Mercyhurst Lakers
The Mercyhurst Lakers are the 24 intercollegiate athletic teams representing Mercyhurst University, located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Lakers compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference for most sports. The men's and women's ice hockey teams are members of Atlantic Hockey America, 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. The men's and women's water polo teams play in the Collegiate Water Polo Association.
Teams
The most recently added sports were stunt, added for 2023–24, the same year in which the sport was added to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program. and Track and Field, added for 2024-2025.| Men's sports | Women's sports |
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Bowling |
| Cross country | Cross country |
| Football | Field hockey |
| Golf | Golf |
| Ice hockey | Ice hockey |
| Lacrosse | Lacrosse |
| Heavyweight rowing | Rowing |
| Lightweight rowing | Soccer |
| Soccer | Softball |
| Tennis | Stunt |
| Track and Field | Tennis |
| Water polo | Track and Field |
| Wrestling | Volleyball |
| Water polo |
History
;National championships- 1976: Men's tennis – NAIA
- 2004: Women's rowing – NCAA Division II
- 2005: Men's rowing – ECAC National Champion
- 2009: Josh Shields, wrestling – NCAA Division II
- 2010: Women's rowing – NCAA Division II
- 2011: Men's lacrosse – NCAA Division II
- 2016: Men's Lightweight Rowing: Dad Vail Champions
- 2021: Women’s rowing: Dad Vail Champions
- 2021: Women’s rowing: Dad Vail Champions
- 2022: Women rowing: Dad Vail Champions
- 2022: Women’s rowing - NCAA Division II
- 2022: Women’s rowing - NCAA Division II
- 2022: Women’s rowing - NCAA Division II
- 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, 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