Eva Bergsten Meredith was appointed as the faculty head coach of women's soccer at Wesleyan in 2004 and added the sport of lacrosse as an assistant coach to her resume, now in her fourth season with the spring sport.  Eva had been coaching at the University of Hartford for six years (1998-2003), her first three as assistant women's soccer coach and the last three as head coach, before coming to Wesleyan.  During her tenure with the Hawks, Hartford won three American East conference titles and competed in the NCAA Division I championships five times.  An outstanding soccer player both on the national level in her home country of Sweden and as a collegian at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, Eva was a National Team player for Sweden from 1989-1991 and a premier league player there from 1986-1992. Attending Franklin Pierce from 1992-1995, Eva was a four-time all-New England choice, a three-time All-American and the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year as a freshman.  She also was a two-time academic All-American and was a three-year team captain as Franklin Pierce captured NCAA titles in both 1994 and 1995.  In addition to coaching at Hartford, Bergsten coached the U-18 girls premier squad West Hartford United for a year and directed the Lady Hawk Soccer School each of her years at Hartford.

      A newcomer to Wesleyan in 2004 as an assistant men's soccer coach, Rob Stone added his services to women's lacrosse in 2007.  With formal college coaching experience in the sport as an assistant at Williams College in 2005 and Skidmore College in 2006, Rob also has coached women's lacrosse at the club level while his daughters, one of whom was a team captain at Williams in 2005 and another currently at Loyola (Md.) where she earned regional All-America and all-Big East honors in 2007, were active in summer leagues.  In soccer, Rob had 20 years at the Nichols School in Buffalo, N.Y. combined with a short stint at St. Lawrence University.  Rob played soccer at St. Lawrence from 1972 to 1975, captaining the team in his senior year.  In addition to earning his undergraduate degree from St. Lawrence, Rob also received an M.Ed. in 1978.  He has since followed his passion for teaching and coaching by grooming high-school students for the college rigors in the classroom and on the field.  He helped mold former two-year men's soccer captain Padraig Hughes '03 into an all-NESCAC student-athlete while he was the Nichols School. 
      Rob holds an advanced national diploma from the NSCAA and a C License from the USSF.  He started a youth soccer program in Lake George, N.Y. and has been involved with the Empire State games.

      A 2005 graduate of Connecticut College where she was a four-year member of the women's lacrosse team as a goaltender, Paige Diamond comes aboard for her first season of assisting at Wesleyan.  Paige was a second-team all-NESCAC choice in lacrosse in 2004 while also receiving regional and all-academic honors from the IWLCA.  A two-year team tri-captain, she was a participant in the 2005 Division III North-South Senior All-Star game.  Paige also handled netminding duties for the Camels' women's soccer team during the fall. Currently a junior broker with John B. Collins Associates, Inc. in Hartford, Paige had a year at Miss Porter's School in Farmington where she worked as an athletic department intern while assisting in the soccer, basketball and lacrosse programs.  She serves as an alumnae interviewer for Connecticut College and is an agent for her graduating class at Suffield (Conn.) Academy.