An athlete who loves the sport she plays, Tess Patton, is in the spotlight for the 2013 soccer season. Patton, a junior, has proven to be an outstanding student-athlete at Mercer. She transferred to Mercer from Auburn University in the Fall of 2012, the beginning of her sophomore year. Although Mercer ...
The Mercer Women’s soccer team has taken on some of the toughest teams in the Southeastern Conference the past two weeks. Challenging the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama, Auburn University and the University of Tennessee, the Bears went 1-3 but remained competitive while taking on ...
A record-breaking 12,172 fans filled Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex on Saturday Aug. 31, counting down the minutes to the kickoff that would mark the start of Mercer University‘s first football game since 1942. It had been 72 years since Mercer University’s football team stepped foot onto ...
The Mercer University’s men’s soccer team kicked off their 2013 season with an exhibition game versus the South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday, Aug. 18. The Bears went on to play Clemson, Elon, and UNC Wilmington the following week. Although they were unable to pull out a win, the team is looking ...
Mercer’s volleyball team started the season with the UAB/Samford Invitational on Aug. 30-31 and the Active Ankle Challenge at Auburn on Sept. 5-6. Under Head Coach Damian Elder for the second year, the team consists of three starters and seven newcomers. After being picked seventh in the annual ...
The Mercer University women’s soccer team is off to a successful start this 2013 season. With one exhibition game and two contests behind them the team shows promise for another winning season ahead. On Aug. 13 the Bears opened the season with an exhibition match at Bear Field. They defeated Eastern ...
The Mercer University men’s basketball team recently embarked upon a trip to Europe to compete against professional and national teams as well as do service work with younger children. The team left the United States on Friday, Aug. 9 and returned on Monday, Aug. 19. During their 10-day excursion, ...
Following a tough 1-0 loss against the University of South Carolina in their first competitive rivalry Sunday Aug. 18, the Mercer University men’s soccer team has since been preparing for future defeat.The exhibition game, which took place at Stone Stadium after nearly a two-hour rain delay, began ...
Mercer University is gearing up for its first football game in 72 years. Building a football program has been a main priority for the athletic department the last few years. The excitement started when Bobby Lamb was named head coach last year. After the 2012-2013 practice season, players, fans, ...
An NCAA rule allows university athletic teams to take 10 extra days of practice should they take a foreign tour. “In all honesty I was being selfish; I wanted ten extra practice days this summer,” said women’s basketball head coach, Susie Gardner. “When we got to Ghana, I realized this is so ...
The Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams are eager to hit the ground running as they look forward to an exciting 2013 season. Last season, the men’s team finished 12th place out of 26 teams in the NCAA South Regional Championships. This is the highest place finish in Mercer Bear history. Sophomore ...
After a year of hard work and practice, redshirt freshman John Russ is more than ready for this season to start. Russ has recently earned the position of starting quarterback not only by his performance on the field, but by also serving as a leader to his teammates. He has high expectations this season ...
Following their fifth consecutive appearance in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament in the 2012 season, the Mercer women’s soccer team started the 2013 season Wednesday, Aug. 7. Since then, this year’s newly compiled team has been preparing for not only a repeat appearance in the Atlantic ...
With ten returning players and five new freshmen, the Mercer University volleyball team is looking forward to an exciting and challenging year. Senior Captain Emily Rochefort said the returning team members are talented leaders and players, and the new freshmen are strong volleyball players too. The ...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="495"] Photo Credit: Mercer Athletics[/caption] On Wednesday, July 31, the Mercer football team reported for preseason camp for the first time in 70 years. After a full year of practice and no competition, the Bears are looking forward to their first game on Aug. ...
The Mercer men’s soccer team embarks on their season this fall as players begin reporting for preseason camp on Tuesday. Mercer hosts both Winthrop and Georgia Southern respectively for their own preseason tournaments Sept. 13 and 15. The 2013 season will include 20 games, six of which are against ...
The Mercer Univerity Athletics Department announced its 2012-13 Outstanding Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year at its third annual Big Bear Event held at Hawkins Arena on Saturday April 20. Seniors Will Betts and Kacie Niemann picked up the honors after four impressive years at Mercer University ...
After yet another successful week between the lines, the Mercer baseball team completed its season-long rise to the top of the charts to the No. 1 ranking in the most recent College Baseball Daily Top-25 Mid-Major Poll released earlier this week. Mercer (32-11, 12-6 A-Sun) started the week off by ...
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