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.
Our facilities complement these athletic and recreational opportunities. Opened in the Fall of 2006, the Mellow Center for Athletics and Wellness includes a 5,000 square-foot fitness center, a rock-climbing wall, the 1,500-seat Insalaco Arena with an elevated running track, two classrooms for Health and Physical Education, a Dance/Aerobic Studio, a Hall of Fame/Conference room, an Athletic Training room and Athletic Training Lab, as well as eight locker rooms.
In the summer of 2009, Marywood unveiled a brand-new multipurpose synthetic turf field that has lights and a state of the art sound system. Several varsity teams will use the venue for both practices and games and the field will be used by the Health and Physical Education Department as well as intramural programs.
The Athletic Department also has a 25 meter swimming pool and racquetball courts within the former Health & Physical Education Center, now known as the School of Architecture. Plans are underway for a new Aquatics Center, with construction beginning in November 2009 with a targeted completion date of November 2010. As evidence of our commitment to sports, we recently developed two new multipurpose athletic fields. Additional outdoor facilities include tennis courts, a running course, a sand volleyball court, basketball courts, horseshoe pit, and soccer field.
Marywood's Athletic Facilities can be rented by outside groups and organizations. You may review costs and complete and return the facilities reservation form, both available below (as pdf downloads).
FACILITIES RENTAL PRICING
FACILITIES RESERVATION FORM
For more information on facilities rentals, please contact Athletics Facilities Manager Dawson Driscoll at 570-961-4724 x 2290 or via e-mail.
AQUATICS CENTER PLANS
The Marywood University Aquatics Center will open in Fall 2010
as an extension of the Mellow Center for Athletics and Wellness.
The Robert J. Mellow Center for Athletics and Wellness opened in the Fall of 2006.
The Lynett-Haggerty Family Fitness Center with the Mellow Center has over 5,000 square feet of space and includes a rock-climbing wall.
The Insalaco Arena, inside the Mellow Center, seats 1,500 spectators,
has an elevated running track, a batting cage
and can be divided into two full-sized courts for volleyball and basketball.
The Hall of Fame/Conference Room on the second floor of the Mellow Center
provides adequate meeting space and houses the Hall of Fame.
Marywood's multipurpose synthetic turf field opened in the summer of 2010 and features lights and a state of the art sound system among its many features. Field Hockey, Men's and Women's Lacrosse and Men's and Women's Soccer all play home games at the venue.
Pacers Athletics Field was renovated in the summer of 2009 to include an irrigation system. The men's and women's soccer teams, as well as the men's and women's lacrosse teams, use the field as both a practice and game venue.
Marywood has 6 tennis courts which were resurfaced in 2004.
The baseball team plays home games overlooking the beautiful Pocono Mountains.
Marywood's field hockey field is located on the outfield grass of the baseball field,
offering the same view of the Pocono Mountains. The field hockey team also plays games on the brand new synthetic turf field.