aug. 30, the men's soccer team gets focused.
Trevor Martineau, Men’s Soccer Red Hot Going Into SoCon Tournament
Ryan Weaver, Lead Sports Writer
November 4, 2018
Mercer Men’s soccer has been in fine form the last two months of the season and their work has earned them the Southern Conference regular season title along with a first round bye in the conference tournament. Both the team and freshman forward Trevor Martineau began to heat up once they moved...
Men’s Soccer Clinches SoCon Regular Season Crown
October 24, 2018
For the first time since 2014, the Mercer men’s soccer team won the Southern Conference regular season championship. For Mercer, who is now 5-0 in conference action for the first time in school history, the title means a crucial first-place seed in November’s tournament. The title came after ...
Women’s Soccer Season So Far
Ryan Weaver, Lead Sports Writer
September 23, 2018
The Mercer women’s soccer team is off to a good start to the 2018 season, going 5-3-2 over the first 10 games and having scored 29 goals. “I think we've done well,” said star forward Abigail Zoeller. “We definitely have shown growth from day one.” Head coach Tony Economopoulos said he...
Men’s soccer to face Coastal Carolina in NCAA Tournament
Hayes Rule, Lead Writer
November 14, 2017
When it mattered most, they found a way to win. Mercer men’s soccer has experienced more than its fair share of close games this season, boasting a whopping 13 overtime appearances since August. In the first 11 overtime games, the Bears won only two of them; they finished with a 1-6-4 record in e...
The Cluster Roundup: The sun begins to set on football and soccer season as basketball looms just on the horizon
Kyle Mullins, Sports Editor
November 10, 2017
Men’s Soccer The Men’s soccer team overcame their first obstacle to a SoCon championship Saturday with a victory over Wofford College. They beat the Terriers at home 2-1. The final score does not reflect how dominant Mercer remained during the match, outshooting their opponent 8-1 in just the first...
How this Mercer soccer player overcomes diabetes
Jenna Eason, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2017
Prick. Test. Zip. Ally Fordham is ready to play a soccer game. Fordham plays for the Mercer University’s women’s soccer team, and she has Type I diabetes. “It was a bit of a shocker when it came to me,” Fordham said about when she first found out she was a diabetic. “Once I kind of got a gras...
Men’s Club Soccer proves itself capable at first ever tournament
Kyle Mullins, Sports Editor
October 2, 2017
The Mercer men’s soccer club team has only been around for as long as this year’s senior class, but the amount of growth they’ve seen in the past year puts them as possible contenders with schools like the University of Georgia. The executive board of the team, President Juan Munoz, Vice Pres...
Mercer Sports: The Cluster Roundup
Kyle Mullins, Sports Editor
August 30, 2017
Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team fell in their first game to Georgia State 0-2 and their second match to the South Carolina Gamecocks 1-2. On Sept.1, the team will be hosting the Big South/ Socon Challenge at Bear Field where they will play against teams like Gardner-Webb, Wofford and Winthro...