NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As the Yale volleyball team prepares for the 2023 fall season, head coach Erin Appleman enters her 20th year in New Haven as the program’s winningest coach with a chance to add to the long list of extraordinary accomplishments on her watch.
If 2022 is any indication, the program is still ascending.
Appleman led the program last season to its 11th Ivy League title during her tenure in New Haven. At one point, the team won 17 consecutive matches – the second-longest streak in the nation at the time.
Yale finished 23-3 overall – the program’s highest win total since 1996. The Bulldogs last season also captured the Ivy League’s post-season tournament to earn Yale’s seventh NCAA appearance under Appleman.
Last fall, Appleman surpassed the 200-win mark in Ivy League play and stands at 213-54 against conference opponents with a .798 winning percentage. Since 2016, Yale is 67-16 against Ivy League foes.
Simply put, Appleman is one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history in any sport and is still going strong.
“Erin’s done an incredible job creating a winning culture for Yale Volleyball,” said Victoria M. “Vicky” Chun, Thomas A. Beckett Director of Athletics. “It is no surprise that the Yale volleyball program has seen a high level of success over the last 20 years”