United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

WELLESLEY, MASS.--(10/25/11)--Coast Guard handed Wellesley their first sweep of the season, recording a 3-0 win over the Blue on Tuesday evening in the Dorothy Towne Field House in matchup of two of the three teams that were tied for first place in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).

With the 25-22, 25-18, 25-14 victory, the Bears improve to 22-5 (7-1 NEWMAC) while running their current win streak to eight. Wellesley falls to 20-8, with a 6-2 mark in NEWMAC play.

The team that benefits most from the Coast Guard win is Springfield, who can now wrap up the regular season championship and host the NEWMAC tournament by beating last place Wheaton on Saturday. Springfield holds the tiebreaker with the Bears because of a head-to-head win earlier this season, Coast Guard's only conference loss.

Coast Guard jumped out to an early lead in set one, going up 6-1 after back-to-back kills from Keriann Mason. The Blue battled back with Traci Hamanka at the service line, taking a 9-8 lead, but Coast Guard would even things out at 10-10. After several sideouts from each team, Coast Guard grabbed the momentum with a four-point service run from Sam Marmolejo and then sealed the set on a kill from Karen Matic.

Karen Matic had an outstanding week as the Bears pushed their win streak to seven.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(10/24/11)--Coast Guard Academy junior Karen Matic has been named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Volleyball Player of the Week.

Matic had an outstanding week as Coast Guard went 4-0 with two wins over regionally ranked teams. The Bears beat #7 Conn. College and #10 Trinity, both by 3-1 scores as well as beating Clark 3-0 and Endicott 3-1. Matic hit a team-high 40.3 percent with 32 kills. She led the team with 99 assists to go with 30 digs and seven blocks. She had a triple-double with 34 assists, a career-high 14 kills and ten digs in win over cross-street rival Conn. College.

Karen Matic registered a triple-double in the win over rival Conn. College.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(10/22/11)--Junior Catherine Walker had 30 kills combined while junior Karen Matic had a triple-double in the win over cross-street rival and host Connecticut College as the Bears won a pair of matches to run their win streak to seven.

Coast Guard, which improved to 21-5 on the season, had to play from behind in both matches as the Bears dropped the opening set in each match.

The Bears beat Conn. College 3-1 after dropping the opening set 25-18, the Bears roared back winning 25-22, 25-17 and 27-25.

Keriann Mason had 13 kills and 14 digs to lead the Bears past Trinity.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(10/19/11)--Junior Keriann Mason had 13 kills and 14 digs while sophomore Kelsey DePorto also had 13 kills leading Coast Guard, ranked sixth in New England, to a 3-1 win over Trinity in a non-conference match.

The Bears, who have won five straight and eight of their last nine matches, won by game scores of 25-16, 21-25, 25-22 and 25-18 to improve to 19-5 overall while Trinity dropped its third straight to dip to 13-6 on the season.

Freshman Kelsey Hickle added 12 kills and four aces while sophomore Sam Marmolejo had a team-high 21 digs in the win for Coast Guard.

Coast Guard jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the opening game, took its largest lead of the game 16-8, and scored six of the final eight points for a 25-16 win.

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