University of Rochester Athletics

Over her 18 years guiding the University of Rochester field hockey team, Wendy Andreatta has taken the program to new heights.

Under her tutelage, the Yellowjackets are 250-106 (.702) and have had 10 or more wins in every season. She has coached 13 players to All-America honors, including 1st Team selections in Michelle Relin, Tara Lamberti, Sayaka Abe, Nancy Bansbach, Amanda Strenk, Karina Bridger and Maeve Fogarty.  She also has aided in the development of 50 players to a total of 90 All-Liberty League awards.

Last season, Rochester posted its second 17-win campaign in three years, going 17-4 (5-2 LL), making its 12th-straight appearance in the Liberty League Tournament and advancing to the championship game. For the third-straight year, the 'Jackets claimed one of the league's major awards, as first-year Hannah Mehta earned Rookie of the Year honors, while seven earned All-Liberty League honors, including three First-Team selections, and three were selected for NFHCA All-Region honors.

In 2023, Andreatta coached her 13th All-American, as sophomore Maeve Fogarty earned NFHCA First-Team All-America honors and four players earned All-Region accolades as Yellowjackets qualified for the Liberty League playoffs for the 11th straight season in 2023 and finished with a 14-7 record overall.

In 2022, Rochester returned to the NCAA Division III Tournament and reached the second round, finishing with a 17-6 overall record. The Yellowjackets swept the major awards in the Liberty League, having the conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coaching Staff of the Year. 

In 2018, Andreatta and Rochester embarked on a record-setting campaign, one which saw UR earn 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.

A year later, UR captured its second event Liberty League Tournament crown with back-to-back shutouts.

2017 was a banner year for the Yellowjackets, as 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.

Achieving success in the classroom as well, Rochester field hockey has been named to the NFHCA All-Academic Squad in nearly every 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 12 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).

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.

In August 2007, Andreatta took over the program after ten years spent coaching at Division I institutions. After graduating from the University of Connecticut, Andreatta, formerly 'Brady', assisted UConn for one season before a three-year stint as a graduate assistant coach at Syracuse University. After graduating with an MA in Journalism, Andreatta spent three years as the top assistant at Hofstra University, earning an MA in English, followed by two seasons with the Lions at Columbia University as the top assistant under Olympian, Katie (Kauffman) Beach. 

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 in both Virginia Beach and at Spooky Nook over the years, as well as the Junior Olympics and other events. Andreatta has also served as a selector for USA Field Hockey events, 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 ten years and has coached at camps and clinics throughout the country.

With an interest in developing and promoting youth field hockey opportunities in Western New York, Andreatta launched Finger Lakes Field Hockey – a Rochester-based travel field hockey club that participates in local, regional and national recruiting events and tournaments throughout the year.

Andreatta’s reach goes beyond the playing field. She recently 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 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. 
 
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 was named All-America 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 single-season and Big East Tournament scoring records.

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