Wendy AndreattA

Now in her 13th season at Rochester, Coach Andreatta has built Rochester Field Hockey into one of the top programs in the Liberty League and the North Atlantic Region. Wendy Andreatta has guided the Yellowjackets to six NCAA appearances and two Liberty League Tournament Titles during her tenure as the head coach at the University of Rochester.
 
Andreatta’s teams are 190-82 over the past 13 seasons, with ten players honored as All-Americans during those years, including 1st Team selections in Michelle Relin ('16), Tara Lamberti ('16), Sayaka Abe ('17) and Nancy Bansbach ('18). Andreatta also developed 33 players to a total of 59 All-Liberty League awards.

In 2019, the Yellowjackets won the Liberty League Tournament title, beating Vassar College at home at Fauver Stadium to capture their second-ever tournament championship. The title earned Rochester its 5th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and 6th NCAA appearance overall.

In 2018, Andreatta and Rochester embarked on a record setting campaign, one which saw UR reach the NCAA Division III Tournament for the fourth straight year and record a school record 19 wins, ending the season 19-3.  The 'Jackets reached the national quarterfinals (Elite 8) for the third time in four seasons and held 20 of 22 opponents to one goal or less, ranking near the top of Division III in a number of statistical categories including shutouts, goals against average, save percentage, penalty corners and defensive saves.

That followed a 2017 campaign which was a banner year for the Yellowjackets. UR captured its first ever Liberty League title, completing a perfect run through conference play.  In the regular season UR was 7-0 in the Liberty League and then defeated William Smith and then Skidmore to claim the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament, UR's third straight postseason appearance.  Andreatta and her staff were selected as Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year, and also were recognized by the NFHCA as North Atlantic Regional Coaching Staff of the Year.

In both 2015 and 2016, UR reached the NCAA Division III Tournament both seasons and accumulated 18 victories in each year, matching the school record set initially in 2012.  The 2015 squad reached the NCAA national quarterfinals while the 2016 Yellowjackets reached the second round.

The 2012 season saw Andreatta's team burst onto the national scene.  She was named Dita/NFHCA North Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year in addition to her and the UR staff being named Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year after Rochester was 18-6 and earned the programs first ever NCAA Tournament appearance, making it all the way to the national quarterfinals, upsetting #12 Rowan and #4 Salisbury in the process.  After the team's 8-0 start, Rochester broke into the national rankings for just the second time ever in the program’s 38-year history.
 
Achieving success in the classroom as well, Rochester field hockey has been named to the NFHCA All-Academic Squad in each year of the award’s existence. One of the top honors for a Rochester senior student-athlete to achieve, the Lysle “Spike” Garnish Award, has been presented to ten different field hockey team members during Andreatta’s tenure.

Andreatta also was awarded the Meliora Award from the University, an award which goes to a staff member for outstanding service and contribution to the college and who embodies the school's motto of "Meliora" (Ever Better).

Active in USA Field Hockey, Andreatta had been a head coach in the Futures program for fifteen years before assuming USA Field Hockey’s Regional Development Manager for New York in 2011. In this role, Andreatta runs the USA Field Hockey Futures program in New York, managing all of the training sites, organizing the annual Regional Futures Tournament and assisting with the development of youth field hockey throughout the state.

Andreatta continues to coach within the USA Field Hockey Futures program and has coached teams at the National Futures Championships as well as the Junior Olympics and other events. Andreatta has also served as a selector for USA Field Hockey, both at the regional and national level, and holds a Level II coaching accreditation through USA Field Hockey. Andreatta has directed the University of Rochester field hockey camp for the past twelve years and has coached at camps and clinics throughout the country.

Andreatta’s reach goes beyond the playing field. She served on the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Committee, and as a Level One USA Field Hockey Accreditation Program Instructor. On the River Campus, Andreatta completed a three-year term as Corresponding Secretary for the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at the University of Rochester.

Andreatta graduated magna cum laude with honors from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor of arts degree in English and Anthropology. She was named an All-American as a senior at Connecticut to cap off a career where she was a Big East Rookie of the Year as a freshman and the Most Outstanding Performer at the Big East Championships as a senior. Andreatta still holds scoring records for most goals and most points in the Big East Championship.

Andreatta won a Big East Conference Post Graduate Scholarship and the UConn Club’s Senior Scholar-Athlete Award. Additionally, she was named to the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America University Division At-Large Team as a senior.
 
While coaching at Syracuse, Andreatta earned a Master of Arts degree in Journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2000. Andreatta earned a second Master of Arts in English from Hofstra University in 2003.

She and her husband, David, reside in Fairport, New York, with their two sons.

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Lauren Scorza

Lauren Brooks has joined the Rochester field hockey coaching staff in 2018.
 
She was one of the top scorers in Syracuse University field hockey history, tallying 40 goals and 10 assists in her four-year career with the Orange.  That goal total ranks Brooks fifth in school history and she is ranked 11th in school history in career points.
 
While at Syracuse, Brooks participated in four NCAA Division I Tournaments and helped the Orange earn two Big East titles (one tournament, one regular season).  She also was on SU’s 2014 squad which reached the Division I National Championship game.
 
Brooks was a four-time NFHCA Academic Squad member.  She also was selected to the NFHCA Senior All-Star Game in 2014 and earned NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team accolades in 2012.  In 2011, she was Big East Tournament MVP and was named to the Big East All-Tournament Team.
 
She graduated from Syracuse in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics with a minor in Exercise Science.  Currently, Brooks works full time in the Rochester area.