Movin' on up, Mercyhurst ...

[jr/shotglass]

Mercyhurst University in Erie is moving from the D-II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference to the Northeast Conference. FWIW, Frostburg (Md.) State is expected to move from the Mountain East to fill Mercyhurst's spot.

 

[DanOregon]

Do they NEED that many chairs?

 

[wicked]

Is the PSAC not just for state schools anymore?

I think Mercyhurst is already D-1 in hockey and maybe lacrosse?

 

[bumpy mcgee]

Mercyhurst-Chicago State is going to be a helluva rivalry.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Is the PSAC not just for state schools anymore?

I think Mercyhurst is already D-1 in hockey and maybe lacrosse?

LIU-Post broke the glass wall as a football member in 2010. And Shepherd (WV) has been in the conference since 2019.

Mercyhurst's two D-I sports have been men's and women's ice hockey.

It just came down that Frostburg is entering as an associate for now -- field hockey only.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Just saw that. Wonder what happens to their rivalry with Gannon?

 

[jr/shotglass]

Edinboro's in Erie County, too.

 

[franticscribe]

I just hope their wrestling program survives the transition to D1.

I'm looking at you Queens and Lindenwood.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I just hope their wrestling program survives the transition to D1.

I'm looking at you Queens and Lindenwood.

One guy placing sixth at this year's D-II nationals, 7-6 in D-II duals. Not much of a resume for the program moving up.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Do they NEED that many chairs?

And do they NEED coverage throughout the day? That seems like overkill.

 

[jr/shotglass]

It's a remote locale, which makes it even bigger news for the city itself.

https://www.goerie.com/story/sports...vision-1-nec-erie-pa-leaves-psac/73179693007/

 

[Twirling Time]

Mercyhurst's total enrollment was reported as 4,363 in 2011, but recent numbers seem to indicate an enrollment below 3K. That seems pretty low for a private school to go D-I.

Latest number I saw was 2,801.

Harding (Ark.), which won the D-II natty in football, has an enrollment of 4,608.