Women's Basketball

Ithaca College

45 Hill Center - Ithaca, NY - 14850
Team Office: Tel: (607) 274-3179 Fax: (607) 274-1671
Team website: bombers.ithaca.edu/

Founded in 1892 originally as a school of music and later, theatre arts, Ithaca College is a private institution now offering over 50 programs including Cinema and Photography, Sports Media, Gerontology, Legal Studies, Journalism, and Exercise Science. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Ithaca College #7 among universities in the north offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Ithaca (pop. 25k) , a real college town, in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.

School website
www.ithaca.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

6,400

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult: SAT 25/75: 1070-1280

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$39,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Radio and Television - Business - Music

Misc. Information

Head coach Dan Raymond completed his 8th season at Ithaca in 2007-08. In his brief tenure he has had five 20+ winning seasons and six NCAA appearances, advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time ever. In his first two years he garnered COTY honors. Inheriting a good, but not great program in 2000-01, Raymond has transformed the Bombers into one of the most successful programs in the northeast. Prior to his arrival, Raymond served three years as an assistant coach at Cortland and one year as a head coach, going 16-11. In 2007-08, the Bombers went 16-10.

Team Name	Bombers
Colors	Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	494-288 (.631)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	16-10	16-12	12-14	109-30 (.784)
Conference	14-2	10-4	9-5	63-7 (.900)
Conf. Finish	2	2	3	1, 1, 2, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	1st Rnd	n/a	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Dan Raymond
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Ithaca	2000-01
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	132-58(.694)
Record at Ithaca	132-58 (.694)
Coaching Awards	Empire 8 COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Alex Ivansheck, Gabrielle Doemel, Kayan Brown

Recruiting Coordinator

Dan Raymond, (607) 274-3179, draymond@ithaca.edu

Conference and Schedule

Ithaca plays in the Empire 8 (www.empire8.com) which is comprised of eight private schools, all in New York. The 14 game conference season gets underway in January. Ithaca will play each team twice, home and away. Games are often played on Fridays and Saturdays and are piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the Empire 8 tourney which takes the top four teams. Higher seeds host. Winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Alfred University, Elmira College, Hartwick College, St. John Fisher, Nazareth College, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Utica College

Facilities

Ben Light Gym
Capacity: 2,600. Attendance: ?