Ithaca College Athletics

Major Accomplishments:
2021 Liberty League All-Academic
Liberty League Performer of the Week- 9/19/2022
Liberty League Honor Roll- 10/3/2022
2022 All-Liberty League First Team
2022 AVCA Region III First Team
2022 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
2023 NCAA Regional (Ithaca) All-Tournament Team 
2023 All-Liberty League First Team
2023 AVCA Region III First Team
2023 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
2024 Liberty League All-Academic

2024: Started her season off with 11 digs in the Bombers sweep over Springfeld (8/30)...Recorded six digs against Rivier (8/31)...Received a season-high 17 digs in five set loss against Stevens (8/31)...Recorded nine digs against Rochester (9/6)...Totaled 12 digs in sweep over Middlebury (9/6)...Totaled 11 digs against St. John Fisher (9/7)...Recorded 10 digs and three aces in three set loss against Johns Hopkins (9/13)...Received 13 digs and a season-high 6 aces in Ithaca's conference opener against Clarkson (9/27)...Recorded nine digs and a pair of aces against Skidmore (9/28)...Totaled 15 digs against Trinity (10/4)...Tallied six digs and two aces in IC's sweep over Smith (10/5)...Tallied 10 digs and two aces against NYU (10/5)...Tallied eight more digs against Scranton(10/9)...Recorded four digs and two aces in sweep over Union (10/11)...Received six digs and two aces against Vassar (10/12)...Totaled 10 digs and two aces in the five set thriller against William Smith (10/16)...Tallied 10 digs against St.Lawrence (10/19)...Totaled seven digs and three aces against Colby (10/25)... Recorded seven more digs against Juniata (10/26)...Tallied 12 digs against Wesleyan (10/26)...Totaled 16 digs in sweep over RIT (11/1)...Received 10 digs against Bard (11/02)... Tallied three digs against Cortland (11/9)...Recorded four digs and three aces against RIT to open the Liberty League Tournament (11/15)...Totaled nine digs in the conference championship against William Smith (11/16) to win the Liberty League for the third-straight season...Tallied seven digs against Lasall (11/21), which opened the NCAA Tournament... Rallied for six digs in Ithaca's sweep over Smith (11/22)...Totaled four digs in the sweet 16 loss to Johns Hopkins (11/23)...During her graduate season, Costa appeared in 29 matches where she played in 88 sets and finished second on the squad with 252 digs...She also tied for the second most service aces with 39...She concludes her career at IC with 1,461 digs, which at the time of graduating ranks 10th most in program history. | 2024 Statistics

2023: Recorded 19 digs and one ace against NYU (9/1)...Tallied 15 digs and one ace in Ithaca's loss against Kean (9/2)...Picked up 14 digs in the MIT (9/8) match..Recorded 13 digs and five aces in the Bomber's 3-0 win over Keene St. (9/9)...Recorded 19 digs for a season's best against SUNY Cortland (9/12)...Registered 21 digs against SUNY Geneseo (9/16)...Recorded 13 digs and one service ace against Susquehanna (9/16)..Registered 7 digs against SUNY New Paltz (9/22)...Recorded 13 digs against Williams (9/23)...Recorded 12 digs in Ithaca's sweep over Manhattanville (9/23)...Recorded 18 digs during the Bomber's 3-1 win over Eastern (9/29)...Registered 13 digs and one service ace against Union (9/30)...Registered 14 digs during the Bomber's sweep of St. Lawrence (10/6)...Recorded 12 digs versus Skidmore (10/7)...Recorded 16 digs against RIT (10/13)...Registered 13 digs against Stevens (10/14)...Recorded 15 digs during Ithaca's 3-0 win over Denison (10/14)...Registered 15 digs against William Smith (10/17)...Recorded six digs against Bard (10/20)...Tallied seven digs and two aces during Ithaca's 3-0 win over Vassar (10/21)...Registered 23 digs against Clarkson (10/27)...Recorded 11 digs and two aces during the Bombers 3-1 win over Scranton (10/28)...Registered 15 digs during the Bombers 3-0 win over St. John Fisher (11/3)…Recorded 14 digs and one service ace against Ohio Wesleyan (11/4)...Registered 10 digs and three assists in the LL Semifinals against Vassar (11/10)…Tallied 14 digs for the LL Championship against William Smith (11/11)…Recorded nine digs and two assists in Ithaca's NCAA Round of 64 against Framingham St. (11/16)…Registered nine digs and 1 ace during Ithaca’s victory over Babson (11/17) in the NCAA Round of 32…Costa finished her senior season with 14 digs, three aces, and four assists during the Sweet 16 match against #6 NYU (11/18). | 2023 Statistics

