Ithaca women's basketball news

  • No. 18/19 Women’s Basketball Lead from Start to Finish in First Round Win over La Roche
    March 03, 2023
  • Hoopsville: Final Week
    February 20, 2023
    The final week of the regular season is here. Teams will be clinching AQs to the NCAA Tournaments while others hope their resumes will be strong enough to be invited. On Monday's Hoopsville, we get ready for conference tourney time. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!
  • Hoopsville: Top 16 Seeds
    February 16, 2023
    In a Hoopsville exclusive, the DIII National Committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here.
  • Ithaca, HSU solidify top spots
    February 04, 2023
    No. 15 Ithaca held off Skidmore to stay in first place in the Liberty League while No. 8 Hardin-Simmons all but ended the race for first in the ASC. Elsewhere, the OAC and Landmark each had one ranked team rally to victory and another fall short on the road. Read about it in our recap Saturday's women's recap.
  • Rallying four the win
    November 19, 2022
    No. 7 Smith and No. 20 Ithaca rallied in the fourth quarter and pushed their record to 4-0 on the road while Ella McKinney’s strong fourth quarter lifted No. 1 Hope to its fourth win. Read about it here.
  • Early returns favor W&J, WPI
    November 08, 2022
    The polls are closed and we're projecting Election Night victories for the Presidents (of W&J) and John Adams (of WPI). Read about those victories, plus two pre-Cortaca Jug battles in our first recap of the 2022-23 season.
  • THREE IN A ROW! No. 23 Ithaca Claims Liberty League Title in Emphatic Win Over St. Lawrence
    February 27, 2022
    ITHACA, N.Y. – Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament, Grace Cannon and senior Cara Volpe combined for 41 points to guide the Ithaca College women's basketball team to a hard-fought win over St. Lawrence for their third consecutive Liberty League title. A 42-25 second half rally by the Bombers, spearheaded by several clutch plays by Emily Dorn secured the 70-58 victory. With the win, Ithaca improved to 24-3 overall and IC will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament – the selection show will be held on their website at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.
  • New women's Top 25
    February 21, 2022
    Our last poll of the season before the NCAA Tournament bracket is released includes the first appearance of the season for Ithaca College. Plus DePauw returns to the Top 10 and Scranton continues to climb.
  • Saturday women: Still the one
    February 19, 2022
    No. 17 Scranton and Ithaca continued their run of conference titles while No. 1 Christopher Newport pulled away from Salisbury in its regular season finale. Mary-Hardin Baylor and Messiah will still be the one-seed in their playoffs, but they'll enter them on a down note. Read about it here.
  • Wednesday: The late shows
    November 17, 2021
    UW-La Crosse and Stockton beat the clocks and their opponents on Wednesday night while Rowan and Marymount didn't use their shot clocks much at all. On the women's side, the Bombers dropped No. 12 Scranton and No. 3 Trine rallied past Benedictine.
  • Sweet 16: Scranton, St. Thomas win thrillers
    March 08, 2019
    Scranton rallied past Christopher Newport and into the sectional finals in dramatic fashion while St. Thomas eliminated defending champions Amherst in overtime. Elsewhere Wartburg, Tufts and Wash U. won with defense and Ithaca edged DeSales.
  • First round: Saints rally, Thunder roll
    March 02, 2018
    Marymount rallied from a four-point deficit to beat MIT while Trine and George Fox won their first round showdowns with ranked foes. Elsewhere Amherst's defense set a new record and Ithaca ousted SUNY Geneseo.
  • Women's Top 25 poll released
    December 11, 2017
    Puget Sound was the only ranked team to lose last week and the only team to exit the poll. Ithaca takes the Loggers' place and the bottom of the rankings shuffles with Juniata and Marietta moving up. Get the full rankings here.
  • Ithaca Holds on to Beat RIT, 65-62, in NCAA First Round
    March 03, 2017
    ITHACA, N.Y. – In front of a capacity crowd inside Ben Light Gymnasium on Friday evening, the Ithaca College women’s basketball team defeated visiting Rochester Institute of Technology in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship. Ithaca has now won 14 straight games and improves to 25-3 on the season heading into tomorrow’s matchup with SUNY New Paltz.
  • CHAMPS! Ithaca Defeats Stevens in E8 Title Game, 77-74
    February 25, 2017
    HOBOKEN, N.J. – The Ithaca College women’s basketball team punched its ticket to the NCAA Division III Championship with a 77-74 victory over Stevens Institute of Technology in the Empire 8 Conference title game inside Canavan Arena on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Ithaca is now 24-3 on the season and extends its winning streak to 13 consecutive contests.
  • Ithaca Advances in E8 Tournament with 63-55 Win over Hartwick
    February 24, 2017
    HOBOKEN, N.J. – The Ithaca College women's basketball team will play for an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships tomorrow afternoon after a 63-55 victory over Hartwick College in the Empire 8 Conference semifinals on Friday evening inside Canavan Arena in Hoboken, N.J. Ithaca, now 23-3 on the season and making its 10th straight trip to the Empire 8 final, will take on host and top-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology (16-9) at 4 p.m. The Bombers have now won 12 consecutive games.
  • Saturday women: Headed for higher ground
    February 11, 2017
    The HCAC will go through Terre Haute since Rose-Hulman secured the top seed with its win over Manchester. Scranton edged Catholic to split their season series while Kenyon tripped DePauw and Penn St-Harrisburg stunned Mary Washington. That and more in today's recap.
  • Ithaca Women’s Basketball Secures 60-49 Win over Hartwick on Senior Day
    February 11, 2017
    ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's basketball team came away with a 60-49 Empire 8 Conference victory on Saturday afternoon over Hartwick College inside Ben Light Gymnasium on Senior Day. Ithaca improves to 20-3 on the season and 12-2 in the Empire 8 behind a career performance from junior Jordan Beers, who scored a career-high 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting, including 14 points in the fourth quarter.
  • Complexity of the conference shuffle
    January 27, 2017
    This season Carroll from the Midwest Conference back to the CCIW. Merchant Marine did the same, rejoining the Skyline from the Landmark. Ithaca and Sage will move soon, and others will follow. Why do these moves happen? Why don't they happen when geography suggest they should?
  • Ithaca Women’s Basketball Cruises to 98-54 Win at Elmira
    January 21, 2017
    ELMIRA, N.Y. – Junior Jordan Beers put together a near perfect shooting performance on Saturday afternoon to help the Ithaca College women’s basketball team defeat Elmira College on the road, 98-54. Beers led all scorers in the game with 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor, 4-for-4 from 3-point range and 3-for-3 at the free throw line. With the victory, Ithaca improves to 13-3 on the season and 5-2 in the Empire 8 Conference.
  • Ithaca Women’s Basketball Deals St. John Fisher 68-46 Loss
    January 12, 2017
    PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women’s basketball team improved to 10-2 on the season and 2-1 in the Empire 8 Conference with a convincing 68-46 victory at St. John Fisher College on Thursday evening inside Manning and Napier Gymnasium. St. John Fisher drops to 4-8 overall and 1-2 in the conference.
  • Ithaca Women’s Basketball Upends New Paltz, 78-50
    January 10, 2017
    ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's basketball team led by as many as 42 points on Tuesday evening and cruised to a 78-50 victory over New Paltz inside Ben Light Gymnasium to improve to 9-2 on the season. Ithaca forced New Paltz to turn the ball over 30 times, which translated for 31 points in the game. New Paltz is now 5-7 on the year.
  • Ithaca Women’s Basketball Rolls Past Alfred, 92-58
    January 03, 2017
    ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women’s basketball team kicked off 2017 with a 92-58 Empire 8 Conference victory over Alfred University on Tuesday evening in Ben Light Gymnasium in what was both teams’ conference openers. Ithaca raises its record to 8-1 on the season, while Alfred falls to 2-8 overall.
  • Hoopsville: Semester Finale
    December 18, 2016
    Hoopsville has one more show before the Christmas break - the Semester Finale. What teams are off to good starts and what does the pulse of Division III feel like right now. Guests from Elizabethtown, Ithaca, and NJCU along with a regional report from the Northeast all On Demand right now!
  • Saturday women: Use the fourth
    December 10, 2016
    Big fourth quarters propelled Ithaca, Montclair State and UW-Oshkosh to wins in different ways. The Bombers rallied past No. 9 Rochester on the road while Montclair State pulled away from Rowan and Oshkosh put away Wheaton in the final periods. Get the full recap from the day.
  • Ithaca Women’s Basketball Upsets No. 9 Rochester, 73-67
    December 10, 2016
    ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A 29-point fourth quarter propelled the Ithaca College women's basketball team to a 73-67 upset victory over No. 9 the University of Rochester on Saturday afternoon at the Louis Alexander Palestra. With the win, Ithaca improves to 7-1 on the season, while Rochester falls to 6-2.
  • Bombers away: Ithaca lands in LL
    December 17, 2015
    The Liberty League has been looking for new members to help it keep its AQ in football. They found one in Ithaca that will join the conference in all sports, including basketball. Read about the move here.
  • Balling in a winter wonderland
    November 18, 2015
    What keeps you warm as the months grow cold? Around the East columnist Andrew Lovell always associates winter with Division III basketball, and you probably do, too. Here's a quick glance ahead at the conference races.
  • Rebounding Leads Ithaca To First-Round Win
    March 06, 2015
    Five players scored in double figures and Ithaca held a 50-27 rebounding advantage in an 82-72 first-round victory over Mount St. Vincent.
  • Ithaca Women's Basketball Scores 104 in Win Over Utica
    January 30, 2015
    The Ithaca College women's basketball team defeated the Utica Pioneers 104-47 in an Empire 8 showdown on Friday Jan. 30 in Ben Light Gymnasium. The Bombers now advance to 14-4 on the season and 8-1 in the conference.
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