The 2024–25 Mercyhurst Lakers women's basketball team represented Mercyhurst University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lakers, who were led by sixth-year head coach Brooklyn Kohlheim, played their home games on Owen McCormick Court in the Mercyhurst Athletic Center in Erie, Pennsylvania as first-year members of the Northeast Conference.
This season marked Mercyhurst's first year of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result, the Lakers are not eligible to participate in the NCAA tournament until the 2028–29 season.
Previous season.
The Lakers finished the 2023–24 season 18–11, 14–8 in PSAC play, to finish in fifth place in the West division. They were defeated by Edinboro in the first round of the PSAC tournament.
Preseason.
On October 23, 2024, the NEC released their preseason coaches poll. Mercyhurst was picked to finish tied for last place in the NEC regular season.
Preseason rankings.
Source:
Preseason All-NEC Team.
No Lakers were named to the Preseason All-NEC team.
Schedule and results.
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Sources: