Erie, PA- Mercyhurst Baseball has released their 2025 schedule as they approach their first season as a Division I program and as part of the NEC.
Mercyhurst will begin their season on February 14th with a three-game road trip to Charleston, SC to face UMass Lowell, UAB, and Maryland. Soon after their opening weekend, the Lakers will take on Gardner Webb and wrap up February with a matchup against Radford. They will face Kent State on March 4th just before their home opener on the weekend of March 7th as they take on their first NEC opponent, Coppin State. Then, the Lakers will have a stretch of away games at Delaware State, Youngstown State, Central Connecticut, and Niagara. To end March, the Lakers will host Maryland Eastern Shore the weekend of the 28th.
The Lakers open April with another game against Kent State at home on the 1st, and then they take a trip to Long Island to face LIU on the weekend of April 4th. Then, they will return to Erie for a stretch of home games against Niagara, Stonehill, and Youngstown State. On April 17th, the Lakers will travel to New Jersey to face Fairleigh Dickinson, and on April 23rd, they will take a short trip south to take on Pittsburgh. They will wrap up March with a series versus Wagner at home on the weekend of the 25th and a game against Toledo on the 29th. The Lakers will begin May with a series away at Norfolk State on the weekend of the 2nd. They will then host their last home game on the weekend of the 9th as they take on LeMoyne. The Lakers wrap up their season in Ohio as they take on Akron on the weekend of the 15th.
When asked about this year's upcoming season and schedule, Head Coach Jimmy Latona said, "I am very excited to get the new era of Mercyhurst Baseball started in Division I. I know our coaching staff as well as our players are looking forward to the new opportunity and are all very eager for the season to start. We have a lot of very good teams on our schedule and we are excited to see how we match up with them. We have a lot of guys returning to the line up this season like Chris Juchno, Jayden Walker, Ranciel Ventura, Eric Chorba and Joe Trivisonno who have expressed their excitement about our schedule and some of the big name schools we are playing. We also have a good amount of returners on the mound like Brandon Arnold, Aiden Kelly, Jacob Bazala and Ben Berdine who are excited to get the opportunity to pitch against the best of the best in college baseball. We are hoping to continue the success of Mercyhurst Baseball in our move up!"
