On Feb. 22, Mercer Athletic Director Jim Cole announced that former Georgia Southwestern head coach, Tony Economopoulos, will take over as the sixth women’s soccer head coach in program history, effective immediately. Since Dec. 8, the Athletic Department has been searching for a replacement ...
After winning five of six games to round out the month of February, softball played .500 ball with a 4-4 record in their following eight games. Mercer began the month with four games at the University of Georgia tournament. Their contest scheduled against Cleveland State was cancelled due to rain. Mercer ...
After another rough season that saw the Mercer Bears miss out on the 2012 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Women’s Basketball Championship, the Bears strung together back-to-back solid outings to win their last two games of the year. As a result, the Bears finished at 6-23 overall and 4-14 in the ...
The Mercer men’s golf team has recently had some disappointing tournaments, though it appears that their slump is finally coming to an end in dramatic fashion. On Feb. 20-21, the Bears participated in the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course in Mobile, Ala. The tournament ...
After a sluggish 2-7 start to the season, the Mercer softball squad has turned things around as they won five of six games to round out the month of February. Those five wins included a four-game sweep at the Samford Softball Scramble in Alabama. Mercer 6, Samford 2 The Bears began the Scramble playing ...
It’s time for that wonderful, wonderful time of the year called March Madness. Five weeks of win or go home basketball happen in this time of the year, with the two weeks of conference tourneys that ultimately matter more for mid-majors than the big schools, and then the Big Dance happens. I know ...
The Mercer men’s basketball team, which finished the regular season 21-10, the first 20-win season in nine years, and was given the number two seed in the 2012 edition of the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. The Bears’ first game was on Wednesday, Feb. 29 against the number ...
In the final two games before the end of the season, the Mercer bears split their games against conference foes Lipscomb and Belmont. The first match-up for the Bears was against the Lipscomb University Bison. Sophomore Bud Thomas led the Bears to victory with an impressive 15-point performance. Mercer ...
In a season that had Chris Paul teaming up with Blake Griffin in L.A., Dwight Howard, Deron Williams and Rajon Rondo on the cusp of being traded, Ricky Rubio finally coming to the NBA and LINsanity, this shortened NBA season has still been a complete disappointment. Right when things look to heat ...
Off to a fast start, the Mercer baseball team stretched their winning streak to nine games and tied their best start since 1970 (10-1). Running into redhot squads of High Point and Mississippi State, the Bears would proceed to lose four of their next six in their tough test of eight road games. Through ...
After the probationary period from transferring into the NCAA Division I, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles finally got their due. The FGCU Eagles are the 2011-2012 Atlantic Sun Women’s Basketball Champions after winning each contest of the Atlantic Sun tournament this year. At 29-2, the FGCU Eagles lost ...
On Feb. 26, the Mercer women’s golf team headed to Kiawah, S.C. for the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic. When asked about the team’s performance on day one of the tournament, Head Coach Gary Guyer simply said, “We could have played better.” Sophomore Lacey Fears fired a two-over 74 to lead ...
One of the more heralded recruits to ever come through Mercer University Baseball under Craig Gibson, Derrick Workman is a sophomore coming off an impressive freshman campaign in which he was named to both the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team and the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team. Gibson ...
The Mercer men’s lacrosse team has dropped four more contests to formidable opponents falling to 0-7 on the year. The first match-up for the Bears was on Feb. 25 against Detroit-Mercy at Bear Field. The Mercer men’s lacrosse team allowed 11 second-half goals, including being outscored 7-0 in the ...
The Mercer Bears men’s and women’s cross country teams recently announced and began their spring series of races. It was kicked off on Feb. 25 with the Savannah State University Eye Opener series of races. Mercerians broke the tape in both the men and women’s 5,000 meter race and 5K. Junior Kacie ...
The Bears have been playing some good tennis lately, and their record shows it. Heading into their weekend matchup against powerhouse Wake Forest, the orange and black were 3-4 throughout the 2012 season. However, they are 2-1 in their last three matches. Jacksonville St. 2, Mercer 5 The Bears got on ...
Of all the crazy sports stories to happen in the last year, nothing is more outrageous than the following sentence: the Indianapolis Colts have released Peyton Manning. In the words of American tennis star Andy Roddick, “The Colts cutting Peyton feels like the North Pole kicking out Santa.” Manning, ...
The game between the Hawks and Lakers begins a five-game road stretch (none of which are easy) for the Atlanta squad who have been slipping away from their aggressive style of play. This trend of roller coaster play from the Hawks is not something new.The Hawks have historically been a team that you ...
New head coach James DeFeo and the Bears softball team officially hit the diamond for their first action of the 2012 season. Being tested on the road, the Mercer team visited KSU for the Kennesaw State Classic Tournament Tallahassee with the Florida State Tournament. Austin Peay 11, Mercer 9 As Head ...
Bob Hoffman and the Mercer Bears extended their Cinderella Story win streak to nine games with a win over the hometown KSU Owls before disappointingly falling at the hands of Jacksonville on the road. With the A-Sun tournament in sight, the Bears must stay focused and hopeful in the games to come. Mercer ...
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