Tennis Players in the Cornell Hall of Fame
Cornell vs. All Opponents
Year By Year Records
All-Time Letter Winners
Cornell Women's Tennis Timeline
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Year
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T
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League
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Finish
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Coach/Notes
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Captains
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1973
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4
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2
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0
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Gwen Ritchie
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1974
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5
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2
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0
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Gwen Ritchie
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1975
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2
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0
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0
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T3rd-Ivy Tourn.
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Gwen Ritchie
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1976
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---
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---
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---
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4th-Ivy Tourn.
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Gwen Ritchie
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1977
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3
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0
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0
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5th-Ivy Tourn.
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Gwen Ritchie
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1978
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3
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0
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0
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4th-Ivy Tourn.
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Gwen Ritchie
(17-4; 6 yrs.)
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Helen Johnson
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1979
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2
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0
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0
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7th-Ivy Tourn.
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Barb Koch
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Anne Updegrove
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1980
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0
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1
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0
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7th-Ivy Tourn.
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Barb Koch
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Jody Hill
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1981
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2
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1
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0
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7th-Ivy Tourn.
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Barb Koch
(4-2; 3 yrs.)
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Hisako Ohkuma
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1982
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4
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1
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0
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7th-Ivy Tourn.
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Steve Medoff
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Kady Gjessing
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1983
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2
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8
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0
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0-6
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7th
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Steve Medoff
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Julie Schaaff
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1984
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2
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7
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0
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0-6
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7th
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Steve Medoff
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Cici Cryer, Jana Klein
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1985
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2
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10
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0
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0-6
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7th
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Steve Medoff
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Cici Cryer
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1986
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4
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9
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0
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0-7
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8th
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Steve Medoff
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Jana Klein, Anne Meinig
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1987
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3
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9
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0
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0-6
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7th
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Steve Medoff
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Jana Klein, Annie Meinig
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1988
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3
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12
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0
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0-7-0
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8th
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Steve Medoff
(20-56; 0-38; 7 yrs.)
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Barbara Prins, Carolyn Savage
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1989
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0
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11
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0
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0-7
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8th
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Linda Myers
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Dolly Chugh, Jennifer Demsey
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1990
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5
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14
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0
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0-7
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8th
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Linda Myers
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Dolly Chugh, Jennifer Demsey
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1991
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7
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12
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0
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0-7
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8th
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Linda Myers
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Jennifer Kenas, Christine McKenna
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1992
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3
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14
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0
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0-7
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8th
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Linda Myers
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Judy Beckenbach, Wan Chen, Michelle Deasy
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1993
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2
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13
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0
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0-7
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8th
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Linda Myers
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Judy Beckenbach, Wan Chen
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1994
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13
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5
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0
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4-3-0
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T3rd
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Linda Myers
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Jigisha Pathakji, Jeannie Yoo
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1995
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10
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8
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0
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5-2-0
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T2nd
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Linda Myers
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1996
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13
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3
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0
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5-2
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T2nd
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Linda Myers
(53-80; 8 yrs.)
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1997
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9
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10
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0
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3-4
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T5th
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Kathy Barnard
(9-10; 1 yr.)
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Monica Bertsch, Elizabeth Byrne
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1998
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7
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10
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0
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1-6
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7th
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Angela Rudert
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Kelly Molloy, Rebecca Cannom
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1999
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8
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9
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0
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1-6
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7th
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Angela Rudert
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Rebecca Cannom, Michelle Degen
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2000
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8
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11
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0
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1-6
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7th
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Angela Rudert
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Ngozi Amobi
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2001
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13
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9
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0
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2-5
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T5th
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Angela Rudert
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Ngozi Amobi
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2002
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11
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9
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0
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1-6
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T7th
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Angela Rudert
(47-48; 5 yrs.)
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Danielle DelPrete, Suzanne Wright
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2003
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2
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14
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0
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0-7
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8th
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Tom Brownlie
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Nicole Chiu, Kate Sternberg
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2004
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7
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9
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0
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1-6
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T7th
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Tom Brownlie
(9-23; 2 yrs.)
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Erika Takeuchi, Melissa Tu
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2005
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9
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9
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0
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1-6
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8th
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Laura Glitz
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Melissa Tu
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2006
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8
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8
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0
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2-5
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6th
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Laura Glitz
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Mollie Edinson, Liying Wang
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2007
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10
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6
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0
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3-4
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5th
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Laura Glitz
(27-23; 3 yrs.)
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Kasia Preneta, Nisha Suda
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2008
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9
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7
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0
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2-5
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6th
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Rob Weiss
(9-7; 1 yr.)
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Dana Cruite, Shayna Miller
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2009
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6
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14
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0
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2-5
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T5th
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Barry Schoonmaker
(6-14; 1 yr.)
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Shayna Miller
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2010
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12
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10
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0
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2-5
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6th
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David Geatz
(12-10; 1 yr.)
