The Mercyhurst Lakers, representing

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which is located in

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, are composed of 24 teams in

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, 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 field hockey, softball, and volleyball. The Lakers compete in the

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Division II and are members of the

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(PSAC) for all sports except ice hockey, which competes in

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, bowling, which competes in

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, men's lacrosse, which compete in

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and water polo, a sport in which the NCAA holds single all-divisions national championships for men and women. The men's ice hockey team is a member of

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, while the women's ice hockey team is a member of

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. The men's water polo team plays in the

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, and the women's water polo team plays in the

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Teams

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+) ;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 ;Mercyhurst University non-varsity sports :American Collegiate Hockey Association ( ACHA) – Division I * Men's ice hockey (

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)

References

External links

* {{Great Midwest Athletic Conference navbox