Senior defenseman Dan Hickey has decided to attend and play lacrosse at Mercyhurst University. The Geneva long-stick, who scored 7g-5a last season also considered LeMoyne and St John Fisher before choosing to play for the Lakers in Erie, PA.

Hickey received first team All League honors last season. Off season he has been a member of the Nike Rising senior Team, and plays for SweetLax where he is scheduled to play in the Fall Turkey Shoot, the Ultimate Performance Lacrosse Tournament in Annapolis MD and the Big-4 tournament at Penn Charter.

Mercyhurst is an NCAA Division II school. They celebrated their first regular season undefeated performance last season and won a Division II National Championship in 2011. Head Coach, Chris Ryan, who has been leading the team since 2001, is a Section Five alumnus from Irondequoit. Eighteen former Section Five players are currently on the 2013 roster.