Spring 2026 Sports Preview
The Ithaca College men’s tennis team does not have a Liberty League Championship playoff win on its program resume, but is aiming for the title with a second year head coach and a hefty and balanced roster after compiling a 6-10 record in 2024-25.
This year, the Bombers have 13 players, which includes a strong balance of experience with six upperclassmen and youthfulness with seven underclassmen, compared to eight total players on the entire roster in 2024-25. The Bombers have strength in their depth, something they struggled with in the past.
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With a mix of new and old faces, the Ithaca College women’s tennis team is working to push past its growing pains. The Bombers finished last season with a 6-12 record, their third in a row below 50%. Now, the team is 3-2 after starting the season, with three back-to-back victories against Hartwick College, Daemen University and Drew University.
The team is led by second-year head coach Mari Mitchell. Mitchell took to the helm after men’s and women’s head coach Tom Rishcoff transitioned into just coaching the men’s team in 2024. Despite the numbers, Mitchell said she is looking for a repeat of last season’s pacing.
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After finishing the 2025 season 10-9 overall and returning to the Liberty League playoffs for the first time since 2021, the Ithaca College men’s lacrosse team enters this spring with hunger and unfinished business.
This season, there is an organizational belief that this team can get back to the Liberty League semifinals and make a run for an NCAA berth for the first time since 2018.
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It is officially the beginning of spring sports at Ithaca College, which marks the start of the Ithaca College women’s lacrosse 2026 season. The Bombers finished their 2025 season with a 14-7 overall record, earning them a spot in the NCAA Division III Championship after securing their second title as Liberty League Champions in back-to-back seasons. After going 7-3 in Liberty League play and advancing to NCAAs, the Bombers’ season ended when they lost in the second round to No. 2 Middlebury College 20-5.
However, this season, the Bombers are setting their sights on their goals with renewed determination and a fresh set of challenges ahead. The Bombers are focusing on keeping their gameplay smoother so that they can focus on regular season matchups more beneficially along with their main goal of earning their third Liberty League title.
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Following back-to-back years of Liberty League titles, the Ithaca College men’s rowing team has not drifted from its end goal of reaching the podium at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship. This year, the team is taking a new approach to get there.
The Bombers chased a Liberty League title for six years before capturing their first in 2024. Since then, their sights have been set on the national podium. For the 2026 season, the goal of the podium encapsulated the team’s mentality.
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Entering the 2026 season, looking to win its eighth consecutive Liberty League Championship, the Ithaca College women’s rowing team will turn to its young rowers to power it through the rough waters of losing key members of the team.
The team still has its eyes locked on a Liberty League title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament that comes with the trophy, but is sitting on a rebuild year. The Bombers welcome a strong new class of 13 first-year rowers compared to last year’s class of nine, which includes a mix of recruited athletes and walk-ons.
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After a heartbreaking end to the 2025 season, the Ithaca College baseball team is returning with a fresh lineup that will be quite different from what the Bombers have trotted out the past couple of seasons. To help fill that lineup, the Bombers have brought in a first-year class that is 17 deep, the biggest since 2021.
The Liberty League title was not the only thing the Bombers left behind in 2025. The team graduated six of its nine starters from the team’s Liberty League Championship game, including mainstays like outfielder Collin Feeney ’25, shortstop Riley Brawdy ’25 and third baseman Ryan Laubscher ’25.
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The Ithaca College softball team is coming off its best season since 2019, making it all the way to the Division III postseason tournament in May 2025 before falling to Texas Lutheran University in the Regional round. This time around, it looks to return to the tournament and potentially advance even further.
Head coach Kelly Robichaud ’16 said that playoff experience was invaluable to the team and that recreating that pressure in practice is emphasized.
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The Ithaca College men’s track and field team gears up for its spring season just weeks after its indoor Liberty League Championships conclude Feb. 27 and Feb. 28.
Although the Bombers begin competing in December and finish in May, they consider their “real” season underway once they start training and competing outdoors. With a brand new outdoor track that opened in October 2025, the spring track and field season means something extra in 2026.
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After finishing in second place in the Liberty League Championship and placing 28th in the NCAA championship in the 2025 season, the Ithaca College women’s track and field team prepares to come back stronger in the 2026 spring season.
The Bombers have proven to be key pieces on the roster and have strong depth. The Bombers also have a shiny new advantage, the ability to train right on campus with the opening of the new Egan Family Track and Field complex, which opened in October 2025.
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Riding the momentum of three first-place finishes in Fall 2025, including a fourth straight St. Lawrence Invitational title, the Ithaca College women’s golf team hopes to claim its second Liberty League crown after finishing third last year and in a tie for second in 2024.
Despite losing Annika Michel ‘25 and Rheanna Decrow ‘25 from last season, this young and gritty Bombers squad looks to forge its own path and capture its second Liberty League Championship since the 2021 Spring season. With three returning golfers bringing veteran experience and leadership, the team will eye a late-season push in April and late May to bring the hardware back to Ithaca College.
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