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THE GAME
The Mercyhurst football team will host cross-town rival Gannon as the Erie rivals face off for the Niagara Cup. The contest, a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division game, will kick off at 1:07 p.m.

The Lakers are coming off a 21-18 road win over Clarion in its PSAC West opener while the Golden Knights are one week removed from a 49-45 home loss to then-21st-ranked Slippery Rock.

THE COACHES
Marty Schaetzle (Bucknell '83) is in his 16th season as head coach for Mercyhurst. He owns a 79-90 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.

Brad Rzyczycki (Mercyhurst '95) is in his sixth year as head coach for Gannon. He has a 30-29 record. He was previously an assistant with Mercyhurst, Kentucky Wesleyan and Saginaw Valley State.
 
NEXT UP
The Lakers will play its second straight home game as Slippery Rock visits Tullio Field on Saturday, Oct. 7. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.

SRU is currently 4-0 on the season with a 1-0 mark in PSAC West competition. The Rock, which is No. 18 in NCAA Division II, is one of three ranked teams in the division; the others are fourth-ranked Indiana and fifth-ranked California. All three teams have 4-0, 1-0, records. SRU and California meet at SRU on Saturday.

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:

LIVE
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)
 
WSEE CW 35.2 (35.2 over-the-air Erie, Meadville, Titusville, Warren, Cleveland, Akron, Canton; Spectrum Erie 3;  Armstrong Meadville 16; Armstrong Titusville 13; Armstrong Erie 3/807; Atlantic Warren 4; Coax Edinboro 3; Dish Network 3/7048; DirecTV 36) Erie/Meadville/Titusville/Warren
 
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
 
DELAY/REPLAY - Tuesday, October 3 - 8 a.m.
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