The Lakers compete as members of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for 12 of 13 varsity sports, with the men's hockey team (the only team that competes at the Division I level) playing in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.

In 2009, 2014 and 2015, the men's team captured the GLIAC North Division Championship along with an NCAA tournament berth.

[2] The Lakers have appeared in 10 NCAA Division I ice hockey tournaments and won three national championships (1988, 1992, and 1994) at that level.

In 2004 and 2006, LSSU's men's tennis teams qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships for the first and second time in school history.

In 2006 and 2007 LSSU's women's tennis teams qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships for the first and second time in school history.