Cornell University Athletics

* Individual Honors (COMING SOON)
* All-Time Letter Winners (PDF)
* Year-by-Year Leaders (PDF)  
* Year-by-Year Stats (PDF) 
* Team Match Records (PDF)
* Team Season Records (PDF)
* Individual Match Records (PDF)
* Individual Season Records (PDF) 
* Individual Career Records (PDF) 
* Season Stats - Since 1987
* Volleyball vs. All Opponents (PDF) 
* All-Time Results (COMING SOON)
* Year-by-Year Results (PDF)
* All-Time Player Stats - Since 1987 (PDF)
* Media Guides - Since 2001

Volleyball, which has been a varsity sport at Cornell for 38 years, is one of the university’s most decorated women’s programs. Since hitting the hardwood in 1972, the Big Red has posted a 686-414-7 record, with three Ivy League tournament titles, seven first-place finishes during the regular season, six New York state crowns and a pair of Eastern championships. The Big Red made history in 1993 when it became the first Ivy League volleyball team to participate in the NCAA championship tournament and returned in 2005 and 2006.

It all began when Sue Nattrass guided the Big Red to a 2-2 slate back in 1972. After  dropping the first two matches, the spikers downed Colgate in five games and swept Eisenhower College in three. Debbie Nelson took over the program the following year, as the Big Red went 7-5 and placed sixth at the New York state tournament. Andrea Dutcher took over in 1974 and coached for 14 years, with the Big Red posting 346 victories against only 158 losses with seven ties. In just her third season, Dutcher guided the spikers to a 24-11 season and second-place finishes at the New York state, EAIAW and Ivy League tournaments. In 1981, Cornell posted a school record 47 wins with only six losses. The  following year, Dutcher led the squad to its first of four straight New York state tournament championships, while posting a 40-8 campaign.  That team also won its first EAIAW championship. The 1983 team went 41-4 to conclude a string of three straight 40-win campaigns. Dutcher led her squad to two more New York state titles before ushering in Ivy League play in 1986 — the first year for round robin competition in the league.

In 1988, Jolene Nagel was hired to replace Dutcher, who retired from the coaching ranks, and led the Big Red to a 25-9 campaign and a New York state title. The  following  year, Cornell went 25-8 on the year,  won its second consecutive New York state crown and went 7-0 against Ivy competition. In Nagel’s final year, the Big Red won its first Ivy League championship and qualified for the National Invitational Volleyball Championships. Nagel finished her Cornell career with an 85-40 slate.

In 1992, Merja Connolly took over the program and guided the Red to consecutive Ivy League championships. Her 1992 squad went 19-11 and participated in the NIVC, while the 1993 team went 17-10 and earned a berth to the NCAA championships, losing to Nebraska in the first round.

Sue Medley took over the reins in 1994 and guided the squad to a 20-10 mark — its first 20-win campaign since 1989 — and a first-place finish in the Ivy regular season in just her second year. Medley ended her tenure during the 1998 season and was replaced by Christie (Jackson) Roes.

Roes guided the Big Red to a runner-up finish in the 2000 Ivy League tournament, helped develop 2000 Ivy League Player of the Year Robin Moore and directed 15 All-Ivy League players. She became the third-winningest coach in school history and recorded a pair of 20-win campaigns in her five full seasons with a league regular season runner-up finish in 2003. That team won 14 straight matches en route to a 21-4 record.

Deitre Collins-Parker, one of the greatest players in NCAA history as a middle blocker at Hawaii, became the program’s eighth head coach in June, 2004, and wasted no time in adding her name to the list of coaches who have guided successful squads on the East Hill. She has already led Cornell to at least a share of the Ivy League title in each of her first three seasons and guided the Big Red to two NCAA tournaments.

The 2004 team finished 17-9 overall and 10-4 in Ivy play, finishing in a four-way tie for the league championship. It marked the first time since 1993 that Cornell earned at least a share of the crown. A four-team playoff was held to determine which school would represent the Ivy League in the NCAA tournament, and the Big Red fought Yale for every point in a 3-2 loss.

The Big Red went a step further in 2005, advancing to the NCAA tournament after securing the outright Ivy  title with a 19-6 overall record and a 12-2 Ancient Eight mark. Two of the school’s major career records also fell during the year, as Ivy League Player of the year Elizabeth Bishop set the kills record, while Kelly Kramer claimed the digs mark.

The 2006 squad made its second-straight NCAA tournament appearance after winning the Ivy title the third year in a row. Going 18-9 for the season, the Big Red went 12-2 among league opponents. Bishop was named the Ivy League player of the year for the second year in a row, and Joanna Weiss joined her, claiming first-team honors.  Freshman libero Megan Mushovic also had a standout year earning a spot on the second team.

The Big Red began a rebuilding year in 2007, and posted a 9-16 overall record with a fifth-place Ivy finish. Mushovic earned first-team All-Ivy honors and led the nation in digs in a match with a school-record 50 against Harvard. The sophomore also broke school records for digs per game (6.16) and digs in a season (598). Junior  Emily Borman joined Mushovic on the All-Ivy team, earning second-team honors. The Big Red volleyball team closed out its 2008 season tied for third place in the Ivy League with a 9-5 record and was 10-15 overall for the season. Cornell capped off the season with Mushovic earning first-team All-Ivy honors, while Borman was named second-team and Hilary Holland was honorable mention. Mushovic averaged 5.60 digs per set, good for fifth in the nation, while her career total of 1,612 established a new Cornell record.

In the offseason, former Collins-Parker assistant Sarah Bernson, who was instrumental in recruiting and coaching for three Ivy championship teams, was elevated to the head coaching position.