Mercyhurst Lakers

Mercyhurst Lakers
University	Mercyhurst University
Association	Division II (Division I in 2024–25)
Conference	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) (primary) Atlantic Hockey America (men's and women's ice hockey) Great Midwest Athletic Conference (men's lacrosse, stunt) Western Water Polo Association (men's and women's water polo) Northeast Conference (NEC) (Beginning in the 2024–25 academic school year)
Athletic director	Brad Davis
Location	Erie, Pennsylvania
Varsity teams	26
Football stadium	Saxon Stadium
Arena	Mercyhurst Athletic Center
Baseball stadium	Mercyhurst Baseball Field
Other venues	Mercyhurst Ice Center
Nickname	Lakers
Colors	Forest green and navy blue[1]
Website	www.hurstathletics.com

The Mercyhurst Lakers, representing Mercyhurst University which is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, are composed of 24 teams in intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, tennis, and water polo. Men's sports include baseball, football, and wrestling. Women's sports include bowling, field hockey, softball, stunt (an all-female cheerleading discipline that emphasizes acrobatics), and volleyball. The Lakers compete in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) for all sports except ice hockey, which competes in NCAA Division I; bowling, a sport in which the NCAA holds a single all-divisions national championship, which competes in the East Coast Conference; men's lacrosse and stunt, both of which compete in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference; and water polo, a sport in which the NCAA holds single all-divisions national championships for men and women. The men's and women's ice hockey teams are members of Atlantic Hockey America, formed shortly after the 2023–24 season by the merger of the men's former home of the Atlantic Hockey Association and the women's former home of College Hockey America.^[2] The men's and women's water polo teams play in the Western Water Polo Association.^[3] On April 4, 2024, it was announced that Mercyhurst would be transitioning to NCAA Division I and join the Northeast Conference starting in the 2024-25 academic school year.

Teams

The most recently added sport was stunt, added for 2023–24, the same year in which the sport was added to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.^[4]

History

National championships

• 1976: Men's tennis – NAIA
• 2004: Women's rowing (team champion) – NCAA Division II
• 2005: Men's rowing (4+ open) – ECAC National Champion
• 2009: Josh Shields (165 lbs), wrestling – NCAA Division II
• 2010: Women's rowing (8+ champion) – NCAA Division II
• 2011: Men's lacrosse – NCAA Division II
• 2016: Men's Lightweight Rowing: Dad Vail Champions (Lightweight 8+)
• 2021: Women’s rowing: Dad Vail Champions (8+ open)
• 2021: Women’s rowing: Dad Vail Champions (4+ open)
• 2022: Women rowing: Dad Vail Champions (8+ open)
• 2022: Women’s rowing (8+ open Champion) - NCAA Division II
• 2022: Women’s rowing (4+ open Champion) - NCAA Division II
• 2022: Women’s rowing (team champion) - NCAA Division II

National finalist

• 2007: Men's lacrosse – NCAA Division II
• 2009: Women's ice hockey – NCAA Division I
• 2009: Women's rowing – NCAA Division II
• 2010: Josh Shields (165 lbs), wrestling – NCAA Division II
• 2011: Women's rowing – NCAA Division II
• 2013: Men's lacrosse – NCAA Division II
• 2021: Women’s rowing - NCAA Division II

Mercyhurst University non-varsity sports

American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) – Division I

• Men's ice hockey (College Hockey Mid-America)

References

External links

• Official website

This page was last edited on 12 May 2024, at 19:45