2009 Coaching Staff

Eva Meredith - Head Women's Soccer Coach
(860) 685-3585 - emeredith@wesleyan.edu

 

     Eva Meredith was appointed as the faculty head coach of women's soccer at Wesleyan for the 2004 season and will be in her sixth season in 2009. 
        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.
 

Bill Dudzik - Assistant Coach

     In his 14th 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 will be i his second season with the Cardinals in 2009.  He 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 took over both the CFC Passion which competes in the Northeast Division of the W League, and the CFC United U-18 squad this summer.  In his eight 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.

 

 

Paul Dellostritto - Goaltender Coach