http://www.mercyathletics.com en-us en-us http://www.mercyathletics.com/releases/Five_Mercy_College_Awards DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (May 16, 2012) – Four Mercy College student-athletes were recognized as Award Recipients and another three were inducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) at the Mercy College Honors Reception and Awards Dinner on Thursday evening. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/releases/Five_Mercy_College_Awards 2012-05-16T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111116rbjna2 DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (November 16, 2011) – Mercy College freshman Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) was named to the Daktronics All-East Region Second Team for volleyball, it was announced Wednesday morning. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111116rbjna2 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111111s7dh06 CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Nov. 8, 2011) – Mercy College freshman Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) was named First Team All-ECC in the East Coast Conference’s 2011 All-Conference release on Friday morning. She is the first Maverick to be named All-Conference since Mariola St. Fleur was named Third Team in 2007. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111111s7dh06 2011-11-11T05:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111108qexoa0 DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 8, 2011) – On Tuesday night the Mercy College volleyball team took the court for the final match of the 2011 season, hosting conference-leading Dowling College and honoring senior Crasheena Ward (Danbury, Conn.) for her four years with the Mavericks. Mercy held its own early on but eventually succumbed to Dowling’s superior play, falling in three sets. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111108qexoa0 2011-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111107xymm8p CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Nov. 7, 2011) – On Monday morning the East Coast Conference office released its Volleyball Weekly Report for Week 10, in which freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) was named Rookie of the Week. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111107xymm8p 2011-11-07T05:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111105tikbmq WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 5, 2011) – On Saturday afternoon the Mercy College volleyball team took to the court at the University of the District of Columbia looking to build on Thursday’s East Coast Conference win over Molloy College. The Mavericks managed just that in ending the Firebirds’ season with a four-set victory, improving their record to 10-24 overall (4-9 in the ECC) and dropping UDC to 11-22 (2-12). Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111105tikbmq 2011-11-05T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111103svqxrb DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 3, 2011) – On Thursday night the Mercy College volleyball team avenged a loss earlier in the season to Molloy College by beating the Lions in a thrilling four-set match for the Mavericks’ third East Coast Conference win of the year. Tonight was special not just for the win, however, as freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) hit her NCAA-leading 600th kill in the third set to become just the third Maverick ever to reach the milestone. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111103svqxrb 2011-11-03T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201111015q33sn DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 1, 2011) – Freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) of the Mercy College volleyball team leads all NCAA divisions in kills this season, with 562. The NCAA released its weekly statistical rankings late Monday night, in which White ranked No. 1 in the entire nation in total kills, No. 3 in Division II in kills-per-set. Her 4.76 average leads the East Coast Conference and ranks first among all freshmen in the nation as well. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201111015q33sn 2011-11-01T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111101aa0z68 QUEENS, N.Y. (Nov. 1, 2011) – On Tuesday night the Mercy College volleyball team took the court in Queens, N.Y. against the Queens College Knights, whom the Mavericks had beaten earlier in the season for their second East Coast Conference win. Unfortunately for Mercy, another slow start and poor chemistry resulted in a three-set loss, eliminating the Mavericks from the ECC Championship race. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111101aa0z68 2011-11-01T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111101mpugay CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Nov. 1, 2011) – On Monday night, the East Coast Conference office released its Week Nine Volleyball Player of the Week Awards, in which Mercy College freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) was named to the Honor Roll for the third time this season. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111101mpugay 2011-11-01T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111029m1uzmh WILMINGTON, DEL. (Oct. 29, 2011) – On Saturday afternoon the Mercy College volleyball team played its final tri-match of the year in Wilmington, Del., where the Mavericks faced Dominican College and Goldey-Beacom College. Mercy was once again the victim of some bad luck, playing impressively in each match but leaving with two losses to drop to 8-23 on the season. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111029m1uzmh 2011-10-29T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111027mo2ag9 DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 27, 2011) – The Mercy College volleyball team will be teaming up with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee tonight for DIG PINK, an effort to support breast cancer awareness and research. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111027mo2ag9 2011-10-27T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111027yhgpdp DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 27, 2011) – On Thursday night the Mercy College volleyball team hosted C.W. Post looking to pick up another conference win over the Pioneers, whom they had beaten earlier in the season, 3-2 on Long Island. Nine service and 24 attack errors doomed the Mavericks, however, as they fell in three sets to the Pioneers, dropping their record to 8-21 overall (2-8 in the ECC) while C.W. Post improved to 12-14 (5-6). Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111027yhgpdp 2011-10-27T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111025re2bp6 BRIDGEPORT, CONN. (Oct. 25, 2011) – On Tuesday night the Mercy College volleyball team stepped onto the University of Bridgeport campus in Connecticut looking to pick up their third conference win of the year on the night of senior right side hitter Crasheena Ward (Danbury, Conn.)’s 100th match. Unfortunately for the Mavericks, a slow start put them down early in an otherwise very competitive match and they were sent home with a four-set loss. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111025re2bp6 2011-10-25T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111024m30srb DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 24, 2011) – Freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) of the Mercy College volleyball team moved up to No. 4 in the nation in kills-per-set and is the top-ranked freshman in this week’s NCAA Division II rankings. Already the East Coast Conference leader in total kills with 476, she now tops the conference in kills-per-set as well as pacing the Mavericks in digs with 252. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111024m30srb 2011-10-24T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111022hpl901 DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 22, 2011) – On Saturday afternoon the Mercy College volleyball team hosted a tri-match with conference foe the University of the District of Columbia and Assumption College. Although the Mavericks suffered a disappointing loss to the Firebirds early in the day, they came back out two hours later to take a thrilling four-set match against the Greyhounds, by whom they had been swept just last week. