Mercer Bearsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Mercer Bears are the athletic teams of Mercer University, Mercer is an NCAA Division I member competing in the Atlantic Sun Conference for most sports, Mercer rifle and lacrosse teams compete as NCAA Division I independents, football will compete in the Pioneer Football League when the program begins in 2013, and sand volleyball is considered an emerging sport by the NCAA. Mercer joined the Atlantic Sun, formerly called the Trans American Athletic Conference, in 1978 and is the only charter member remaining with the conference. Mercer is currently the only private university in Georgia with a NCAA Division I athletic program. The university fields eight men's, nine women's, and one co-educational varsity sport teams, rifle.