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Division I · Northeast Conference

Mercyhurst University Women's Tennis

Erie, PA · the Lakers · Mercyhurst University overview
9
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 10
$169k
Team budget
4th percentile in Division I
$18,764
Per roster spot
median $61,695
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
83%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Mercyhurst University fields a women's tennis team in the Northeast Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 9 players, about the median of 9, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $168,881, well below the median of $546k — $18,764 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's tennis programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 10 in force from 2025-26. The school gave $4,573,510 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $18,077 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's tennis programs

Where this program sits against its 301 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$169k
Spend per player$18,764
Roster size9
Coaching staff2

Team budgets across the division

$47k$4.9M
this programevery Division I women's tennis program

Roster sizes (cap 10)

515
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster9 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap10 room for 1
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$168,881 for the year
  • Operating expenses$20,947 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$18,764 division median $61,695
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$4,573,510 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$18,077 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$104,959 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jerome SimonHead CoachOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school tennis players204,721 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots2,689 301 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 76 1.3% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's tennis recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
2,292undergraduates · 2,668 students in all
Women 59% Men 41%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
83%admitted · of 3,500 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
65%

Women's Tennis

Full picture →
9on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 109
room for 1
Team expenses
$168,881 $18,765 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$4,573,510
Recruiting spend, women's
$104,959
$26,962net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$62,245
Average net price$26,962
Net price by family income
$0–30k$23,981
$30–48k$20,609
$48–75k$25,101
$75–110k$28,250
$110k and up$31,992
Tuition & fees
$44,510

Campus safety

Full picture →
3.04violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent3.04
Property0.13
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 18 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
19%of bachelor's degrees in business · 22 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business90 · 19%
Military technologies59 · 12%
Health professions & nursing46 · 10%
Visual & performing arts43 · 9%
Biological sciences38 · 8%

Research Mercyhurst University

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Women's Tennis programs within 150 miles

Mercyhurst UniversityPennsylvania State Univ. Erie, the Behrend College · 4 miAllegheny College · 32 miThe State University of New York at Fredonia · 44 miThiel College · 51 miGrove City College · 66 miWestminster College (Pennsylvania) · 70 miSlippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · 72 miYoungstown State University · 76 miSt. Bonaventure University · 81 miD'Youville University · 81 miUrsuline College · 84 miJohn Carroll University · 87 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Pennsylvania State Univ. Erie, the Behrend College Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference49$15k—96%
Allegheny College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference3215$85k—59%
The State University of New York at Fredonia Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference4410$23k—79%
Thiel College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference516$24k—71%
Grove City College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference66———73%
Westminster College (Pennsylvania) Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference7012$13k—86%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference728$271k—75%
Youngstown State University Division I · Horizon League7610$387k97380%
St. Bonaventure University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference817$233k99882%
D'Youville University Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference817$204k—82%
Ursuline College Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference847$36k—84%
John Carroll University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference877$38k—81%

Other women's tennis programs in the Northeast Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Long Island University room for 37$478k$68,351—vs
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus room for 28$364k$45,520998vs
University of New Haven 1 over cap11$283k$25,688—vs
Binghamton University at cap10$254k$25,400995vs
Stonehill College 1 over cap11$239k$21,741—vs
Le Moyne College room for 37$220k$31,363—vs
Mercyhurst University room for 19$169k$18,764—vs
Wagner College at cap10$162k$16,2051000vs
Chicago State University room for 19$115k$12,811932vs

Every Northeast Conference women's tennis program · Women's Tennis budgets ranked