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111022hpl901 2011-10-22T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/2011102061v1bc OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Oct. 20, 2011) – On Thursday night the Mercy College volleyball team headed out to Long Island for a rematch with NYIT, which had been victorious in three sets in the Mavericks’ first East Coast Conference match of the season back in September. The match ended with the same result as the Bears swept the Mavericks for their eighth ECC victory and the Mavericks’ seventh straight loss. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/2011102061v1bc 2011-10-20T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111015fxyarx WORCESTER, MASS. (Oct. 15, 2011) – On Saturday afternoon the Mercy College volleyball team faced off against Saint Anselm College and Assumption College in a tri-match in Worcester, Mass. and left with 3-0 losses in both matches. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111015fxyarx 2011-10-15T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111014b0mhb4 OAKDALE, N.Y. (Oct. 13, 2011) – On Thursday night the Mercy College volleyball team traveled to Dowling College looking to knock off the East Coast Conference leader for a third straight ECC victory. It was not meant to be, however, as the Golden Lions swept the Mavericks in three sets, 25-15, 25-11 and 25-14,to remain unbeaten in conference play this season. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111014b0mhb4 2011-10-13T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111011djsoot ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Oct. 11, 2011) – On Tuesday night the Mercy College volleyball team traveled to Molloy College to take on the Lions in hopes of earning their third straight East Coast Conference win. Unfortunately for the Mavericks, they could not penetrate the Lions’ defense and were sent home with the loss in three sets. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111011djsoot 2011-10-11T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111011yny44q CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Oct. 11, 2011) – On Tuesday afternoon the East Coast Conference office released its volleyball Player of the Week awards for Week Six, in which freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) was named Co-Rookie of the Week. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111011yny44q 2011-10-11T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110080csb2l DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 8, 2011) – On Saturday afternoon the Mercy College volleyball team took a break from its two-match East Coast Conference winning streak to host a tri-match featuring Southern Connecticut State University and American international College. Despite competing evenly in each match, attack errors doomed the Mavericks (they broke 40 kills in each but posted hitting percentages of .086 and .066) as they fell to both opponents in four sets. Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110080csb2l 2011-10-08T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110067f0l89 DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 6, 2011) – On Thursday night, the Mercy College volleyball team hosted Queens College (2-8 overall, 0-4 in the ECC) hoping to build on their big win over C.W. Post earlier in the week. After a close first set the Mavericks dominated the second and looked on their way to an easy win until Queens fought back to force a fifth set, but Mercy jumped out early and held on for the victory, their second straight in the East Coast Conference. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110067f0l89 2011-10-06T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111004b8yhg7 BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Oct. 4, 2011) – On Tuesday night the Mercy College volleyball team traveled out to Long Island to take on C.W. Post (7-9 overall, 1-2 in the ECC), a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament last season. Hoping to break their five-game losing streak over the past two weeks and still looking for their first conference win, the Mavericks found it in an epic five-set match that lasted over two hours. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111004b8yhg7 2011-10-04T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111004m4rp5u DOBBS FERRY, N.Y (Oct. 4, 2011) – On Tuesday morning the NCAA released its individual statistics rankings for volleyball, in which Mercy College freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) was ranked seventh in all of Division II, moving up six spots from 13th last week, with 4.52 kills-per-set. She also moved up one spot to second in the nation among freshmen. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111004m4rp5u 2011-10-04T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111004vlin6g CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Oct. 3, 2011) – On Monday the East Coast Conference office released its volleyball Player of the Week awards for Week Five, in which freshman outside hitter Brenna White (Gardnerville, Nev.) earned Honor Roll recognition for the second straight week. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20111004vlin6g 2011-10-03T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110026eeqok DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 2, 2011) – On Sunday afternoon, the Mercy College volleyball team faced off against Le Moyne College in its third match in two days looking to break a four-game losing streak full of bad luck. After falling in the first two sets, the Mavericks pulled one back and looked to have momentum on their side but allowed a Dolphins rally that proved just enough for Le Moyne to take the victory and improve its record to 10-5, while the Mavericks fell to 5-11. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110026eeqok 2011-10-02T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110016vnipb EASTON, MASS. (Oct. 1, 2011) – On Saturday afternoon, the Mercy College volleyball team took the court against Franklin Pierce University (6-7) and Stonehill College (13-2) in Easton, Mass. in a tri-match. After taking a set and competing well against Bridgeport on Thursday to show that no opponent is out of their league this season, the Mavericks nearly pulled out the victory against the Ravens but succumbed to bad luck and fatigue and could not get going against the Skyhawks, dropping both matches and falling to 5-10 overall, 0-2 in the ECC. Franklin Pierce split its matches to leave with a 7-8 record while Stonehill topped both opponents in three sets, improving to 15-2. Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/201110016vnipb 2011-10-01T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20110929o6oo54 DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Sept. 29, 2011) – East Coast Conference-titan the University of Bridgeport entered Mercy Gymnasium harboring a 7-1 overall record and an unblemished league ledger of 2-0. The Mercy College volleyball team battled the Purple Knights strongly in all four sets, evening up the score after an epic second game. Mercy fell 3-1, with set scores of 21-25, 27-25, 23-25 and 14-25, but the Mavericks showed great character, determination and a gave off an aura that they will be in the ECC playoff hunt until the very end. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20110929o6oo54 2011-09-29T04:00:00Z http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20110927cro6fj DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Sept. 27, 2011) – On Tuesday night, the Mercy College volleyball team hosted its first conference game of the season, against NYIT (4-5 overall, 1-1 in conference). The Bears jumped out to early leads before having to withstand rallies from the Mavericks in each set, but pulled away by scores of 25-20, 25-17, 25-17 in the three-set victory. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mercyathletics.com/sports/wvball/2011-12/releases/20110927cro6fj 2011-09-27T04:00:00Z