Softball History

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Team Game Records


Year	W	L	T	Ivy League	Ivy Finish	Coach
1994	10	31	0	0-10	6th	Jim Johnston
1995	6	35	1	2-10	7th	Jim Johnston
1996	17	20	0	3-9	t-5th	Dick Blood
1997	35	15	0	7-5	4th	Dick Blood
1998	37	9	0	8-4	t-2nd	Dick Blood
1999	41	11	0	11-1	1st	Dick Blood
2000	30	16	0	5-7	t-5th	Dick Blood
2001	36	18	0	11-3	t-1st	Dick Blood
2002	31	22	0	8-6	3rd	Dick Blood
2003	31	7	0	10-4	2nd	Dick Blood
2004	42	13	0	10-4	t-1st	Dick Blood
2005	29	17	1	10-4	2nd	Dick Blood
2006	32	23	0	11-3	2nd	Dick Blood
2007	35	14	0	13-7	2nd-South	Dick Blood
2008	40	10	0	16-4	2nd-South	Dick Blood
2009	42	13	0	17-3	1st-South	Dick Blood
2010	37	15	0	17-3	1st-South	Dick Blood
2011	27	22	1	12-7	1st-South	Dick Blood
2012	25	23	0	15-5	T-1st-South	Dick Blood
2013	21	29	0	8-12	T-3rd-South	Dick Blood
2014	18	26	0	8-10	4th - South	Dick Blood
2015	17	24	0	8-12	3rd - South	Dick Blood
2016	9	32	0	3-17	4th - South	Julie Farlow
2017	13	28	1	6-14	4th - South	Julie Farlow
2018	15	25	0	10-11	5th	Julie Farlow
2019	10	36	0	5-16	t-7th	Julie Farlow
2020	4	5	0	0-0	N/A	Julie Farlow
Totals	690	539	4	234-191

1993
The Cornell Department of Athletics and Physical Education announces on Feb. 10 that it will add softball as a varsity sport beginning with the 1994 campaign

1994
Cornell plays its first varsity contest on March 21, 1994 with the Big Red sweeping Maryland-Eastern Shore on the road by scores of 6-3 and 7-0 en route to a 10-31 campaign.

1995
Cornell has several memorable games among its 6-35-1 campaign. The Big Red wins its first two games of the season at Coppin State by a combined 69-4 score, including a 43-4 five-inning victory in game one punctuated by a 20-run fifth-inning. Michelle LaFornara goes 7-for-7 in game with and hits for the cycle with two doubles, a triple and a home run to lead an offense that had 34 hits and took advantage of 14 Eagle errors. In game two, Cornell posts its biggest shutout in school history, outscoring Coppin State 26-0.The Big Red also wins its first-ever Ivy game after 17 straight losses to start the program with a 7-5 win over Dartmouth. Sophomore Jessica Greig is named All-Ivy second team.

1996
Head coach Dick Blood takes over the Cornell softball program and improves the squad's record to 17-20 in year one. Julie Platt hits a then-school record .423 and freshman pitcher Julie Westbrock goes 16-10 on the mound with a 1.93 earned run average to capture Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors.

1997
The Big Red has its breakthrough season, going 35-15 and winning the ECAC tournament, while also posting its first winning Ivy League mark with a 7-5 record. Cornell won 20 of its final 25 games, including a win over Maryland and a 6-3 triumph over Harvard in the ECAC title game. Sophomore Julie Westbrock is named the MVP of the ECAC tournament after picking up two wins and a save in Cornell's three victories. Cornell has its first-ever All-Ivy first-team selections in Westbrock and outfielder Laura Steigerwalt, while senior Jessica Greig is named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team.

1998
The Big Red went 37-9 during the regular season and earned a second consecutive bid to the ECAC tournament, but rain foiled its opportunity to repeat as champions as the event was cancelled. Cornell posted a 22-game win streak during the year and led the Ivy League with a .328 batting average, setting school records for runs, hits, home runs and RBI en route to an 8-4 mark in Ancient Eight play. Allison Batten sets a single-game school record with three home runs in a win at Siena on April 30. Cornell also dedicated Niemand*Robison Field on April 25 with a sweep of Dartmouth after playing its first contests at home on April 10 with a sweep of Princeton. The Big Red wins its first seven games at its new field.

