ITHACA, N.Y.—The Cornell volleyball trio of Megan Mushovic, Emily Borman and Hilary Holland each earned All-Ivy honors it was announced by the league offices on Friday. Mushovic was named first-team for the second-straight season at libero after leading the league in digs throughout the season. Borman received second-team honors at middle blocker, and Holland is honorable mention at the setter position.
Mushovic (Coronado, Calif.) averaged 5.60 digs per set this season, which is good for fifth in the nation. This season, she broke the Big Red's career digs record with a total of 1,612 so far in her three-year career. Mushovic ended the season with 23-straight matches with 15 or more digs. Her 549 digs in her junior campaign is second in the Cornell record books for digs in a season, and Mushovic holds the record from her sophomore campaign. The junior currently leads in the record books with a 5.45 digs per set average for her career. Mushovic and the Cornell defense ranked 33rd in the nation for digs per set with 16.35.
Borman (Tracy, Calif.) led the Big Red with a .355 hitting percentage this season, which is good for third in the Cornell record books. With a .350 hitting percentage against league opponents, she ranked fourth against the Ivy League. Borman totaled 71 blocks for the season, and ranked seventh in blocks against Ancient Eight foes. This season she notched double-digit kills in 14 matches, and hit above 300 in 17 contests. Borman also notched five or more blocks in eight matches. The senior ends her four-year career ranked third with a .318 hitting percentage. Borman was also named second-team All-Ivy as a junior.
Holland (Stockton, Calf.) served as the Big Red's team captain this season and was the starting setter for every match in her senior year. She ended the season with 952 assists to average 9.71 assists per set. Against Ivy League opponents she averaged 9.98 assists per set and 3.07 digs. Holland proved to be a valuable asset to the Big Red in all areas of play this season, also making 47 vital blocks for the Cornell defense. She was second on the team with 285 digs. Holland was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic District 1 first team and was the only Ivy League player to advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America honors. The senior hit above .400 in nine matches this season and recorded 15 double-doubles. Holland recorded 40 or more assists in 12 matches. She recorded a career-high 54 assists at Harvard on Oct. 17, and had a career best 21 digs against Maine on Sept. 20.
With a 9-5 record, the Big Red finished the season in a tie for third place in the Ivy League.
2008 All-Ivy
First Team
Megan Mushovic, Cornell (Jr., L, Coronado, Calif.)
*Lindsey Ensign, Princeton (Sr., MB, Newport Beach, Calif.)
Julia Swanson, Penn (So., OH, Stratford, Texas)
*Parker Henritze, Princeton (Sr., OH, Atlanta, Ga.)
Cat Dailey, Yale (Jr., OH, Newport Beach, Calif.)
*Alexis Crusey, Yale (Jr., OH, San Diego, Calif.)
Ally Mendenhall, Yale (Sr., S, Lincoln, Neb.)
Second Team
Madison Wojciechowski, Penn (So., L, Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Emily Borman, Cornell (Sr., MB, Tracy, Calif.)
Kathryn Turner, Penn (Sr., MB, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Amalia Viti, Columbia (Sr., OH, Corte Madera, Calif.)
Kathryn McKinley, Harvard (Sr., OH, San Francisco, Calif.)
Sheena Donahue, Princeton (Jr., OH, Los Gatos, Calif.)
Bailey Robinson, Princeton (Sr., S, Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
Honorable Mention
Christine Wu, Harvard (Fr., L, Naperville, Ill.)
Kelly Ozurovich, Yale (So., L, Playa Del Rey, Calif.)
Anne Carroll Ingersoll, Harvard (Fr., MB, Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.)
Cathryn Quinn, Princeton (Fr., MB, Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Madeline Baird, Dartmouth (Fr., OH, Austin, Texas)
Natalie Meyers, Brown (Sr., S, Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Hillary Holland, Cornell (Sr., S, Stockton, Calif.)
Player of the Year
*Cat Dailey, Yale
Rookie of the Year
Anne Carroll Ingersoll, Harvard
* unanimous selection