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Ruxandra Dumitrescu, Susan Sullivan
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| 2011 |
9
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11
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0
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1-6 |
7th |
Mike Stevens
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Sinziana Chis, Ruxandra Dumitrescu |
| 2012 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
1-6 |
7th |
Mike Stevens
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Christine Ordway |
| 2013 |
14 |
4 |
0 |
3-4 |
5th |
Mike Stevens
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Christine Ordway, Sarah O'Neil |
| 2014 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
0-7 |
8th |
Mike Stevens |
Ryann Young |
| 2015 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
3-4 |
T-5th |
Mike Stevens |
Dena Tanenbaum |
| 2016 |
15 |
8 |
0 |
4-3 |
T-2nd |
Mike Stevens |
Dena Tanenbaum |
| 2017 |
15 |
6 |
0 |
5-2 |
T-1st |
Mike Stevens |
Priyanka Shah |
| 2018 |
7 |
13 |
0 |
1-6 |
7th |
Mike Stevens |
Priyanka Shah |
| 2019 |
6 |
16 |
0 |
0-7 |
8th |
Mike Stevens
(91-87; 9 yrs.) |
Mariko Iinuma |
| 2020 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
0-0 |
n/a |
Milo Johnson |
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Totals
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306
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375
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0
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1971
Cornell begins to field a fall tennis squad. The Big Red competes in the club circuit under Coach Gwen Ritchie.
1972
Cornell officially begins official matches, competing in the fall. Cornell defeats Ithaca College 6-1 in its first match for the team’s first win. Cornell’s top three singles, Julia Barash, Koren Krinsky, and Wendy Zurn, combine to go 16-1 on the year.
1973
Cornell defeats Colgate, 5-0, in its first ever spring match. Julia Barash defeats Colgate’s Ginger Kraus, 6-1, 6-2, to lead the Big Red charge. Cornell ties for third at the Seven Sisters Ivy League Tournament. Karen Krinsky ends the season with an overall set record of 25-5 and Wendy Zurn goes 23-5.
1974
Cornell goes 8-0 in the fall, the most wins the program would have in its fall season history. Cornell goes on to win first at the New York State Championship. The team never loses more than two points in a single match, and has an overall set record of 44-10.
1975
Helen Johnson ’78 wins the New York State singles championship, while the team finishes in second place overall.
1976
The Big Red finishes second at the New York State Tournament. Helen Johnson goes undefeated in the fall, and singles as a whole combine to go 31-14 overall.
1977
Helen Johnson finishes second at states singles championship, including an upset over the No. 1 seed in the semifinals. Ann Updegrove and Debbie Donovan make it to the third round of the ECAC tournament at doubles, before getting eliminated by the #6 seed. The duo would advance to the second round of consolation before having to face the #2 seed in the tournament.
1978
In the spring of 1978, the team wins 20 of a possible 21 points in wins over Wells, William Smith, and Binghamton. Barb Koch is named head coach.
1981
Steve Medoff is named head coach.
1982
Cornell places 12th out of 31 teams at the Eastern Collegiate Tennis Tournament.
1983
It is the inaugural season of EITA women’s tennis league (later known as the Ivy League). Cornell goes 0-6 to finish in seventh place. Helen Johnson ’78 is inducted into Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame after posting a career 35-3 record and serving as No. 1 singles for two seasons.
1984
Cornell wins the New York State Championships in what many consider the “finest fall season ever.” Jana Klein goes 4-0 at No. 1 singles, as does Linda Manastyer at No. 4. Cornell went 22-2 in singles matches. Lauren Levine and Carolyn Savage joined up to finish second at the state doubles championship, ahead of teammates Cici Cryer and Anne Meinig who finished third.
1985
Cornell takes its second straight NYS Championship after Jana Klein defeated Fordham’s Elisa Frey 6-4, 6-3 in the deciding match. Barbara Prins makes it to the singles finals after upsetting the #1 seed, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Anne Meinig and Lauren Levine are doubles champions and the Savage and Cummis team win the consolation rounds.
1988
Linda Myers named head coach.
1989
Cornell finishes second at NYS Tournament after an impressive 2-1 fall campaign where the team was invited to the prestigious Syracuse Invitational.
1990
Doubles team of Kenas-Beckenback advance to second round of ITCA Tournament, which featured 66 Division I tennis teams in the east. The duo lost a very close match to the second seed out of Georgetown. It was the first time the Big Red had advanced past the first round.
1991
Judy Beckenbach takes over first singles for Cornell. She defeats the No. 2 and 3 ranked players in the NYS Tournament en route to a second place finish.
1994
It was a year of firsts for the Big Red. Olga Itskhoki becomes first ever player named first team all-EITA. Cornell has its first ever non-last place EITA finish, finishing in third place. Cornell defeats many Ivy League foes for the first time, including the first win against Penn in 14 attempts, the first win against Brown in 12 attempts, the first win against Dartmouth in 11 attempts, and the first win against Columbia in nine attempts. The 5-2 victory over Dartmouth was also the first ever match played at new Reis Tennis Center.
