University Mercyhurst University Athletic director Joe Kimball Varsity teams 24 | Association Division II Location Erie, Pennsylvania | |
Conference PSAC, Atlantic Hockey, College Hockey America, Collegiate Water Polo Association, Western Water Polo Association | ||
The Mercyhurst Lakers are composed of 24 teams representing Mercyhurst University in intercollegiate athletics, including men 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 for all sports except ice hockey, which competes in NCAA Division I, 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.