Ithaca College Women's Softball

Robichaud was named the sixth head coach in Ithaca College softball history in May 2023 and recently completed her fourth season leading the program in 2026. After serving three seasons as an assistant coach, Robichaud stepped in as interim head coach for the 2022–23 academic year. She guided the Bombers to a 25-10-1 regular season record and a 10-4 mark in Liberty League play, earning the No. 3 seed in the Liberty League Tournament, where they finished as runner-up. Ithaca concluded the season with a 27-12-1 overall record, with six players earning All-Liberty League honors. In 2024, the Bombers once again surpassed the 25-win mark, finishing the season at 26-14. Robichaud coached three NFCA Region III All-Region selections, including First Team honorees Haley Petrucci and Anna Cornell. Petrucci also earned Third Team CSC Academic All-America recognition after leading the Liberty League with 12 home runs—tied for the third-most in a single season in program history alongside Robichaud. The 2025 season marked another milestone, as Ithaca posted a 30-8 record and captured its first Liberty League Championship under Robichaud’s leadership. The Bombers led the conference in several key statistical categories, including batting average (.326), doubles (71), walks (115), earned run average (1.64), fielding percentage (.964), runs batted in (232), and total runs scored (249). Robichaud and her coaching staff were honored as the NFCA Region III Coaching Staff of the Year, capping off a standout season in which seven Bombers earned All-Liberty League honors. Among them, Anna Cornell and Sela Scheinman received NFCA Region III First Team and Second Team honors, respectively. Cornell went on to become the 20th NFCA All-American in Ithaca softball history and the program’s first honoree since Sydney Folk in 2012. IC went 23-12 in 2026 and reached the Liberty League Championship. Anna Bello was named NFCA All-Region to highlight postseason awards. During her time as a student-athlete at Ithaca, Robichaud played in 144 games, making 142 starts as both a catcher and a utility player.   Robichaud was named the Empire 8 Player of the Year following a stellar senior season in 2016. She finished with a .390 batting average after notching 41 hits, which included nine doubles, two triples and a conference-leading 12 homeruns.   She also picked up First-Team All-Empire 8 and National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Northeast Region First Team accolades.   As a junior Robichaud led IC with a .417 batting average and a team-high 45 hits and 12 doubles on the season. She also led the Bombers with 75 total bases and earned a First-Team All-Empire 8 selection.   Robichaud, who moved to the Boston area following her graduation from Ithaca, spent the 2019 softball season as an assistant coach at Emmanuel College, where she worked with hitters and catchers. 7/29/2026

Following a national search, Mike Blakely-Armitage '00 was elevated to head coach of the men's and women's swimming and diving programs in July 2023 and concluded his fourth season at the helm of both teams in 2025-26. The 2025-26 season was exceptional for both programs as IC swept the Liberty League Championship to run the women's string of consecutive titles to seven straight seasons, and was the first for the men's team since 2011-12. The 2023-24 season saw the women's program claim its fifth consecutive Liberty League Championship and the men's program finished as runners-up. The Bombers saw Kailee Payne earn All-Liberty League First Team in both 1-meter and 3-meter diving as she was also named the Liberty League Diver of the Meet and Diver of the Year. At NCAA's she was crowned the Individual National Champion on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. The men's program saw James Collishaw achieve All-American status for the third-straight season as he broke his own team record in the 100-yard freestyle with a 43.87 at the 2024 NCAA Division III National Championship, which was good for seventh place and his fifth career All-American finish.  Blakely-Armitage was in the midst of second stint as an assistant coach for the Ithaca men's swimming and diving program having rejoined the programs in 2019. Upon his graduation in 2000, Blakely-Armitage joined the men's swimming and diving staff from 2000 to 2004, while also assisting the women's swimming and diving program in 2004. During his time as an assistant at Ithaca College, the men's swimming and diving team won its first conference championship in 2001 and went on to win two more during his tenure. At the conclusion of the 2021-22 season, Blakely-Armitage was promoted to associate head coach of both the men's and women's swimming and diving programs. He helped guide the women’s program to their fourth-straight Liberty League Championship during the 2022-23 campaign where they shined during the four-day conference meet as they totaled 1,619 points holding off Vassar (1,277) and RPI (1,369). The IC men's program finished as runners-up with a team total of 1,538.5 team points as RIT won the Liberty League Championship totaling 1,782.5. The Bombers qualified a combined 14 swimmers and divers that competed in the 2023 NCAA Division III Championships, which saw seven All-American finishes. The 2021-22 season saw the Bombers win their third-straight Liberty League conference championship, while putting together an 18th place finish at the 2021-22 NCAA Division III Championships. The men finished second at the Liberty League conference meet, finished 18th as a team at NCAA's and had three All-American relays, three top eight finishes, and a national champion in Jack Wadsworth who also set the Division III record in the 100-yard backstroke. Prior to his return to South Hill, Blakely-Armitage served as the head men's swimming and diving coach at Ithaca High School for 10 years (2009-19) as well as the women's head coach from 2015-19. During his time with the Little Red, the men's team had a perfect 72-0 dual meet record and won eight Section IV titles, while notching 17 All-Americans and breaking three state records. The men's team also boasted four individual, three relay state champions and numerous Academic All-Americans during that time. On the women's side, the Little Red compiled a dual meet record of 27-1 and won three Section IV titles. Mike lives in Ithaca with his wife and three kids. He also likes to play with his puppies and enjoys time in the outdoors and exercising. 7/29/2026

