The Mercyhurst Lakers, representing
Mercyhurst University which is located in
Erie, Pennsylvania
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, are composed of 24 teams in
intercollegiate athletics. The Lakers compete in
NCAA
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Division I and are members of the
Northeast Conference
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for most sports. The men's and women's ice hockey teams are members of
Atlantic Hockey America
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is a college ice hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Division I as an ice hockey-only conference. The conference was formed in 2023 by the merger of ...
, 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
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. The men's and women's water polo teams play in the
Collegiate Water Polo Association
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.
Teams
The most recently added sport was
stunt
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, added for 2023–24, the same year in which the sport was added to the
NCAA Emerging Sports for Women
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History
In 1994, the NCAA adopted th ...
program.
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
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