VMI moves to 1-7 on the season after falling to Mercer at home on Saturday. Seth Morgan went 10-21 for 78 yards, the team only had 134 yards of total offense.

The Roanoke native and Wake Forest Sports Hall of Famer is heading to Lexington to coach under Kyra Elzy.

This will be VMI's first appearance in the FCS Playoffs.

VMI ranked for the first time as an FCS competitorLEXINGTON, Va. – The Keydets are nationally ranked for the first time since joining the FCS college football classification, checking in at No. This comes on the heels of a Saturday home win over Mercer, 41-14, a team VMI had never beat at home. “The VMI football team is honored that our efforts have been seen as worthy of inclusion in the FCS Top 25 poll,” said VMI head coach Scott Wachenheim. AdIn 1982, VMI was reclassified into the Division I-AA ranks which later became the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). It never attained a national ranking as an FCS member, but did receive votes in 1991, 2002, and 2019.

LEXINGTON, Va. – Reece Udinski ran for two touchdowns and threw for another and VMI beat Mercer 41-14. VMI is off to its first 3-0 start since 1981 and snapped a four-game losing streak to the Bears. “I think that the running game helped us out with the throwing game. Udinksi was 26-of-36 passing for 242 yards, including a 27-yard score to Leroy Thomas for a 34-0 third-quarter lead. Ethan Dirrim caught two touchdown passes for Mercer in the fourth quarter.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Neftali Alvarez scored 23 points, making a trio of 3-pointers, and seventh-seeded Mercer defeated Southern Conference tournament upstart VMI 73-59 in the semifinal round. After upsetting second-seeded Wofford in the quarterfinals, Mercer (18-10) will meet top-seeded UNC Greensboro in Monday’s championship game. The Bears have reached the semifinals once before in 2015, but never the title game. Myles Lewis led the Keydets with 24 points on 10 of 16 shooting and also pulled down 14 rebounds. Mercer’s bench also proved to be a factor, tallying 20 points to VMI’s three points from the reserves.

Mercer's 2019 Global Talent Trends' ranking of 209 global destinations is based on a "basket" of 200 ticket items that reflect the cost of living for expatriates. Accommodation fees, the price of a cup of coffee and even cinema tickets are tallied up. Here are the 10 most expensive cities for expats. The complete report can be found at https://mobilityexchange.mercer.com/Insights/cost-of-living-rankingsHide Caption

You might want to give Asia a miss -- a new survey shows that the continent's cities are still some of the most expensive places in the world for expats to live. For the second year running, Hong Kong has topped the league, emerging as the most expensive city for overseas workers, according to Mercer's 2019 Global Talent Trends report. Other Asian cities are not far behind, with the continent claiming eight of the top 10 places in the table. 2019 cost of living city ranking1. New York City (USA)10.