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2012 Coaching Staff

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

ebergstenmeredith     Eva Meredith was appointed as the faculty head coach of women's soccer at Wesleyan for the 2004 season and will be in her ninth season in 2012. She holds the rank of adjunct associate professor in the physical education department.
        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.  In 2008 and 2009, Eva guided Wesleyan to its first back-to-back winning seasons in 15 years and led the Cardinals to their first-ever winning NESCAC ledger in 2010.
        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, Eva directed the Lady Hawk Soccer School each of her years at Hartford.  She now conducts the Summertime Sports Soccer Academy at Wesleyan each summer.

Bill Dudzik - Assistant Coach

billdudzik     In his 17th 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.

Brian Matzke - Assistant Coach

brian matzke     A newcomer to the women's soccer coaching staff in 2011, Brian Matzke came to Wesleyan with many years of coaching experience and is now in his second year as an assistant.  He is founder and Director of the CFC Gunners Preimer soccer club which has grown to 12 teams during the past three years.  Brian is also on the Connecticut Olympic Development Program staff and coaches the CFC Wolves U14 girls elite ECNL team.  Over the years Brian has worked with various age groups from women to youth players, winning five Connecticut State Cup titles and the 2010 US Club Soccer National Championship.  Brian has played soccer since he was a young boy most recently with the Southern New England Amatuer Soccer League.  Although retired from organized play he can still be seen playing his favorite smalled sided games with his various teams across Connecticut.  Brian graduated from UConn in 1987 and went on to receive his MBA there in 1991.  He resides in Redding, Conn. with his wife and has three daughters.

 
Amber Meimers - Assistant Coach

ambermeimers     In her first year as an assistant coach at Wesleyan in 2012, Amber Meimers served as an assistant coach at Mahnattanville College for two seasons prior to joining the Cardinal staff.   In 2010, the Valiants captured a conference crown and qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament for the second time in the program's history.
     A 2007 graduate of Southern Connecticut, Amber was a four-year soccer standout as a defender for the Owls.  She received her degree in history, then added a master's degree in sport business management at Manhattanville in 2012 to her academic credits.
     Active at the high-school and club soccer levels as a coach since leaving SCSU, Amber was an assistant executive director of the Rnunes Soccer Academy in Fairfield, Conn. and coached with a number of youth squads, including the Conn. U-14 Olympic Development Girls Team and the state's U-12 Boys Young Player Developement Program.
     Amber is employed by Lululemon Athletica Inc. in West Hartford, Conn.