Cornell University Athletics

Tambroni has made a positive impact on the team. The 2001 squad opened the season with a 7-3 record, the best mark after 10 games in the program's history. Tambroni was also instrumental in the development of second-team All-America selection Carissa Mirasol, Cornell's second field hockey player to ever earn All-America recognition.

In 2000, the Big Red earned a five-game winning streak and seemed on course to challenge for the league title before injuries and other circumstances claimed any momentum gained early in the season.

In her inaugural season in 1997, she led her squad to a 9-7 record and a 5-2 mark in the Ivy League. The nine victories tied the school record for wins in a season. The second-place finish with five wins in the conference broke the school record of four which was set in 1991. Over the last three years, the team has posted near-.500 records against extremely demanding schedules.

Before coming to Cornell, Tambroni was the head field hockey coach at Towson University since 1994. In 1996 Tambroni led the Tigers to an 11-7 record for the school's best slate since 1979. While at Towson, she coached three regional All-Americans and five all-conference selections. Her players broke both the school's individual and team scoring and assist records. She posted a 22-27 record in her three seasons with the Tigers. Towson's 6-10 record in 1995 was its best since the 1985 team posted a 7-7-1 mark.

Before taking the head coaching position at Towson, Tambroni was an assistant varsity field hockey coach at Yale from 1991-94. Besides working with the varsity squad, her Eli responsibilities were coaching the junior varsity team, evaluating and contacting prospective student-athletes, coordinating fundraising and supervising the off-season conditioning program.

A 1991 graduate of Penn State with a bachelor of arts degree in general arts and sciences, Tambroni was a Division I first-team All-American in 1990 and was a three-time regional All-America pick. In 1989, she was named the Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Player, and made the conference tournament team in 1989 and 1990. In 1989, she was chosen as an alternate for the Under-21 U.S. National team.

She finished her Nittany Lion career as the school's fourth-leading career goal scorer, tallying 43 times with 26 assists. In her three years competing at Penn State, she helped Coach Charlene Moret's squad compile a 54-13-2 record with three conference championships. The Lions played in the NCAA championship tournament three years in a row, reaching the semifinals in 1990 with a 21-4 record.

Tambroni has also worked with the United States Field Hockey Association as an administrative director of the futures program. In this role, she acted as a liaison between 500 athletes, the coaching staff and the national office; and supervised six months of Olympic development practice for the elite high school athletes in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Tambroni was an all-state field hockey player at Woodstock (Vt.) Union High School, playing for her mother, Coach Yvonne Frates, who is a legend in Vermont scholastic athletics.

She is married to Jeff Tambroni, head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Cornell. The couple resides in Ithaca with their one-year-old daughter, Carissa Lynne.

The Tambroni File

At Towson State
Year       W     L   Pct.
1994       5    10   .333
1995       6    10   .375
1996      11     7   .611
1994-96   22    27   .449


At Cornell
Year       W     L   Pct.
1997       9     7   .563
1998       6     9   .400
1999       8     9   .471
2000       8     9   .471
2001       7     9   .438
1997-01   38    43   .469