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Athletics

Merrimack offers 21 varsity sports for men and women, including NCAA Division I men's ice hockey competing in the highly competitive Hockey East conference. Merrimack's NCAA Division II sports compete in the Northeast Ten Conference and include men's and women's soccer, lacrosse, track and field, and basketball. There is also men's American football and baseball, women's field hockey, and rugby, men's and women's tennis, field hockey and volleyball, and cross country.

Highlights of Merrimack athletic history includes two national championships: the 1978 men's hockey team Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship; and the 1994 women's softball team won Division II Women's College World Series. In 2006, Merrimack football became Northeast 10 Co-Champions and received their first NCAA Division II playoff bid to go on to win their first NCAA playoff game. In 2012, Merrimack Men's Tennis became Northeast 10 Champions, led by Senior captains Max Eppley and Sean Pahler, and first year head coach Sean Tully. This was Merrimack's first ever Men's Tennis Championship. Merrimack College intramurals and recreation started a rugby program in the 2007 season, and is was a full-time squad in the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) and in USA Rugby. Merrimack College Rugby (M) is now a part of the first ever Division II rugby conference in the United States, by joining Rugby Northeast.

Merrimack College men's soccer team made school history in 2012 with the programs first ever NCAA Division II National Tournament berth. After finishing in first place in the Northeast 10 regular season, the men's soccer team went on to win the first round of the tournament against rivals Franklin Pierce University, but were knocked out the following round by Northeast 10 rivals Southern New Hampshire University. The 2012 men's soccer team was led by Head Coach Anthony Martone and assistant coaches Derek Valego, Michael Allen, Eric Ernst, and Sam Nunes. The team was led on the field by captains Alejandro Fuchs of Caracas, Venezuela and Nelson Santos de Graca of Gothenburg, Sweden.

The College's combination of academic and athletic success has garnered Merrimack the #4 ranking in the country among NCAA Division II schools in the Top 100 Collegiate Power Rankings that are published by the National College Scouting Association. In addition, Merrimack finished 96th in the overall NCSA Power Rankings across all three NCAA divisions.