United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

Defending New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament champion Coast Guard returns a trio of All-conference players from last year’s team which finished 30-6 overall, 8-1 in conference play and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Coast Guard has posted a record of 58-11 overall and 14-4 in conference play over the past two seasons. The Bears started a senior, five sophomores and a freshman a year ago.

New head coach Eric Snyder will count on the lone returning senior, Nicole Johnson along with senior newcomer Fallon Bowers to provide great leadership along with junior co-captains Karen Matic and Catherine Walker.

Volleyball - Snyder Named Head Coach

Eric Snyder takes over the volleyball team which won the NEWMAC tournament last season.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(5/11/11)--Eric Snyder has been named the women’s volleyball coach at the Coast Guard Academy succeeding Rob Mullowney, who coached the Bears for the past four years.

Coast Guard was 30-6 overall last season and won the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament championship advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament. It was the Bears fifth NCAA tournament appearance.

Snyder, a past recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 Award, comes to the Coast Guard Academy with a rich background in coaching volleyball. He has a B.S. degree from Southern New Hampshire University in Sport Management/Business Administration, and a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from University of Tiffin (Ohio).

Volleyball - Mullowney Honored by AVCA

Rob Mullowney was named one of the AVCA's Thirty Under 30 Award winners.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(2/24/11)--Coast Guard Academy women's volleyball coach Rob Mullowney has been as one of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 Award Winners.

Last season, Mullowney led the Bears to a 30-6 overall record, the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament championship as the team advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. He has a four-year record of 94-34 at the Academy.

Mullowney is also the head coach of the Wentworth Institute of Technology men's volleyball team.

The award was created in 2009 to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of the sport. To qualify for the award nominees had to be younger than 30 years old in 2010.

Jessica Anderson became just the second Coast Guard volleyball player to earn Academic All-America honors.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(12/1/10)--Coast Guard senior libero Jessica Anderson has been named to the ESPN Academic All-America College Division Volleyball third team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Anderson becomes just the second Coast Guard volleyball player to be named an Academic All-American. Lis Bosma was a second team selection in 2004.

The senior co-captain, is a three-time member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) All-Academic team. She is the Bears' all-time leader with 1,649 digs and set the single-season school record with 556 digs this season.

Anderson and the Bears finished 30-6 overall and won the NEWMAC tournament championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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