DCU Mercy

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DCU Mercy, called Mercy Coolock until 2007, is a women's and girls' basketball club in Coolock in Dublin. Its senior team has competed in the Irish Women's Premier League since 2005.[1] The Mercy Basketball Club was founded in 1989 by pupils of Mercy College.[1][2] Mercy Coolock won promotion to the Premier League (then called the Superleague) by winning Division 1 in 2004.[1] Mercy formed an alliance with Dublin City University (DCU) in 2007, adopting the name DCU Mercy, using DCU facilities, and featuring DCU students in the senior squad, and alongside non-students in the U20 and U18 squads.[1] DCU Mercy were the 2007 Superleague champions.[1]

DCU Ladies Basketball plays separately from DCU Mercy in intervarsity competitions, using a squad composed entirely of DCU students.[3][4]

Honours

  • Women's Superleague:
    • Champion: 2007[1][5]
    • Regular season champion: 2006, 2009[1]
  • National Cup: 2010, 2011[1][6]
  • Women's intervarsities: 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014[7]
  • Underage: U20 National Cup 2012[8]

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