Looking to match the enormous success from the fall of 2010, 16-year head coach Theresa Garlacy heads into the 2011 season looking to set the bar even higher for one of the most succesful programs in the Northeast.  

The Bryant University volleyball team finished its 2010 season under head coach, Theresa Garlacy with a winning record (18-17, 5-11 NEC) for the first time in the school's Division I history and earned the most victories of any DI program in Rhode Island. The 18 victories mark the highest win total for the program since entering the DI ranks in 2008.

The Bulldogs got off to a fantastic start going 12-5 in their first 17 games before entering conference play and had several impressive runs throughout the season, including a five-game winning streak that saw the program earn its first win over a BCS opponent with a 3-2 topping of Boston College on Sept. 11. The Black and Gold also finished 3-1 or better in three early season tournaments, emerging as champions at the Bryant Invitational and sharing the title with host Army at the West Point Challenge.

The 2009 campaign saw the first-ever NEC postseason honors for Garlacy's squad, as then sophomore Maria Scocca was named second team all-conference after leading the league in blocks (153) and pacing the Black and Gold in nearly every offensive category, including kills (406), aces (38) and points (529.0). Scocca flourished under Garlacy's system, also setting a pair of new NEC single-game marks. Her 29 kills against Providence College set a new NEC match high, while her 15 blocks against crosstown rival Brown tied a record set in 1998. Scocca would also ride those numbers to an All-Independent Player of the Year selection.

Then-junior Robyn Gardner would also get All-Independent accolades, earning a second team nod. The Bulldogs also succeeeded in the classroom again in 2009, as the pair was joined by Julie Geonnotti and Jazmin Stoner on the All-Independent All-Academic Team. The quartet were also recognized by the NEC as fall scholar-athletes, with Geonnotti earning Commissioner's Honor Roll distinctions.

In 2008, Bryant's first season of DI play, Garlacy guided her Bulldogs to a 16-19 record against a slate of proven Division I opponents, coming up with big wins against teams from not just the Northeast Conference, but programs from the Patriot League, the Ivy League and the America East as well, setting program and season records along the way.

During the 12 seasons prior Bryant's move to Division I, Garlacy led the Bulldogs to 10 NCAA Division II tournament appearances (including berths in the last nine seasons), an ECAC championship, five Northeast-10 Conference regular-season titles and seven appearances in the conference championship match, claiming five tournament titles.

In 2007, Bryant's final season in Division II, the Bulldogs went out with a bang, winning not just the Northeast-10 Conference regular-season title with a perfect 14-0 conference record (32-13 overall), but also capturing the program's fifth Northeast-10 Conference tournament championship and 10th berth into the NCAA tournament, making it to the 2007 Sweet 16.

Garlacy has accrued a myriad of accomplishments and milestones during her storied career, including recording the program's 700th victory during the 2007 season.

Garlacy notched her 100th career victory in 1999, just four years into her head coaching career. Four years later, she earned win No. 200, following that with victory No. 300 on September 15, 2006.

Garlacy entered the 2010 season boasting a career coaching record of 371-182 (.671), with a final Division II mark of 344-140 (.711). She left Division II ranked No. 24 in winning percentage and No. 26 in career victories among active coaches and is the 17th most winningest coach in DII history. Garlacy leaves the NE-10 ranked second all-time in career wins.

Over the years, Garlacy has served as a member of the NCAA regional volleyball committee, the ECAC championships committee and the NCAA volleyball rules committee. Honored by the Rhode Island Special Olympics with the Distinguished Service Award in 2003, Garlacy is a 1988 graduate of Providence College and earned a master's degree in teaching from Rhode Island College in 1992.

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
     > Garlacy has been involved with all 10 of Bryant's NCAA appearances, nine as head coach and one as an assistant.
     > In just her second season as Bryant's head coach, Garlacy was recognized as the 1997 Northeast-10 Conference Coach
        of the Year after leading the Bulldogs to a 28-13 record and an NCAA tournament appearance.
     > In 1998, Garlacy led Bryant to the NE-10 Championship and the ECAC title, as Bryant finished with a 30-13 record.
     > The Bulldogs returned to the NCAA field in 1999, despite losing five starters from the '98 conference championship
        team.
     > Garlacy's Bulldogs made it two-straight national tournament appearances when they qualified again in 2000, despite 
        having no seniors on the roster.
     > Garlacy led a veteran squad to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2001.
     > A year later, in 2002, the Bulldogs advanced to the regional final, leaving Bryant among the last 16 teams alive in the
        NCAA tournament.
     > In 2003, the Bulldogs enjoyed one of their most successful seasons in school history, winning a school-record 37
        matches and posting an undefeated Northeast-10 Conference record en route to the league regular-season and
        tournament titles. Garlacy was named the 2003 Northeast-10 Coach of the Year.
     > In 2004, the Bulldogs claimed yet another NE-10 Conference title with an undefeated record as well as the program's
        sixth-straight NCAA regional appearance.
     > The 2005 campaign saw Bryant successfully defended its conference tournament title, earning another berth in the
        NCAA tournament and the right to host the regional at the Chace Athletic Center.