2011 Media Guide - Ithaca College Athletics
2011 Media Guide - Ithaca College Athletics
2011 Media Guide - Ithaca College Athletics
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ITHACA BOMBERS VOLLEYBALL<br />
the AVCA all-region team with teammates Karen McCord,<br />
Salmon and Raymond. A year later the Bombers advanced<br />
to the regional finals for the fourth consecutive season.<br />
Salmon, Raymond and sophomore Janet Hammond were<br />
named to the all-region team. In 2002 Raymond earned<br />
her fourth straight all-conference recognition and became<br />
the program’s first all-American in five years. In 2003, two<br />
Bombers were named all-Americans as Julie Roth earned<br />
second-team honors and Hammond received honorable<br />
mention. Roth earned third-team all-American honors<br />
in 2004, along with freshman Katie Hause, who received<br />
honorable mention. The team finished 27-13 and won the<br />
Empire 8 championship. The Bombers repeated as the<br />
Empire 8 champions in 2005 and posted an overall record of<br />
31-9. Seniors Andrea Blitz and Jen Cramer and sophomore<br />
Amanda Hubbard each received AVCA all-American<br />
honorable mention.<br />
Hubbard received AVCA all-America honorable mention<br />
again in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, she led the Bombers to a<br />
30-9 record and NYSWCAA and ECAC championships.<br />
<strong>Ithaca</strong> won an ECAC Upstate N.Y. Championship in<br />
2009 to end their season with three straight victories and a<br />
26-17 record before returning to the NCAA tournament in<br />
2010 on an automatic bid from earning the Empire 8 title.<br />
Coach Nancy Hicks led <strong>Ithaca</strong> into its first varsity<br />
season in 1968 and guided the team again in 1970 and 1971.<br />
Barbara Blodgett took over in 1969. The 1971 season saw<br />
<strong>Ithaca</strong> make its first appearance in the postseason, a fourthplace<br />
showing in the NYSAIAW playoffs.<br />
Sarah Rich guided the team from 1972 to 1977 and then<br />
again from 1979 to 1984. Jane Arnett was the school’s coach<br />
in 1978. Under coach Rich, the Bombers extended their<br />
season every year except for one, with three straight trips to<br />
the NCAA regionals (1982-84).<br />
Rhonda Faunce, a four-year hitter for <strong>Ithaca</strong>, was<br />
a standout performer during Rich’s reign. Faunce, who<br />
set single-season <strong>Ithaca</strong> records for total blocks (207) and<br />
service aces (94), was the first Bomber volleyball player to<br />
earn all-American honors.<br />
Coach Jane Jacobs picked up where Rich left off in<br />
1985. During her three-year stint, the Bombers made two<br />
appearances in the NCAA playoffs. Jacobs compiled a 115-<br />
33 mark, and her 1987 team tied the school record for wins,<br />
going 44-9.<br />
Denise Dewey, Cathy Franz, Michelle Holmes, Jocy<br />
Jones, and Adrian Warstadt were top players for Jacobs.<br />
Dewey still holds the <strong>Ithaca</strong> record for digs in a season (769),<br />
which she set in 1987.<br />
Sheila Deam directed the program from 1988-91. After<br />
two rebuilding seasons, she worked the program back into<br />
playoff contention with a 26-21 record in 1990 and a 32-<br />
15 mark in 1991. <strong>Ithaca</strong> won its first ECAC championship<br />
in 1991. Beverly Vosefski was one of the team’s top players<br />
during Deam’s tenure.<br />
Program History<br />
NCAA PLAYOFF HISTORY<br />
Year Opponent W-L Game Scores<br />
1982 at Wisconsin-LaCrosse L 9-15, 14-16, 2-15<br />
1983 Brockport W 2-15, 15-13, 15-3, 15-1<br />
MIT L 15-12, 9-15, 8-15, 8-15<br />
1984 vs. Albany<br />
at Nazareth W 15-13, 15-5, 15-9<br />
at LaVerne L 3-15, 4-15, 15-17<br />
1985 at Cortland L 15-2, 5-15, 9-15, 9-15<br />
1987 Cortland L 14-16, 15-7, 10-15, 10-15<br />
1993 at Rochester L 8-15, 5-15, 10-15<br />
1994 vs. New York University<br />
at Brockport W 15-7, 15-11, 15-1<br />
at Brockport W 15-12, 15-6, 15-6<br />
Stony Brook W 15-3, 15-7, 15-7<br />
Washington (Mo.) † L 15-11, 15-8, 15-8<br />
Juniata L 12-15, 3-15, 11-15<br />
1995 vs. Binghamton<br />
at Rochester W 15-5, 16-14, 15-9<br />
at Rochester W 15-5, 15-9, 15-6<br />
Springfield W 12-15, 7-15, 15-7, 15-8, 15-11<br />
vs. Washington (Mo.) †<br />
at UW-Whitewater L 5-15, 14-16, 11-15<br />
at UW-Whitewater L 16-18, 9-15, 12-15<br />
1996 vs. RIT<br />
at Cortland L 12-15, 12-15, 8-15<br />
1997 vs. St. John Fisher<br />
at Cortland W 15-9, 15-7, 15-6<br />
at Cortland L 15-11, 7-15, 15-7, 12-15, 15-11<br />
1998 vs. St. John Fisher<br />
at Cortland W 15-10, 13-15, 15-9, 15-10<br />
vs. RIT<br />
at Cortland W 10-15, 15-13, 15-17, 15-9, 15-9<br />
at Cortland L 12-15, 8-15, 4-15<br />
1999 vs. Skidmore W 15-3, 15-9, 15-6<br />
at Cortland W 2-15, 6-15, 15-13, 15-4, 15-12<br />
Trinity (Texas) L 13-15, 7-15, 11-15<br />
2000 vs. Skidmore at Elmira W 15-8, 15-6, 15-13<br />
at Elmira W 15-3, 15-5, 12-15, 15-7<br />
vs. Cortland at Elmira L 8-15, 11-15, 15-8, 15-12, 10-15<br />
2001 vs. Cortland<br />
at Nazareth W 30-26, 30-26, 24-30, 26-30, 15-12<br />
at Nazareth L 31-29, 18-30, 30-27, 21-30, 2-15<br />
2004 City <strong>College</strong> of N.Y. W 30-23, 30-17, 31-29<br />
Cortland L 23-30, 30-26, 25-30, 29-31<br />
2005 vs. New Jersey City<br />
at NYU W 30-26, 30-27, 30-26<br />
vs. Cortland at NYU L 27-30, 21-30, 26-30<br />
2010 vs. Lebanon Valley<br />
at Frostburg State L 10-25, 17-25, 26-24, 23-25<br />
† NCAA Semifinal Match<br />
NCAA Consolation Match<br />
Overall NCAA Playoff Record: 18-19 (.486)<br />
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