by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Mercyhurst University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Mercyhurst competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Northeast Conference.
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The Mercyhurst men’s lacrosse team lists 66 student athletes. The NCAA tracked 27 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Mercyhurst women’s lacrosse team lists 39 players. The most recent cohort included 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Mercyhurst fields 105 lacrosse athletes — 66 on the men’s side and 39 on the women’s.
Among the 19 varsity sports Mercyhurst sponsors, lacrosse comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Trey Keeley.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Lindsay Weaver.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 19 sports, lacrosse sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mercyhurst men’s lacrosse program brought in $966,763 in revenue against $966,763 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,829 in operating expense per athlete, or $186,685 per team.
The Mercyhurst women’s lacrosse program reported $608,539 in revenue against $608,539 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $2,460 in operating expense per athlete, or $95,953 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $966,763 to the women’s $608,539 in revenue.
Against the school’s 19 sports, lacrosse sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%.
The women’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 990 and the women 983, with graduation success rates of 89% and 94% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 978, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 986.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.