Mercyhurst Lakers

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 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, 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.[2]

Mercyhurst Lakers
UniversityMercyhurst University
AssociationDivision II
ConferencePennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
Atlantic Hockey, College Hockey America
Collegiate Water Polo Association, Western Water Polo Association
Athletic directorBrad Davis
LocationErie, Pennsylvania
Varsity teams25
Football stadiumSaxon Stadium
ArenaMercyhurst Athletic Center
Baseball stadiumMercyhurst Baseball Field
Other arenasMercyhurst Ice Center
NicknameLakers
ColorsForest green and navy blue[1]
   
Websitewww.hurstathletics.com

Teams
Men's sports Women's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballBowling
Cross countryCross country
FootballField hockey
GolfGolf
Ice hockeyIce hockey
LacrosseLacrosse
RowingRowing
SoccerSoccer
TennisSoftball
Water poloTennis
WrestlingVolleyball
Water polo

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

References
  1. "Mercyhurst Laker Football 2016 Quick Facts" (PDF). Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  2. "Mercyhurst Athletics". hurstathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
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