Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

University	Mount St. Mary's University
Conference	Northeast Conference
NCAA	Division 1
Athletic director	Lynne Robinson
Location	Emmitsburg, Maryland
Varsity teams	17
Basketball arena	Knott Arena
Baseball stadium	Straw Family Stadium
Lacrosse stadium	Waldron Family Stadium
Mascot	Emmit S. Burg^[1]
Nickname	Mountaineers
Colors	Blue and White^[2]
Website	www.mountathletics.com

The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Their 17 teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field; women's-only soccer and softball; and men's-only baseball. The Mountaineers compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference.^[3]

Men

Sport	Head coach	Main venue
Baseball	Scott Thomson	E.T. Straw Family Stadium
Basketball	Jamion Christian	Knott Arena
Cross Country	Jay Phillips	Morgan Track
Lacrosse	Tom Gravante	Waldron Family Stadium
Swimming & Diving ^†	Neil Yost	Mount St. Mary's Swimming Pool
Tennis	Samantha Pinchoff	Mount St. Mary's Tennis Courts
Indoor Track & Field	Jay Phillips	Morgan Track
Outdoor Track & Field	Jay Phillips	Morgan Track

^† = Men's swimming & diving debuts in the 2016-17 season.
On August 29, 2016 Mount St. Mary's and the NCAA announced that Mountaineers' men's soccer would return in the 2018 season.^[4]

Women

Sport	Head coach	Main venue
Basketball	Bryan Whitten	Knott Arena
Cross Country	Jay Phillips	Morgan Track
Lacrosse	Lauren Schwarzmann	Waldron Family Stadium
Soccer		Waldron Family Stadium
Softball	Anna Nagro	Our Lady of the Meadows Field
Swimming & Diving	Neil Yost	Mount St. Mary's Swimming Pool
Tennis	Samantha Pinchoff	Mount St. Mary's Tennis Courts
Indoor Track & Field	Jay Phillips	Morgan Track
Outdoor Track & Field	Jay Phillips	Morgan Track

Men's basketball

Main article: Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball

In 1962, Mount St. Mary's won the Division II championship at the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament by defeating the Sacramento State Hornets 58–57.

In 2008, the Mountaineers defeated the Coppin State Eagles in the play-in game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. This was the first Mount Saint Mary's win in the Division I tournament.

Olympians

1984

Name	Sport	Country
Charles Cheruiyot	5000 meters	Kenya
Kip Cheruiyot	1500 meters	Kenya
Dave Lishebo	400 meters	Zambia
Bill Motti	Decathlon	France
Fred Owusu	400 meters	Ghana
Trond Skramstad	Decathlon	Norway

1988

Name	Sport	Country
Charles Cheruiyot	5000 meters	Kenya
Kip Cheruiyot	1500 meters	Kenya
Carlos O'Connell	Decathlon	Ireland
Peter Rono Gold Medalist	1500 meters	Kenya
Georg Werthner	Decathlon	Austria

1992

Name	Sport	Country
Bill Motti	Decathlon	France

1996

Name	Sport	Country
Cliff Wong	4 × 400 m relay	Guyana

2008

Name	Sport	Country
Dita Krumberga	Women's Basketball	Latvia

References

↑ http://www.msmary.edu/student-life/sga/emmit.html
↑ MSMU Graphic Standards (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-23.
↑ http://www.northeastconference.org/
↑ "Mount St. Mary's reinstates men's soccer program for 2018". NCAA. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

External links

Official website

Northeast Conference

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Sports teams based in Maryland

Australian rules football	USAFL/EAFL/WAFA Baltimore Washington Eagles

Baseball	MLB Baltimore Orioles EL Bowie Baysox CL Frederick Keys SAL Delmarva Shorebirds Hagerstown Suns NYPL Aberdeen IronBirds AtL Southern Maryland Blue Crabs

Basketball	APBL Bay Area Shuckers ABA Baltimore Hawks

Football	NFL Baltimore Ravens Washington Redskins AFL Baltimore WFA Baltimore Nighthawks D.C. Divas

Lacrosse	MLL Chesapeake Bayhawks

Roller derby	WFTDA Charm City Roller Girls Mason-Dixon Roller Vixens Salisbury Roller Girls MRDA Harm City Roller Derby

Rugby union	MARFU Baltimore-Chesapeake Maryland Exiles

Soccer	MASL Baltimore Blast PDL Baltimore Bohemians ASL IFK Maryland National Women's Soccer League Washington Spirit

College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Coppin State Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse Johns Hopkins Blue Jays women's lacrosse Loyola Maryland Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland-Eastern Shore Morgan State Mount St. Mary's Navy Towson

Main article: Sports in Maryland

Sports teams based in the Washington, D.C. area

Baseball	MLB Washington Nationals EL Bowie Baysox CL Frederick Keys Potomac Nationals ALPB Southern Maryland Blue Crabs

Basketball	NBA Washington Wizards WNBA Washington Mystics

Football	NFL Washington Redskins AFL Washington Valor WFA D.C. Divas

Hockey	NHL Washington Capitals

Soccer	MLS D.C. United NWSL Washington Spirit

Roller derby	WFTDA DC Rollergirls

Rugby league	USA Rugby League Washington D.C. Slayers

Tennis	WTT Washington Kastles

College athletics	NCAA Div. I American Georgetown George Mason George Washington Howard Maryland Mount St. Mary's Navy NCAA Div. II UDC NCAA Div. III Catholic University Gallaudet University Marymount University

See also: Sports in Washington, D.C.

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