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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
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UniversityMount St. Mary's University
AssociationNCAA Division I
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference (primary)
MAWPC (water polo)
NEC (women's bowling)
Athletic directorBrad Davis
LocationEmmitsburg, Maryland
Varsity teams22
Basketball arenaKnott Arena
Baseball stadiumStraw Family Stadium
Lacrosse stadiumWaldron Family Stadium
MascotEmmit S. Burg[1]
NicknameMountaineers
ColorsBlue, White, and Bronze
     
Websitewww.mountathletics.com

The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers athletic teams represent Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. "The Mount" competes in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletics as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).[2]

The Mount sponsors 22 intercollegiate sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and water polo; while women's sports include soccer, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rugby, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and water polo.

Athletic divisions and conferences

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Inaugural Season Final Season NCAA Division Conference
1940–41 1977–78 Division II Mason–Dixon Conference
1983–84 1987–88 Division II Mason–Dixon Athletic Conference
1989–90 2021–22 Division I Northeast Conference
2022–23 present Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Teams

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Sport Head coach Primary Venue
Baseball Frank Leoni E.T. Straw Family Stadium
Men's basketball Dan Engelstad Knott Arena
Women's basketball Bryan Whitten
Women's bowling Kenneth DeGraaf
Men's cross country Jay Phillips Morgan Track
Women's cross country
Men's golf Kevin Farrell
Women's golf
Men's lacrosse Chris Ryan Waldron Family Stadium
Women's lacrosse Lauren Schwarzmann
Women's rugby Farrah Douglas
Men's soccer Bryan Cunningham Waldron Family Stadium
Women's soccer Tori Krause
Softball Anna Nagro Our Lady of the Meadows Field
Men's swimming & diving Neil Yost Mount St. Mary's Swimming Pool
Women's swimming & diving
Men's tennis Samantha Pinchoff Mount St. Mary's Tennis Courts
Women's tennis
Men's indoor track & field Jay Phillips Morgan Track
Women's indoor track & field
Men's outdoor track & field
Women's outdoor track & field

Men's basketball

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Mount men's basketball won the 1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament (the predecessor to the modern Division II tournament) by defeating the Sacramento State Hornets, 58–57, and earned their first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament win against the Coppin State Eagles in 2008.

Men's lacrosse

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The Mountaineers earned regular-season conference titles in 1999, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2019, and 2023, won conference tournament championships in 2001, 2003, 2010, and 2011, and faced the University of Virginia in their 2003 and 2010 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament appearances.

Men's soccer

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The Mount sponsored men's soccer from 1953 to 2012, participating in the NEC from 1988 to 2012. The sport was discontinued following the 2012 season for financial reasons but resumed in 2018.[3]

Women's soccer

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Facilities

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Sports facilities include E.T. Straw Family Stadium, Knott Arena, Morgan Track, Waldron Family Stadium, Our Lady of the Meadows Field, a swimming pool, and tennis courts.

Olympians

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Olympics Athlete Sport Event Country Medal
1984 Dave Lishebo Track and Field 400 meters Zambia
1984 Bill Motti Track and Field Decathlon France
1984 Fred Owusu Track and Field 400 meters Ghana
1984 Trond Skramstad Track and Field Decathlon Norway
1984, 1988 Charles Cheruiyot Track and Field 5000 meters Kenya
1984, 1988 Kip Cheruiyot Track and Field 1500 meters Kenya
1988 Carlos O'Connell Track and Field Decathlon Ireland
1988 Peter Rono Track and Field 1500 meters Kenya Gold
1988 Georg Werthner Track and Field Decathlon Austria
1992 Bill Motti Track and Field Decathlon France
1996 Cliff Wong Track and Field 4 × 400 meters relay Guyana
2008 Dita Krumberga Women's Basketball Tournament Play Latvia

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics & Recreation | Mount St. Mary's University".
  2. ^ "Sources: Mount St. Mary's on track to join MAAC". 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Mount St. Mary's reinstates men's soccer program for 2018". NCAA. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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