Mercyhurst University to Join Northeast Conference (NEC)

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LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Mercyhurst University informed the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference this week that it has accepted an invitation to join Division I’s Northeast Conference (NEC) and begin the official process to reclassify to Division I status

psacsports.org/news/2024/4/3/general-psac-issues-statement-on-mercyhurst-university.aspx

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Big, bold move:' Erie's Mercyhurst University to become Division I school, join Northeast Conference


NCAA Division I, a group that includes some of the largest and best-known colleges and universities in the nation, is getting a new member.

Erie's Mercyhurst University, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1926, announced Thursday morning that it has accepted an invitation to join the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Northeast Conference effective this coming fall.

Mercyhurst, which has been a Division II school with the exception of Division I men's and women's ice hockey teams, will join the highest level of intercollegiate athletics and the ranks of some of nation's best-known colleges.

www.goerie.com/story/sports/college/2024/04/04/mercyhurst-university-to-join-northeast-conference-jumps-to-ncaa-division-1-nec-erie-pa-leaves-psac/73179693007/