Spring Sports are Peaking at Mercer

 

 

The first day of spring has arrived and so has the peak season for Mercer’s spring sports teams.  

 

MCCC softball, which has gotten off to a 10-0 start begins Region play, facing three Region opponents in March: Lackawanna home on the 22^nd, Sussex County CC away on the 25th, CC of Morris away on the 27^th, and Del Tech home on the 29^th. 

 

In April, the Vikings have five Region games: at Salem on April 5^th, home vs CC of Morris on the 8^th, at Lackawanna on the 15^th, home vs Salem on the 19^th and home vs Sussex on the 26^th.  Last season MCCC softball reached the Region 19 Championship game and advanced to the Atlantic District Championship.

 

Mercer men’s lacrosse opened their Region play with a 14-5 win vs Del Tech.   Remaining games in March include a road trip to New York on the 22^nd and 23^rd at Mohawk Valley and SUNY Jefferson.  The Vikings play another big Region game at Sussex on March 25^th.  Mercer will play their final five games of the spring season in April: vs College of DuPage on the 1^st, home vs Williamson Trade on the 9^th, home vs Sussex on the 11^th, at Del Tech on the 16^th and the regular season finale on the 18^th vs CCBC Essex.         

 

Mercer baseball, which is off to an 11-6 start, begins their Region play with two series in March and three in April.  Each Region series features three games, one nine inning game on Friday, followed by a doubleheader on Saturday. Region play begins this Friday, the 21^st at CC of Morris, followed by a doubleheader home on the 22^nd.  Mercer will be home vs Sussex County CC on the 28^th and away for a doubleheader on the 29^th. 

 

In April Mercer will host Del Tech on the 4^th and travel there for a doubleheader on the 5^th.  Mercer is at Lackawanna on the 11^th and home for a doubleheader on the 12^th.  The final Region series is home vs Raritan Valley on the 18^th and away for a doubleheader on the 19^th.  The Vikings won the 2024 Region Championship and will look to repeat this spring and advance to the NJCAA Division II World Series.

 

MCCC women’s tennis begins play on March 21^st in a home match vs Camden CC and will also host RCSJ Gloucester on March 26^th.  The Vikings will travel to an invitational at USC Sumter on March 28^th and 29^th.  In April, the Vikings will play in four regular season matches: on the 1^st home vs Ocean, at Stockton University on the 9^th, at Harford CC on the 18^th and vs Harford on the 29^th.  Mercer is looking to compete again at the Division I NJCAA National Tournament, where they had their highest ever finish last spring.

 

Mercer men’s tennis will open their season with a big Region match home vs RCSJ Gloucester on March 26th.  Like the women’s team, the Vikings men’s team will also travel to an invitational at USC Sumter on March 28^th and 29^th.  In April MCCC men’s tennis will play seven matches, including five against Region opponents: home vs Ocean on the 1^st and away at OCC on the 24^th, at RCSJ Gloucester on the 17^th, home vs Brookdale on the 7^th and away on the 22^nd.  The Vikings will host the Region 19 Championship at the Mercer County Park Tennis Center on May 2^nd and 3^rd.  Last spring, Mercer men’s tennis did not field a full scoring squad.  With not just a full scoring squad this spring, but a very talented one, MCCC will look to compete for a Region title and a trip to the NJCAA Division III National Championship.

 

For more on MCCC’s spring sports schedules, visit: https://www.mccc.edu/athletics_home.shtml