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).
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, flag football, golf, lacrosse, rugby, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and water polo.
Athletic divisions and conferences NCAA Division Conference 1940–41 1977–78 Division II Mason–Dixon 1978–79 1982–83 Division II D-II Independent 1983–84 1987–88 Division II Mason–Dixon 1988–89 Division I D-I Independent 1989–90 2021–22 Division I Northeast 2022–23 Present Division I MAAC
Teams
Sport Head coach Venue Baseball Frank Leoni E.T. Straw Family Stadium Men's basketball Donny Lind Knott Arena Women's basketball Bryan Whitten Women's bowling Kenneth DeGraaf Men's cross country Jay Phillips Morgan Track Women's cross country Women's flag football Sandi James TBA 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 Liis Abbott 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
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
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
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.
Women's soccer
Facilities 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 Olympics Athlete Sport Event 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
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