2022: Recorded six assists and three aces in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Swarthmore (9/2)...Registered seven assists in Ithaca's 3-2 win over SUNY Geneseo (9/3)...Recorded 12 digs and three assists against Gustavus Adolphus (9/3)...Recorded 24 digs against #4 Juniata (9/9)...Had 25 digs in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Franklin & Marshall (9/10)...Recorded 19 digs and two aces in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Christopher Newport (9/16)...Recorded 23 digs and an ace in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Johns Hopkins (9/16)...Had 17 digs and an ace in Ithaca's 3-1 win over Scranton (9/21)...Recorded three aces and 17 digs in Ithaca's 3-1 win over Middlebury (9/24)...posted eight digs in Ithaca's 3-0 win over RIT (9/28)...Recorded 16 digs in Ithaca's win over Brockport (10/1)...Recorded 17 digs and two aces in Ithaca's 3-0 win over Skidmore (10/7)...Recorded seven digs in Ithaca's 3-0 win over Union (10/8)...Recorded 13 digs in Ithaca's 3-1 win over Cortland (10/11)...Registered 34 digs in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Marymount (10/13)...Had 23 digs against Mary Washington (10/15)...Registered 22 digs in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Salisbury (10/15)...Recorded 25 digs and five assists in Ithaca's 3-2 win over William Smith (10/18)...Registered 10 digs, six assists, and three aces in Ithaca's 3-0 win over Vassar (10/21)...Posted eight digs and six assists in Ithaca's 3-0 win over St. Lawrence (10/28)...Recorded 20 digs, five assists, and three aces in Ithaca's 3-0 win over Clarkson (10/29)...Posted 11 digs and an assist in Ithaca's 3-0 win over RIT in the Liberty League Semifinals (11/4)...Registered 22 digs, six assists, and two aces in Ithaca's 3-2 win over Clarkson for the Liberty League Championship (11/5)... Tallied 14 digs against Alfred State (11/10)... Recorded 15 digs against Christopher Newport (11/11). Costa finished her junior season with 495 digs (4.27 digs per set) putting her second in the Liberty League. She tallied 95 assists as well as 31 service aces. | 2022 Statistics

2021: Eight digs in IC's 3-0 win over Rochester (9/11)... Recorded nine digs and two aces in IC's 3-1 win over St. Lawrence (9/24)...Made 32 digs against Bowdoin (10/2), which turned out to be a season-best performance...Recorded 18 digs in IC's 3-0 win against Hamilton (10/2)...Recorded 17 digs in IC's 3-0 Liberty League win over Union (10/9)...Recorded 11 digs in Liberty League Championship game against Clarkson (11/5)...Finished her sophomore campaign with 10 matches that she finished with double digit dig totals...One of two student-athletes (Peyton Miller) to appear in all 114 sets...Totaled 290 digs, which was the second most on the team...Served up a team-best 37 aces...Also finished her sophomore campaign with 31 assists and two kills. | 2021 Statistics

2020: The fall athletics season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: A 2020 graduate of Kennedy Catholic, Julia Costa was a four-year member of the volleyball team where she was a setter...Was named CHSAA Westchester A All-Division in 2017...Selected and trained with USA volleyball in the summer of 2018 at the Youth A2 Training Camp in Colorado Springs...Was a 2018 Lowhud Preseason Super-7 candidate...Finished the 2018 season by being named NY GCHSAA All-League and a member of the Division I Team...Also played varsity soccer through her junior year.

Personal: A psychology major, with a minor in sport and exercise psychology, Julia is the daughter of Jose and Elizabeth Costa...Has an older sister Emily who graduated from Oswego and was a libero on their volleyball team.