Team History
Former coach Ann Koger founded the Haverford College volleyball program in 1980-81 when she pulled together the first-ever Fords volleyball squad with only one class of women to draw upon.
Koger, a former star herself at Morgan State (Md.), remained the sole head coach of the volleyball team for 17 years, with one season off to finish her doctorate in education. The team soon gained respectability with Tamra Siegel '86 emerging as Haverford's first real volleyball ace.
The Fords achieved an initial playoff berth in their Middle Atlantic Conference days and have made four consecutive appearances in the Centennial Conference playoffs. Alisa Bieber '97 helped the team make the transition to Centennial membership. Koger stepped down as volleyball head coach after the 1996 season to focus on her other duties as an athletic administrator and women's tennis head coach at Haverford.
Under Jim Haney, Haverford improved each year by defeating several scholarship opponents and challenging many regionally and nationally ranked teams. In 1999, the Fords enjoyed their first winning season in a decade, then they exploded to a 30-6 mark in 2000 and a share of their first-ever regular season Centennial Conference title with an 8-2 record (21-12 overall) in 2001.
Amy Bergin has carried on Haney's successful tradition since taking over the Fords in 2002. In her first two years, the Fords amassed a 41-20 overall record and made back-to-back appearances in the Centennial Conference playoffs. Jen Constantino '04, who set numerous Haverford records and won the college's Varsity Cup while playing for Haney and Bergin, earned four straight First Team All-Centennial Conference honors as well as academic all-district recognition. Setter Steph Frank '03 and outside hitter Jelyn Meyer '04 rank among the college's all-time statistical leaders and were mainstays of the Fords' recent playoff teams. In 2003, the Fords - led by tournament co-MVPs Constantino and Meyer - won the Seven Sisters Championship for the first time in school history.