Football | 9/22/2017 3:29:00 PM

CLARION, Pa. -- The Mercyhurst football team will play its first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division game of the season when it visits Clarion for a 1 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.

The Lakers are coming off a 25-20 road win over East Stroudsburg while Clarion is one week removed from a 31-0 home loss to Shippensburg.

Click HERE for game notes.

THE COACHES
Marty Schaetzle (Bucknell '83) is in his 16th season as head coach for Mercyhurst. He owns a 78-90 record. He is a three-time PSAC West Coach of the Year (2008, 2010, 2014) and has coached the Lakers to two PSAC West regular-season championships (2010, 2012) and one PSAC overall title (2010). Prior to coaching at Mercyhurst, Schaetzle has held assistant coach positions at Bucknell, Shippensburg, Northern Arizona, Sonoma State, Arizona and Albany.

Chris Weibel (Clarion '98) is in his third year as head coach for his alma mater.
He has an 11-14 record. In his time at ESU, he was an assistant coach with the Golden Eagles for 11 years before moving into the head coach position.

NEXT UP
The Lakers will return home for a matchup with their cross-town rival, Gannon. The contest will occur during Mercyhurst's Homecoming Weekend on Sept. 30.

Gannon is currently 1-2 on the season. The Golden Knights opened their season with a 55-22 win at Southern Connecticut State before losses to Shippensburg (41-33 at home) and Bloomsburg (27-10 on the road). GU hosts 21st-ranked Slippery Rock in its PSAC West opener.


FOLLOW THE LAKERS
Every Laker game can be heard on Erie-area radio at WMCE 88.5 FM and WWW.WMCE.FM on the internet. Jay Puskar will handle play-by-play duties.

Home games will also be streamed live on video on http://portal.stretchinternet.com/mercyhurst.

SPORTSFEVER GAME
Sportsfever TV will televise the game on the following outlets:

ESPN 3 (Accessible on line to more than 88 million households at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One)
ESPN College Extra (Live TV available to AT&T Uverse, DirecTV, Bright House Networks, Cox, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and select NCTC  subscribers)
 
WHP 21.2 (21.1 over-the-air, Comcast 19, Armstrong 15, Blue Ridge 133, Nittany 99, Verizon 21, DirecTV 22) Harrisburg/Lancaster/York/Carlisle/Lebanon
 
WPNT 22 (22 over-the-air, Comcast SD 10/HD 812, Comcast Clarion SD 12/HD 812, Armstrong SD 22/HD 105, Atlantic Broadband SD 8/HD 707, Citizens SD 12/HD 812, Time Warner SD 22/HD 1022, Verizon SD 10/ HD 510, Consolidated SD 10/HD 710, DirecTV 22, Dish Network 22) Pittsburgh
 
WJAC 6.2 (6.2 over-the-air, Comcast 110-187-202-248, Armstrong 410, Atlantic Broadband 110, Windstream 16, Laurel Highland 15) Johnstown/Altoona/State College
 
DELAY/REPLAY Tuesday September 26 1 pm
SPORTS TIME OHIO (Erie Time Warner 21-23/HD308-1308, Armstrong 47/HD177, Sharon Time Warner 76/HD 308-1308, DirecTV 662, Dish Network 431) Erie, Meadville, Sharon, Cleveland, Columbus, Akron, Toledo, Huntington, Charleston, Youngstown & Buffalo
 
Play-by-Play – Dan Watson/ Color – Geoff Arnold/ Sideline – Amanda Kuhl