2011-12 Men's Tennis News

April 19, 2012
Pierre Tafelski Garners First Team All-Atlantic Sun Honors
MACON, Ga.—Mercer senior Pierre Tafelski was tabbed as a men's tennis first team All-Conference player in an announcement made by the Atlantic Sun office Thursday.

April 14, 2012
Tennis Teams Drop A Pair of Matches to Nationally-Ranked North Florida on Senior Day
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer tennis teams celebrated Senior Day on Saturday, however, nationally-ranked North Florida spoiled the proceedings by handing both teams losses in decisive fashion to close out the 2012 season at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center.

April 13, 2012
Tennis Teams Close Out 2012 Regular Season Against Jacksonville and North Florida
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer tennis teams return to the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center for a pair of matches against Jacksonville and North Florida to close out the 2012 regular season.

April 13, 2012
Tennis Splits With Jacksonville
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer tennis teams split a pair of A-Sun matches against Jacksonville on Friday afternoon at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center.

April 11, 2012
Men's Tennis Heads to Jacksonville State for Final Non-Conference Match Wednesday
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer men’s tennis team will step out of conference for the final time in 2012 on Wednesday, traveling to Jacksonville State.

April 11, 2012
Mercer Drops Heartbreaker at Jacksonville State in Final Non-Conference Match of the Season
GADSDEN, AL.—The Mercer men’s tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to Jacksonville State in its final non-conference match of the 2012 season Wednesday afternoon at the Gadsden Tennis Center.

April 7, 2012
Bears Fall At USC Upstate
SPARTANBURG, S.C.—The struggles for the Mercer tennis teams continued, as the Bears dropped a pair of Atlantic Sun matches to USC Upstate Saturday afternoon at the USC Upstate Tennis Complex.

April 6, 2012
Tennis Teams Travel to East Tennessee State and USC Upstate This Weekend
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer tennis teams remain on the road in Atlantic Sun play this weekend, as both teams head for East Tennessee State and USC Upstate for a pair of weekend matches.

April 6, 2012
Tennis Teams Fall at ETSU
JOHNSON CITY, TENN.—The Mercer tennis teams dropped a pair of matches at East Tennessee State in Atlantic Sun action on Friday afternoon at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center.

March 31, 2012
Men's Tennis Picks Up First A-Sun Win Of The Season at Kennesaw State
MARIETTA, Ga.—The Mercer teams split a pair of Atlantic Sun tennis matches with arch-rival Kennesaw State on Saturday afternoon at the Fair Oaks Tennis Center.

March 30, 2012
Tennis Teams Set For Road Test At A-Sun Arch-Rival Kennesaw State Saturday
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer tennis hit the road this Saturday for important league clashes against arch-rival Kennesaw State. Both teams will be looking to shake off the after-effects of a pair of heartbreaking setbacks by identical margins, with both the men and women suffering heartbreaking, 4-3, defeats at the hands of Lipscomb last Saturday at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center.

March 24, 2012
Tennis Teams Drop A Couple Of Heartbreakers To Lipscomb
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer tennis dropped a pair of key Atlantic Sun matchups in gut-wrenching fashion to Lipscomb on Saturday afternoon at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center. Both matches came down to the final two pairings in singles play, with the Bison clinching 4-3 wins as a result of wins in those respective pivotal matchups.

March 23, 2012
Tennis Teams Swept By Belmont
MACON, Ga.—The Mercer tennis teams battled, but came up on the short end of a couple of A-Sun matches against Belmont on Friday afternoon at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center. The Mercer women dropped a 5-2 decision to Belmont in the opening match, while the men fell in heartbreaking fashion with a 4-3 setback in the second match, which concluded with the appearance of ominous weather on the immediate horizon.

March 22, 2012
Tennis Set To Host Belmont and Lipscomb This Weekend
MACON, Ga. -- After a week off, the Mercer Tennis teams are back at it again this weekend, hosting a pair of Atlantic Sun foes.

March 17, 2012
Tennis Closes Out A-Sun Road Trip With Doubleheader Loss At Stetson
DELAND, Fla.—The Mercer tennis teams lost a pair of matches at Stetson in Atlantic Sun tennis action Saturday afternoon at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.

March 15, 2012
Tennis Drops A Pair Of Matches At FGCU To Open A-Sun Play
FORT MYERS, Fla.—The Mercer tennis teams dropped a pair of matches to open Atlantic Sun play on Thursday afternoon at Florida Gulf Coast. The Mercer women, who played the early match, dropped a 7-0 decision to the Eagles, while the Mercer men lost in heartbreaking fashion in their A-Sun lid-lifter, falling 4-3 to FGCU in Thursday’s late afternoon clash at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

March 15, 2012
Mercer Tennis Opens A-Sun Play In Sunshine State
MACON, GA.--The Mercer tennis teams return to the court this weekend, as the Bears open Atlantic Sun play with a pair of league contests in the Sunshine State this weekend. The Bears will open A-Sun play with matches against Florida Gulf-Coast and Stetson.

March 10, 2012
Men's Tennis Falls 6-1 at Wake Forest
The Mercer men’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to No. 63 Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.

February 26, 2012
Mercer Stumbles At Home Against Florida A&M
MACON, GA—The Mercer men’s tennis team dropped a 7-2 decision to Florida A&M in a non-conference tilt Saturday afternoon at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center.

February 21, 2012
Bears Set to Host Jacksonville St. on Tuesday
MACON, Ga. – Mercer's tennis teams had the weekend off and are all set for Tuesday’s midweek non-conference match against the visiting Jacksonville St. Gamecocks.

February 21, 2012
Bears Teams Split Against Jacksonville State
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men’s and women’s tennis teams split a duel match against the visiting Jacksonville St. Gamecocks on Tuesday with the men picking up a 5-2 win and the women falling 6-1 at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center.

February 4, 2012
Bears Drop Home Opener to College of Charleston
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men’s tennis team opened up its home portion of the 2012 spring schedule on Saturday welcoming in the College of Charleston. Unfortunately for the Bears, the Cougars were able to walk away with the 7-0 victory.

February 3, 2012
Men's and Women's Tennis Down Alabama St.
COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Mercer men’s and women’s tennis teams both captured dominate 7-0 victories over Alabama St. in non-conference action on Friday afternoon, in a match played in Columbus, Ga.

January 29, 2012
Tennis Drops Second of Season Against Coastal Carolina
AUGUSTA, Ga.- The Mercer men’s tennis team followed their disappointing spring opener at Georgia Southern with a heartbreaking 6-1 defeat at the hands of Coastal Carolina on Sunday afternoon.

September 24, 2011
Men's Tennis Continues Play in Southern Intercollegiate Championships
MU players featured in nine matches on Saturday.

September 23, 2011
Tauchner leads MU in Day 1 of SIC Tournament
Two Bears have three-set matches.

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