ATHLETICS AT MERCY

ATHLETICS AT MERCY

Mercy’s 26-acre wooded campus, spacious gymnasium, and two new athletic fields give us the home team advantage. Opened in 2019, our multisport Sisters of Mercy Athletic Complex featuring a premier AstroTurf Field, digital video scoreboard and nighttime lights, is home to the Mercy Magic! Mercy boasts championship teams in cross country (2021), softball (2021), basketball (2021-22), lacrosse (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) and golf (2019). Become part of Magic Nation!

Fall: Cross Country, Field Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball Winter: Basketball, Cheer, Indoor Track and Field Spring: Golf, Lacrosse, Outdoor Track and Field, Softball

Athletes generally practice each day after school during their season. Many students are multiple season athletes and participate in other school activities and extracurriculars.

Student athletes at Mercy are encouraged to join the Girls’ Athletic Association (GAA) to become involved with the community beyond the field. GAA members plan spirit events for the school, participate in community service projects, and hold fundraisers for their teams. At the end of each year, GAA members plan a special Athletic Awards Ceremony honoring athletes and their contributions to their teams and to Mercy as a whole.

The Magic Media Club specializes in game day production, creative content, graphic design, and communications. Members are required to go to Varsity and JV home games all year, and they play an integral part in running Mercy’s digital video scoreboard!

Maryland’s largest girls athletic event

The Mercy Magic and the Maryvale Lions meet each other on the basketball court in The Classic, which builds on a friendly 50-year rivalry between the two girls schools spanning multiple sports. The Classic is the culmination of a week of spirited activities between the two schools, including JV and alumnae games, pep rallies, and a fundraising challenge among each school’s graduates.

Alumnae of both schools make it a homecoming, and the athletes and coaches have a college-level athletic experience, playing in front of thousands of spectators on a university campus. The players follow in the footsteps of decades of athletes who are proud to represent their schools and be part of an athletic legacy in Baltimore.

This match-up has roots stretching to 1964, the first year Mercy High School competed against the old Seton High School in what became a three-year series at the Civic Center. In 1967, a new rivalry formed between Mercy and the Institute of Notre Dame, and for 54 years, “The Big Game” was a highlight of the two schools’ athletic rivalry.

In 2022, Mercy beat Maryvale, 62-40, in this new chapter of Maryland girls basketball. We hope you’ll join us in the stands—or on the court as a Mercy athlete—for future Classics.