McDaniel College Women's Volleyball

Feldmann enters her seventh season at the helm of the volleyball program in 2025. In her first season in charge of the McDaniel program, she guided the team to a 16-13 mark, Centennial Conference semifinal appearance and ECAC finals appearance. She also coached the program’s first All-American when Marlowe Embry was tabbed honorable mention by the AVCA at season’s end. After eight seasons as an assistant on the Johns Hopkins staff, Feldmann was tabbed as interim head coach in 2018 and guided the Blue Jays to the Centennial Conference title. The team posted a record of 184-77 during her tenure on staff, including a 22-8 record last season. The squad made the CC tournament each of her seasons on staff and claimed six conference titles. During the Blue Jays historic season in 2017, Johns Hopkins not only earned its first-ever national ranking but the team also set new program record for consecutive wins with 18. The Blue Jays advanced the regional championship match for the first time in program history. For her work in that run, Feldmann was named the AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year.  An active member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), she served on the Top 25 Poll committee last season. While at Hopkins, she served as an administrative coordinator in development and alumni relations. She also co-founded the Strive Volleyball Coach with her husband in 2017, serving as technical coach and treasurer for the juniors volleyball club that has five teams. Feldmann attended nearby Centennial High School, where she helped the Eagles to two Howard County Championships, three Class 3A Regional Championships and two Class 3A Maryland State Championships. She was also a three-time Howard County Times, Baltimore Sun and Washington Post All-Howard County selection. She went to Homewood after a stellar playing career at St. Mary's College of Maryland. In only two years with the Seahawks, Feldmann finished third in program history in assists and sixth in service aces. She helped the team to a 57-14 record and two Capital Athletic Conference finals appearances. She graduated cum laude from St. Mary’s in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in English. She resides in Ellicott City with her husband, John Crinion. Career Highlights Centennial Conference Tournament appearance in 2019 ECAC Tournament appearance in 2019 Coached the program's first All-American in 2019 (Marlowe Embry, Honorable Mention)  Season-by-Season Coaching Record   2024 11-12, 1-9 CC Results Stats Roster News 2023 11-13, 2-8 CC Results Stats Roster News 2022 2-20, 1-9 CC Results Stats Roster News 2021 7-17, 2-8 CC Results Stats Roster News 2020 Roster News No season due to COVID-19 2019 16-13, 7-3 CC Results Stats Roster News CC Tournament; ECAC Tournament  TOTAL 47-75

Ob Besongngem  began coaching with Strive in 2022. Born in Ngaoundere, Cameroon, Ob played NCAA DI/II for 3 years as an outside hitter for Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia. After college, he moved to Maryland and currently works as a Quality Control tech for Elite Spice Inc. He's also an assistant at McDaniel College (DIII). In addition to his playing career at Alderson Broaddus, Ob is one of the most successful adult volleyball players on the East Coast for indoor, grass, and beach. He is currently training and competing in the Beach Professional Tour for Team Cameroon. *2022 and 2023 AVCA Convention Attendee 18s Head Coach - Strive is an active Beach Volleyball Player and Coach in Maryland, who also attends worldwide tournaments. In 2024 OB participated in the olympic qualifier games for his native country Cameroon to play at the Olympics in Paris. OB has been playing vigorously and successfully since 2015, and has been coaching for 4 years. He is currently an assistant for the McDaniel Women's volleyball(D3) team and competing this summer (2025) in the African Beach Nation's Cup to qualify for the World Championships in November of this year, hosted by Australia. is an active Beach Volleyball Player and Coach in Maryland, who also attends worldwide tournaments. In 2024 OB participated in the olympic qualifier games for his native country Cameroon to play at the Olympics in Paris. OB has been playing vigorously and successfully since 2015, and has been coaching for 4 years. He is currently an assistant for the McDaniel Women's volleyball(D3) team and competing this summer (2025) in the African Beach Nation's Cup to qualify for the World Championships in November of this year, hosted by Australia. He is making a bid to be on the first beach volleyball team from Cameroon to compete at the Olympic games. Training for Paris 2024 Ob will compete in tournaments across the U.S. and in Egypt, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Morocco, Ghana, and Germany, vying for a position at the next Olympic games. Obenda Besongngem (2015-17) Awards and honors: 2015 All-Independent Team; 2017 All-Independent Team Besongngem led the Battlers in kills for three consecutive seasons, including being in the nation’s top 25 with a career-best 3.59 kills per game average as a junior in 2016. The outside attacker in his last two seasons had at least 20 kills five matches. Besongngem in his final college match also had a team-high 12 kills as Alderson Broaddus beat Coker to win the inaugural IVA Tournament in 2017.  

Sarah Kleinberger returns for her third season as an assistant volleyball coach at McDaniel in 2025. Prior to McDaniel, Kleinberger was a part of the junior varsity coaching staff at Glenelg High School in 2022 and has been assistant coach with the 13U Team of Strive Volleyball Club since 2019. Kleinberger began playing volleyball in 2013 and was a setter and right side hitter at Atholton High School. She also played for Maryland Juniors, Columbia Volleyball Club, and Strive Volleyball Club. Kleinberger received her masters degree in Kinesiology from McDaniel in May 2025.  

William Clancey was named assistant women's wrestling coach at McDaniel on Oct. 6, 2025. He has a strong coaching and teaching background, having worked locally in the Carroll County Public School system for 11 years. Prior to McDaniel, Clancey served as an assistant boys' wrestling coach at Manchester Valley High School from 2023-25, helping the Mavericks qualify for the regional and state duals in 2023 with 11 individual state place-winners. Clancey was the boys' wrestling assistant under John Lowe at Winters Mill from 2018-22. The Falcons won back-to-back county championship titles in 2017 and 2018, advancing to the regional semifinals and had 14 individual state place winners. In addition his wrestling coaching experience, Clancey coached the football team at Manchester Valley from 2023-25 while teaching Technology Education and Business. He was also an Instructional Assistant at Winters Mill 2018-23. A 2017 graduate of Frostburg State, Clancey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History after earning an Associate of Arts degree from Garrett College in 2015. Clancey currently resides in Reisterstown with his wife, Katie.  

John Lowe was named Assistant Head Women's Wrestling Coach at McDaniel on Sept. 18, 2024. Inducted into the McDaniel College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015 and Maryland Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012, Lowe returned to the Hill after a nine-year stint as the men's head coach from 1994-2003 when his teams won four Centennial Conference championships. During his tenure at McDaniel, Lowe produced six All-Americans and six Scholar All-Americans, the school's first ever in those categories. He also mentored 30 individual conference champions. Lowe returns to the Hill after 22 seasons as the head wrestling coach at nearby Winters Mill High School which opened in 2002. Hed led the Falcons to five boys' wrestling state championships and produced seven individual state champions. He also started the girls' wrestling program in 2020 which posted a 22-3 record and produced nine state place-winners in four seasons. Lowe has an extensive Olympic-style wrestling background, having led the Maryland National Freestyle and the Maryland Greco-Roman Team from 1991-97, helping produce three national champions, 19 All-Americans, and a record-setting .700-win percentage with the 1995 Cadet Team. As a wrestler, Lowe competed at Washington & Lee University and won an AAU national Greco-Roman title at 163 pounds in 1993. He lives in Westminster with his wife and two sons.