Eva Bergsten Meredith was appointed as the faculty head coach of women's soccer at Wesleyan for the 2004 season and will be in her fifth season in 2008.

Eva coached at the University of Hartford for six years, her first three as assistant women's soccer coach and the last three as head coach. During her tenure, 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.

Holly Wheeler - Assistant Coach
(860) 685-2906 - hwheeler@wesleyan.edu

After serving as interim head coach of women's lacrosse at Wesleyan during the 2000 spring season, Holly Wheeler enters her ninth year as a full-time physical education faculty member and head coach of women's lacrosse. She had served as head women's soccer coach from 2000 through 2003 but assumed assistant coaching chores in 2004. A 1999 graduate of Princeton University, Holly was a starting defender in lacrosse for the perennial national Division I power Tigers. Princeton captured two Ivy League titles and qualified for the NCAA Division I tournament three times between 1996 and 1999. Holly also has been active at lacrosse camps each summer since 1996 and founded and directs The Lacrosse School at Wesleyan. Holly was a standout schoolgirl soccer player during her days at Weston (Mass.) High School. At Weston, she was a team captain (soccer, basketball, lacrosse) and all-league performer (in all those sports too) while also playing for the Charles River United U-17 club team and qualifying for a high-school all-star team that toured England, Scotland and Ireland. Holly, who led Wesleyan's women's lacrosse team to a best-ever 9-6 record in 2004, and another nine-win campaign in 2006 (9-8), is currently enrolled in Wesleyan's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program. Holly holds the rank of adjunct assistant professor of physical education at Wesleyan.

Bill Dudzik - Assistant Coach

In his 13th season of assisting with Wesleyan's women's soccer team, Bill Dudzik is a 1980 graduate of Post College and was head girls soccer coach at Vinal Tech in Middletown, Conn. for five years before coming aboard at Wesleyan. He also directed a U-19 premiere outdoor team in Middletown for seven years and a U-19 Oakwood premiere indoor team for four years. He gained valuable playing experience himself during his stint in the Navy between 1968 and 1972. Bill works full-time as a design coordinator for a local granite/marble company.

Matt Micros - Assistant Coach
(203) 650-4963 - mmicros@wesleyan.edu

A newcomer to the women's soccer coaching staff in 2008, Matt Micros served as head coach at Post University, leading the Eagles to a first-ever conference tournament appearance and their first-ever post-season (ECAC) tournament bid. He moved on to Quinnipiac University where he served as an assistant coach in 2007. Matt is co-founder of the Connecticut Football Club (CFC), one of the top-20 premier soccer clubs for girls in the nation. He handles the CFC United, the highest youth level in the club but will take over both the CFC Passion which competes in the Northeast Division of the W League, and the CFC United U-18 squad next summer. In his seven years of premier coaching, Matt has led teams to eight State Cup Championships, reached two regional finals and four regional semi-finals. Matt also has six years of ODP coaching experience in Connecticut, directing the U-14 Connecticut squad to the region I finals in 2002 and the national finals in 2003. Along with his college, premier and ODP activity, Matt had a stint coaching Immaculate High School in Danbury where he received both conference and area Coach of the Year honors. His 2003 squad captured the class S state title. Matt is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.