The Mercyhurst Lakers, representing
Mercyhurst University
(Seize the day)
, former_names = Mercyhurst College (1926–2012)
, established =
, type = Private university
, religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Sisters of Mercy)
, endowment = $31.8 million
, faculty = 136 full-time
, administrat ...
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 field hockey, softball, 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, which competes in
East Coast Conference, men's lacrosse, which compete in
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 ice hockey team is a member of
Atlantic Hockey
The Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) is an NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference. Unlike several other c ...
, while the
women's ice hockey team is a member of
College Hockey America. The men's water polo team plays in the
Collegiate Water Polo Association, and the women's water polo team plays in the
Western Water Polo Association.
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 (
College Hockey Mid-America)
References
External links
*
{{Great Midwest Athletic Conference navbox