High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Mercyhurst Lakers women`s ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. The program started in 1999 and Michael Sisti has been the only coach in the history of the program. From 2000 to 2002, the Lakers were part of the Great Lakes Women`s Hockey Association. While in the Great Lakes Women’s Hockey Association, the Lakers qualified for the GLWHA twice (in 2001, and 2002). The Lakers were regular season champions in 2000-01 and 2001–02, and won the playoff championships in 2002. Starting in the 2002-03 season, the Lakers joined the College Hockey America conference.