Welcome to the Marywood University Athletics and Recreation Website!

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Marywood is an institution whose academic quality is enhanced by a competitive athletic tradition and a comprehensive recreational program.

Marywood is an NCAA Division III institution and a member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC). Pacers sport schedules are challenging and include contests against schools encompassing a wide geographic area. Fourteen (14) varsity sports are sponsored: six men's (baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis) and eight women's sports (basketball, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball). Since the inception of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) in 1992, our teams have captured 21 PAC championships and earned 15 runner-up finishes. Our programs have also set several NCAA records while numerous All-Academic and All-Conference players have been selected from among our student-athletes. Pacer Pride is prevalent throughout our program and the University community.

Marywood is also guided by the belief that recreational opportunities are vital to the collegiate experience. Thus we offer diverse opportunities in this area including a varied selection of more than forty intramural programs and a variety of fitness, aerobic, martial arts, and recreation classes. In addition, club sports such as cheerleading, dance team, swimming and boxing are sponsored. Free aerobic classes are also available for all students.

The new $14 million Robert J. Mellow Center for Athletics and Wellness opened in the fall of 2006. The Mellow Center offers state-of-the-art fitness, recreation, and athletic opportunities and includes a premier fitness center, a climbing wall, an elevated running track, a dance/aerobic studio, an arena to showcase Pacers sports, and high tech athletic training areas. The Mellow Center compliments those activity areas within the current Health & Physical Education Center, which houses a 25-meter indoor swimming pool, recreation gym, and racquetball courts. Additional outdoor facilities include newly refurbished tennis courts, sand volleyball court, basketball courts, and three multi-purpose fields.

Take your time and "surf" through our sport pages to find out more about Pacers sports and recreational opportunities. Please contact myself or any of our coaches and staff members by calling 570-961-4724 to let us know about yourself and your interests.

I hope you too will develop Pacer Pride and become part of a winning team.

Dr. Mary Jo Gunning
Director of Athletics and Recreation