Bears Head To Sunshine State For North Florida Invitational

MACON – The Mercer men's tennis team will make its fall team debut this weekend when the defending Southern Conference co-champs head to Jacksonville, Fla., for the North Florida Invitational at the UNF Tennis Complex.

The event will be a "hidden duals" format which consists of a series of head-to-head matches between two teams. While the individual results of all completed matches are official, there is no team score recorded.

The Bears will open their portion of the three-day event when they take to the doubles courts on Friday at 9 a.m. to battle Tennessee. Mercer will battle the Vols in singles action immediately following the conclusion of doubles competition. The Orange & Black is scheduled to take on Texas Tech and the host Ospreys in the same hidden duals format on Saturday at 1 p.m., and will close out their stay in northeast Florida on Sunday against Barry.

Seniors Hod'Abalo Isak Padio and Nemanja Stefanovic successfully kicked off the fall portion of Mercer's 2025-26 schedule last weekend with an appearance at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. Padio posted a 2-1 record at that distinguished event, including a straight-sets victory over third-seeded Derrick Chen from Georgia.

The Orange & Black will make its lone home appearance of the fall campaign next weekend, Oct. 3-5, when it hosts the annual Mercer Gridiron Classic at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center in north Macon.

Bears Head To Sunshine State For North Florida Invitational

Players Mentioned

Hod'Abalo Isak Padio

Nemanja Stefanovic

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