Raymond earned D3hoops.coms East Region Coach of the Year honor for the third time in as many seasons and was recognized with a WBCA Victory Club Award for eclipsing the 300-wins mark. He has a career record of 330-119, highlighted by a 314-108 record at Ithaca. He is Ithaca's winningest women's basketball coach and has led the Bombers to the programs most successful era during his tenure as head coach. With 11 appearances in the NCAA playoffs, the Bombers have reached the second round seven times, the sweet 16 in 2003, 2013 and 2014 and the elite 8 in 2014. Raymond led the Bombers to a school-record 23 victories in 2001-02. The 2003-04 team tied that mark. His 2011-12 team snapped that record with 24 victories, before the 2012-13 squad rewrote it again with 27 wins. Amassing 11, 20-win seasons at IC, Raymond is an eight-time Empire 8 Coach of the Year. He earned that honor in each of his first two seasons and again in 2005 after leading the Bombers to league titles each year. Raymond won the award three straight years between 2009 and 2011, including 2010 when he guided Ithaca to an Empire 8 record of 16-0. Raymond earned the honor once again in 2013 after coaching Ithaca to its second straight Empire 8 Championship Tournament title. His most recent coach of the year accolade came during the 2014-15 season as the Bombers entered the E8 tournament as the top seed for the seventh-straight season. Ithaca claimed the NYSWCAA title during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. During his rookie year, he was one of only two first-year coaches in the 50-team NCAA playoff field. During Raymond's 14 years as head coach, he's coached the program's only five All-Americans. Stephanie Cleary was a second-team selection in 2005. Katherine Bixby, Jenn Escobido, Kathryn Campbell and Mary Kate Tierney all received honorable mention. Bixby did so in 2010, Escobido in 2012, Campbell in 2013 and Tierney in 2014. Raymond is a former head womens basketball coach at Cortland and a member of the mens basketball coaching staff at Ithaca. He spent the 1999-2000 season serving as head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach for the mens program at Ithaca. Raymond helped lead the Bombers to an 18-10 record and the programs first ECAC Upstate N.Y. tournament championship. He came to Ithaca from Le Moyne, where he spent a year as assistant womens basketball coach. He spent three years coaching at Cortland. After two years as an assistant coach, he served as head coach for the 1997-98 season. Raymond led the Red Dragons to a record of 16-11 and a spot in the ECAC playoffs. Cortland lost to eventual champion Ithaca in the semifinals. A 1997 graduate of Cortland, Raymond received his masters degree from Le Moyne. He has also been a member of Ithaca's softball staff, helping the Bombers to the NCAA World Series in 2008 and 2010.