The Mansfield Mountaineers or Mounties represent the

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Mansfield University of Pennsylvania is a campus of Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania and it is located it in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. Part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), the campus' total enrollment is 1,6 ...

, located in

Mansfield, Pennsylvania Mansfield is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough located in east-central Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Tioga River (Chemung River), Tioga River valley. It is situated at the intersection of U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania, U.S. Route ...

, in

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Division II

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. The Mountaineers are members of the

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The conference was originally formed in 1951 as the State Teachers C ...

(PSAC) for eleven varsity sports. Mansfield University Sprint Football team participates in the

Collegiate Sprint Football League Sprint football, formerly called lightweight football, is a varsity sport played by United States colleges and universities, under standard American football rules. As of the 2022 season, the sport is governed by the Collegiate Sprint Football ...

(CSFL). Mansfield have been members of the PSAC since its foundation in 1951 and a non-football member since 2007.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's Sports *Baseball *Basketball *Cross country *Sprint Football *Track & Field Women's Sports *Basketball *Cross Country *Field Hockey *Soccer *Softball *Track & Field

Individual sports

Football

Mansfield fielded a football team dating back to 1891, but discontinued the Division II varsity football program after the 2006 season, due to budgetary shortfalls. Starting in 2008, largely through the efforts of Sports Information Director Steve McCloskey, the University began competition in the

. The first night football game of all time was played in

on September 28, 1892 between Mansfield (then called ''Mansfield State Normal'') and

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. It ended bitterly at halftime in a 0–0 tie. In 2013, a new artificial (turf grass) playing surface and lights were installed on Karl Van Norman Field. On September 14, 2013, Mansfield played Princeton University in a CSFL game, marking a return to night football in Mansfield after a 121-year absence. Mansfield defeated Princeton 24–14 in front of a record crowd of 6,223 fans at Van Norman Field.

Notable players

Assaf Lowengart Assaf Lowengart ( he, אסף לוונגרט; born March 1, 1998) is an Israeli baseball player. He is a shortstop for the Mansfield Mountaineers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. He also plays for Team Israel, and most notably duri ...

(born 1998), baseball player on Team Israel

References

External links

* {{Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference navbox *