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Week of April 30


Softball heads to GLIAC Tournament

The Mercyhurst women’s softball team capped off regular season play by splitting a six- game homestay and earning a spot in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference Tournament.

 

Lax drops OT heartbreaker

The Mercyhurst College men’s lacrosse team gave its all against No. 2 New York Institute of Technology (New York Tech), but came up short, falling 9-8 in overtime on Saturday.

 

Week of April 16


Men's lax knocks off No. 4 Post

To ring the Sister Damien Bell in Garvey Park is a memorable tradition and honor for any Mercyhurst College Athletic Team, which occurs on the Erie campus only after an impressive or thrilling win.

 

Hurst rowing off to fast start

The Mercyhurst College men's and women's rowing teams sure left their mark in Camden, N.J. during the Knecht Cup Regatta this past weekend.

 

Week of April 9


Men's lacrosse wins second straight game

The best way to describe the Mercyhurst College men's lacrosse season to date is like riding a roller coaster at an amusement park: The Lakers have gone on winning and losing streaks to start the opening portion of their schedule.

 

Women's golf looks to take advantage of weather

The Mercyhurst College women's golf team took to the stage this past Saturday and Sunday at the Ashland Invitational.

 

Bald for St. Baldrick

Student athlete donates hair during cancer fundraiser

Even though Mercyhurst College men's lacrosse junior Tom Eighmey's hair was too short to be donated to Locks of Love, he stumbled upon a chance to chop his hair for charity after the team's game at Dominican College on March 29.

 

Week of April 2


Men's volleyball wins conference game

The Mercyhurst College men’s volleyball team won its first conference game of the season last week against Quincy. The next night they lost to Quincy but overall it was a successful weekend and the Lakers’ record was raised to 5-16.

 

Tennis defeated by Northwood, Wayne State

After a two week break, the men’s tennis team was back in action this past weekend in Michigan for two GLIAC matchups against Northwood University and Wayne State University.

 

Week of March 12


Women's hockey gets invite to NCAA Frozen Eight

There is no greater feeling in sports than making the game- winning homerun or shot to win the game. Senior forward Stephanie Jones had this opportunity in overtime with the CHA Title on the line. With a great pass from senior Kristen Erickson, Jones was able to seal the 2-1 victory with the game-winning goal at 3:29 in overtime.

 

Men's hockey advances to final five in AHA

The snow storm across the Midwest slowed down travel this weekend, but the blizzard did not affect the Mercyhurst College men’s hockey team, as it swept a best-of-three series in the AH Quarterfinals against rival Canisius College in the MIC.

 

AD Barnett says 'Hurst branding will go green

Mercyhurst College Athletic Director Craig Barnett announced the "branding" of Mercyhurst athletics to require all teams to wear the same colors voted upon by all athletic teams (players and coaches), hall of fame members, Sisters of Mercy and some historians at a earlier meeting this year.

 

Week of March 5


Women's hockey dominates RMU

The Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team closed out the regular season on a high note with five wins and one loss in their last six games.  This allowed the Lady Lakers to remain a solid 7th place in the USCHO.com hockey poll as they head into the CHA playoffs this Friday at Niagra. The girls finished their home season knocking off Robert Morris 5-2 followed the next night with a 5-4 overtime win at Robert Morris. 

 

Women's lacrosse picks up three wins to start season

The Mercyhurst College women’s lacrosse team won its first three games over spring break, giving them a 3-0, undefeated season.

 

Women's b-ball closes season with loss to Gannon

The Mercyhurst women’s basketball team ends their season with a 95-66 loss to the Gannon Golden Knights on Saturday February 23 during the colleges Spring break. The Lakers finish the season with a 7-20 record overall and 2-15 in the GLIAC.

 

Lakers softball returns from Fla. with 3-5 start

During spring break the Mercyhurst women’s softball team traveled south to Fort Myers, Florida to play in the Gene Cusic Tournament to kick off the 2008 season.

 

Agosta among top 10 finalists for Kazmaier Award

Mercyhurst College women's hockey player Meghan Agosta is a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is given to the most outstanding player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey each season.

 

Week of Feb. 11


Women's hockey sweeps Niagara; Agosta recovering from ankle injury

Even with out the nation's top scorer, Meghan Agosta, the No. 7 Mercyhurst College women's hockey team (21-6-3 overall, 6-1-1 CHA) won a pair of games, 5-2 on Friday and 5-1 on Saturday, against College Hockey America rival Niagara (7-19-4 overall, 1-7-0 CHA) at the Mercyhurst Ice Center.

 

Week of Feb. 4


Women's b-ball drops sixth straight

After pushing hard in two first halves, the Mercyhurst women’s basketball team could not hold on, falling to Saginaw Valley State 91-72 and just missing a victory to Northwood 68-67.

 

Men's hockey sweeps Holy Cross

Punxsutawney Phil stuck his snout out of the ground and saw his shadow Saturday, meaning there will be six more weeks of winter. But while the Groundhog’s Day celebration was going on in Pennsylvania, the Mercyhurst College men’s hockey team completed a weekend sweep of the College of the Holy Cross at the Hart Center in Worchester, Mass.

 

Men's basketball stays in GLIAC hunt with two wins on weekend

The Mercyhurst men’s basketball team delivered gut-wrenching play this past weekend, rallying back from double-digit halftime deficits to earn two key GLIAC victories at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.

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