1999
Cornell wins its first Ivy League title and makes its first appearance in the NCAA tournament, recording a 41-11 mark (11-1 Ivy League). The Big Red would drop NCAA games to Texas and Michigan State. Senior Julie Westbrock hurls the program's first no-hitter with a seven-inning, two-walk, four-strikeout complete game aginst Towson on March 26, then Nicole Zitarelli matches that more than a month later with a five-inning no-hitter against Niagara with six strikeouts and a walk on May 4 vs. Niagara. Westbrock was named the league's Pitcher of the Year and the Cornell Daily Sun Senior Athlete of the Year. Eva Nahorniak was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and was a unanimous first-team all-conference pick.

2000
Cornell reached the 30-win plateau for the fourth straight year with its 30-16 record as junior outfielder Charlotte Brombach and senior second baseman Tracy Quinn were named to the All-Ivy first team.

2001
The Big Red captures an Ivy League title and a trip to the NCAA tournament after knocking off Harvard in consecutive games on the road in a league playoff, 5-3 and 3-2. Cornell finished the year at 36-18 (11-3 Ivy League), going 24-6 in its final 30 games. Freshman Kate Varde was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and joined outfielder Erin Sweeney on the All-Ivy first-team. Cornell drops games to Louisiana State and Penn State in the Region III pod of the NCAA tournament. Freshman Melissa Cannon sets a school record with a nine-RBI game in a 14-10 victory over Brown and Allison Batten was named to the NFCA All-Region second team at third base.

2002
Cornell softball team was among the four teams invited to compete in the ECAC championship, finishing with a 30-20 mark an 8-6 mark in Ivy play, good for third place in the league. Freshman Lauren May became the second consecutive member of the Big Red to be named Ivy Rookie of the Year.

2003
The Big Red posted its highest win percentage ever (.816), compiling a 31-7 overall record to go along with a 10-4 mark in Ivy play, one game behind league champ Princeton. Six players captured All-Ivy honors, with junior Kate Varde earning first-team accolades for the third straight season. She also was an ECAC first-team all-star member and took home the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Mid-Atlantic region first team. Both pitcher Sarah Sterman and sophomore shortstop Lauren May were second-team all-region picks. Whitney Smith (6.0 innings, one walk, six strikeouts vs. George Washington on March 19) and Sterman (7.0 innings, one walk, two strikeouts vs, Oebb on April 19) throw no-hitters during the year.

2004
Cornell softball team set team and individual records, including its third trip to the NCAA tournament, where it upset No. 18 Long Beach State in the first round for head coach Dick Blood's 300th career win. The team broke the school record of 42 wins in a season. The Big Red put together an 18-game win streak that included a tournament title at the Dixie Classic and the coveted Ivy League championship. Junior Lauren Maywas named Ivy League Player of the Year and earned a spot on the NFCA All-America third-team, the first Cornellian to capture All-America honors in softball. She won the league's unofficial triple crown leading all Ivy players in batting average (.415), home runs (16) and RBI (56). Melissa Heintz was named to NCAA tournament All-Regional team and was one of six All-Ivy selections, taking a spot on the first team.

2005
Lauren May closed out her career as the most decorated Big Red softball player in school history, ending as the school's all-time leader in batting average (.415), slugging percentage (.814), home runs (58), RBI (190), hits (226), total bases (443) and walks (79). The two-time Ivy League Player of the Year was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I Softball Player of the Year after helping her squad to a 29-17-1 record overall. She set season school records with a .496 batting average and a .930 slugging percentage, ranking her third and first in the nation, respectively. May hits a walk-off grand slam in game one of a senior day doubleheader against Binghamton as part of a sweep of the Bearcats. Cornell placed second in the Ivy League and won 13 of its final 15 contests.

2006
Cornell posted a 32-23 overall mark and its 11-3 mark in the Ivy League was good for second place. Sophomore Jenna Campagnolo and senior Caitlin Warren were named to the All-Ivy First Team to lead four All-Ivy honorees. Whitney Smith becomes the first Cornell player to throw two career no-hitters with a five-inning perfect game vs. Norfolk State, striking out eight on March 10.