1995
Olga Itskhoki named EITA Player of the Year, the first year the award was given as well as earning first-team all EITA. The Big Red finishes in second place in the Ivy League with a 5-2 record. The season included the team’s first ever wins against Yale and Princeton after 12 straight losses to both teams respectively.
1996
Olga Itskhoki goes 21-1 and is named EITA Player of the Year. She led team to 13-3 record and was also named second team Academic All-American. Cornell has its best ever spring season by going 13-3, which earned the Big Red its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Kathy Barnard named head coach.
1997
Reis Tennis Center outdoor courts open.
1998
Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association now called Ivy League. Angela Rudert named head coach.
2000
Suzanne Wright is named first team-All Ivy unanimously, only the second Big Red to earn such an honor. She is 15-6 on the year, including a 6-1 record against the Ivy League at number one singles.
2001
Suzanne Wright is named first team-All Ivy yet again, ending with a 17-8 record. She dominates at number one singles, winning 63 percent of her matches.
2002
Suzanne Wright is named first team-All Ivy for the third consecutive year, becoming only the second Big Red to do so. She finishes with her best record yet, a 19-4 record, including 16-4 at the number one singles spot. Tom Brownlie is named head coach.
2003
Peter ’61 and Nancy ’62 Meinig and their children, Anne Meinig Smalling ’87, Kathryn Meinig Geib MBA ’93, and Sally Meinig Snipes endow the women’s head coaching position in the fall of 2003 in memory of Peter’s father, Carl Meinig ’31. Carl was a sprinter on the Big Red track team who loved Cornell and Cornell athletics.
2004
Laura Glitz is named head coach.
2006
Olga Itskhoki Harvey ’96 is inducted into Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame with a career record of 21-0 against Ivy League opponents and a 53-3 overall record. She was No.1 singles player for three years and a three-time team MVP.
2007
Former NCAA singles champion and seven-year ATP professional Rob Weis named head coach. Cornell defeats Harvard for the first time. Harvard was the only Ivy League team the Big Red had not defeated, and had lost 25 consecutive matches to the Crimson.
2008
Barry Schoonmaker becomes the interim women's tennis coach.
2009
David Geatz becomes the head coach of both the men's and the women's tennis programs.
2011
The Big Red finishes the season ranked 10th in the Northeast Region under first-year head coach Mike Stevens. Sophomore Christine Ordway emerges at the No. 1 singles slot and is awarded the team's MVP honor, while also settling in as the region's 13th-ranked player in the region by season's end.
2012
Sarah O'Neil '13 and Lauren Frazier '15 became the first Cornell women's tennis players to earn All-Ivy League First Team recognition in doubles. O'Neil was also named the team's most valuable player and most improved player, ascending the No. 1 position in singles and earning All-Ivy League Second Team honors. The team went 9-10 on the season.
2013
Continuity paid off, leading to a program record of 14 victories, three wins in the Ivy League for just the second time in the last 16 years, and three All-Ivy League winners. After losing no letterwinners to graduation in 2012, the Big Red added an impact freshman class buoyed by the everyday contributions of Dena Tanenbaum and Laila Judeh. The experienced Big Red was the final Division I team in the country to lose a match, thanks to an 11-0 record in nonleague matches. Senior Sarah O’Neil was named the team’s most valuable player for a second straight season and became the team’s first three-time All-Ivy winner since 2002. She was named to the second team for singles, where she posted a 9-6 record exclusively from the No. 1 position. Sophomore Lauren Frazier became the program’s first two-time All-Ivy selection in doubles, where she was placed on the second team with junior Ryann Young. The duo was 5-1 in Ivy League play, including a perfect 4-0 mark from the No. 2 position. It was the first All-Ivy honor for Young, who was 13-5 overall in doubles.
2014
A young squad was battle tested in a 7-10 campaign. Marika Cusick ’17 won a team-high 12 matches in her collegiate debut, just one ahead of classmate Alexandra D’Ascenzo. The duo routinely played in the top half of the singles lineup with Dena Tanenbaum ’16. The team had a five-match winning streak in March, including a 6-1 victory over an Army team that entered the clash with a 16-1 record.
2015
Without any seniors on its roster, the Big Red was able to post a three-win improvement in its league record from the previous season — which is the program's biggest Ivy jump from one season to the next since 1994. The Big Red won three Ivy League matches for just the third time since 1997. Dena Tanenbaum '16 (singles) and Alexandra D’Ascenzo '17 (doubles) both earned All-Ivy League Second Team honors. The Big Red ultimately finished on the outskirts of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Top 75 teams, but it knocked off three ranked opponents. The final such match was April 3 against Harvard, when Priyanka Shah '18 and Jane Stewart '16 won third sets in their respective singles matches to clinch the Big Red’s second victory over Harvard in 38 all-time meetings. With the 5-2 victory, Cornell pushed its season-best winning streak to seven matches.
