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.
 
Mercyhurst plans to join the NEC for the 2024-25 academic year and will end its 16-year affiliation with the PSAC at the conclusion of the spring season. Laker programs will remain fully eligible to compete in PSAC Championships for the remainder of 2023-24. Mercyhurst, sponsoring 8 men’s sports and 9 women’s sports in the PSAC, won 16 total conference championships throughout its tenure in the conference.
  
The PSAC wishes Mercyhurst’s student-athletes and coaches all the best in their future endeavors.