2007
The Big Red finished the season with a 35-14 record and went 13-7 against the Ancient Eight, finishing second in the South Division. Junior Jenna Campagnolo and freshman Alyson Intihar were unanimously named first-team All-Ivy, as well as to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic All-Region teams. Intihar received first-team honors in the utility position, while Campagnolo was named second-team as an outfielder. Additionally, Intihar was named to the 2007 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division I softball all-star team as a utility player. Cornell opens the season 12-0 for its best-ever start in school history.

2008
The Big Red led the nation in team batting (.351) and ranked in the top 10 in five different categories en route to a 40-10 overall record. The team finished in second place in the Ivy South division with a 16-4 mark. Head coach Dick Blood won his 400th game of his coaching career with an early-season victory over Delaware at the Spartan Classic. Jenna Campagnolo received her fourth All-Ivy first team nod, becoming the second Cornellian and 11th Ancient Eight student-athlete to do that. She was also named the Charles H. Moore Outstanding Senior Woman's Varsity Athlete at Cornell. The Big Red finished second in the Ivy South with a 16-4 record in conference play. Four players were named to the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District I teams with Ashley Wolf capturing first-team accolades.For the third time in program history, the Cornell pitching staff hurled a pair of no-hitters in the same season, with Ali Tomlinson (6.0 innings, two walks, eight strikeouts vs. Ithaca on April 23) and the combination of Jenn Meunier and Elizabeth Dalrymple (5.0 innings, three walks, five strikeouts vs. Norfolk State on March 9) complete the rarity.

2009
The Big Red finished the season as Ivy League South Division champions champions and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after winning two-of-three games in the Ivy League playoff against the North Division champion Dartmouth at Niemand*Robison Field. Junior shortstop Alyson Intihar was named the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year, while sophomore Elizabeth Dalrymple was a unanimous selection as the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year. Additionally, five players were named to the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District I teams, with Intihar joining Jessy Berkey, Elise Menaker and Meg Risica on the first team. Cornell finished the year 42-13 with a 17-3 mark in Ivy play.

2010
Cornell won its second straight Ivy League title, capturing the South Division crown and winning a best-of-three series against North champion Harvard. Senior Alyson Intihar was named Ivy League Player of the Year for the second straight season, while Elizabeth Dalrymple was named Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive year as well. They were joined on the All-Ivy first team by senior Elise Menaker, outfielder Shannon Crane and designated player Kristen Towne. Intihar became the conference's all-time leader in both hits and runs scored. Four players were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams, with Intihar, Menaker and Ali Tomlinson capturing first-team accolades. The Big Red finished the season 37-15 (17-3 Ivy) after losing in the NCAA regionals to No. 3 Arizona and No. 14 Oklahoma State.

2011
The Big Red won its third straight Ivy South Division title before dropping the championship series at Harvard, 2-0. Head coach Dick Blood became the school's all-time leader in coaching wins in one sport, ending the year with 542 victories. Senior pitcher Elizabeth Dalrymple set a school record for career strikeouts (641), a mark that sits fourth in Ivy history. Marissa Amiraian (first team) and Dalrymple (second team) were named to the Capital One Academic All-District teams. Cornell finished the season 27-22-1 for its 15th consecutive winning campaign.

2012
Cornell won its fourth straight Ivy South Division title, sharing it with Penn, before dropping a one-game division playoff to the Quakers. The Big Red won at least 25 games for the 16th straight season, more than every other school in the Ivy League has during that same period combined. Junior catcher Kristen Towne and sophomore outfielder Lauren Bucolo were each named to the All-Ivy first team, while sophomore second baseman Jenny Edwards and pitcher Alyson Onyon earned second-team accolades. Cornell finished the season 25-23 for its 16th consecutive winning campaign.

2013
Softball reached the 20-win plateau for the 17th straight year, more than twice as long as the next Ivy League school’s streak. Senior Erin Belles earned first-team All-Ivy accolades and Cornell played its first season on its new artificial turf field, highlighting phase one of the renovation of Niemand*Robison Field.