General Information Quick Facts General Information School . .Virginia Military Institute City . .Lexington, Va. Founded . .1839 Enrollment . .1,559 Nickname . .Keydets Colors . .Red, White & Yellow Field . .Patchin Field (1,000) Table of Contents Affiliation . .NCAA Division I Conference . .Southern Conference Superintendent . .Gen. J.H. Binford Peay, III (VMI ‘62) Table of Contents . .1 Athletic Director . .Dr. Dave Diles (Ohio ‘83) Women’s Soccer Team Information Head Coach . .Chris Bergmann Coaching Staff . .2-3 Record at VMI . .6-13-2 (Second Season) Office Phone . .540-464-7608 Email . [email protected] Roster . .4 Assistant Coaches . .Chris Haught-Thompson (Second Season) . .Kelly Bergmann (Second Season) 2015 Record . .6-13-2 (2-7 Southern Conference) 2015 Statistics . .5-7 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .13/9 Starters Returning/Lost . .5/5 Newcomers . .11 Record Book . .8-13 Athletic Communications Department Associate A.D./Athletic Communications . .Wade Branner Associate Athletic Comm. Director (Contact) . .Brad Salois Credits Office Phone . .540-464-7015 Cell Phone . .940-642-9865 The 2016 VMI Women’s Soccer Record Book is a production of the VMI Athletic Email . [email protected] Website . .www.vmikeydets.com Communications Office. Copies are available on VMIKeydets.com, but will not be Twitter . .@VMIAthletics/@VMIWSoccer SID Mailing Address . .116 Smith Hall printed and given to the general public. Written and Edited by Brad Salois. .Lexington, VA 24450 Photography by Jeremy Ledbetter, Brad Salois and Chuck Steenburgh ‘86. 1 2016 VMI Women’s Soccer Record Book Coaching Staff Head Coach Chris Bergmann l Westmont College l Second Season hris Bergmann's first sea- gram and saw his team get votes in both the 2006 and 2007 son at the helm of the NSCAA and NAIA national polls, reaching as high as 23rd over- CVMI Keydet women's soc- all in the '06 campaign. He also served as the Athletic cer program, the 2015 campaign, was a strong one. Bergmann's Advancement Liaison at Trinity, where he was responsible for proteges won the program's most games since 2009 and also meeting with the school's advancement team to develop various advanced out of the first round of the conference tournament fundraising concept to enhance athletic programs. for the first time since that same season. The squad also low- Bergmann got his start in the college ranks at Hope ered its goals allowed mark by 21 and goalkeeper Darien International University in Fullerton, Calif., where he served as Dunham finished in the top-10 in Division I in total saves. men's coach during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. He was the Bergmann was named the third head coach in VMI women's 2005 NCCAA West Region Coach of the Year, as he guided his soccer history on Dec. 12, 2014. team to a seven-win improvement and a fourth-place finish at Bergmann came to VMI after six years as the head coach at the national tournament. His squad finished that season ranked Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. There, he coached the ninth in the country at the NCCAA level, all while Bergmann school's men's team to back to back conference championships served as an Assistant AD and an adjunct professor in the kine- in 2012 and 2013 and earned Midwest Conference Coach of the siology department. Year honors both years. After the second of those champi- Prior to college coaching, Bergmann spent several years onships, he took his team to the NCAA Division III Tournament with the United Soccer League's Chicago Eagles Select Premier for the first time since 1981. Development League (PDL) team, serving as the general manag- Bergmann coached eight NSCAA North All-Region players er, and was also involved with the Southern California Seahorses at Lake Forest including Mahir Mameledzija, three-time confer- PDL team. ence player of the year and the 2012-13 CoSIDA Capital One Over the past four-plus years, the new Keydet coach has Academic All-American of the Year. served as the Director of Coaching for the Lincolnshire Also at Lake Forest, Bergmann served as the Athletic Lightning Soccer Club, where he was responsible for all facets of Department Liaison to the Career Advancement Center, where the day to day operations for the U8-U18 travel team. He has he created The Forester Game Plan, a personalized mentoring also served in the club ranks for Pegasus, Lindenhurst Soccer program for the student-athletes at Lake Forest College. Club, the Chicago Eagles club team, Kopion F.C. and the SURF Prior to working at Lake Forest, Bergmann was an assistant Soccer Club, along with the Southern California Development coach for the women's program at Northwestern University for Program. the 2008 season, where he helped the team to a quarterfinal Away from the field, Bergmann and his wife Kelly founded berth in the Big 10 Tournament. AIM Academic Mentoring Services, an academic support service Bergmann spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons in Deerfield, focusing primarily on middle and high school-aged students. The Ill., working as the head men's coach at Trinity International couple has two children, Aidan and Mackenzie. University. There, he was responsible for all facets of the pro- 2 2016 VMI Women’s Soccer Record Book Coaching Staff Assistant Coach Chris Haught-Thompson l Lake Forest College ‘12 l Second Season Former Lake Forest College assistant Chris Haught- Haught-Thompson also has spent several seasons as Thompson was named the newest assistant coach for VMI head coach of multiple teams for the Lincolnshire Lightning women's soccer on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Haught-Thompson was Soccer Club in Illinois, ranging from U10, U 16 and U-23 College then instrumental in VMI's turnaround 2015 season, when the League teams. He also managed summer programs that con- Keydets advanced out of the first round of a conference tourna- tracted with Lake Forest for two summers, as well as serving as ment for the first time since 2009. a broadcaster for both basketball and hockey programs at his Haught-Thompson came to VMI from the Lake Forest, alma mater. Ill. school where he served as the top assistant to Keydet head Haught-Thompson graduated from Lake Forest in 2012 coach Chris Bergmann for three seasons. Haught-Thompson with a B.A. in psychology, and was both a three-time all-MWC helped lead the team to a pair of conference titles and one selection and a three-time All-Academic MWC selection. He is tournament title while coaching an NSCAA All-American and currently pursuing his Masters degree from the California Capital One Division III Player of the Year. He also served as an University of Pennsylvania. assistant with the women's program this past season. Assistant Coach Kelly Bergmann l Wheaton ‘01 l Second Season Kelly Bergmann was promoted to the position of second assis- tant for the women's soccer program in the summer of 2016, after serving as the team's volunteer assistant in 2015. She will work with husband Chris once again after doing so for several seasons at Lake Forest College. Kelly Bergmann spent six seasons on the Lake Forest staff, working with the men's soccer program in 2009 and from 2011-2014. Lake Forest posted a combined 55-35-5 record in Bergmann's time on staff. The 2013 team finished with a 14-7-0 overall record and claimed its second straight Midwest Conference championship with a mark of 9-1-0 in league play. The Foresters also won the MWC Tournament and earned the program's first berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament since 1981. Bergmann was the head women’s soccer coach at Hope International University in Fullerton, California, where she was named NCCAA West Region Coach of the Year in 2005. She was also an assistant women’s soccer coach and head softball coach at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, for two years and led the softball team to the 2007 NCCAA National Tournament. The Chesterfield, Missouri, native was a dual-sport collegiate stu- dent-athlete playing soccer and softball at Wheaton College (Ill.) and gradu- ating with bachelors degrees in communications and educational formation. She was a part of the 2001 NCAA DIII National Championship Final Four soccer team and co-captained the 2001 Wheaton softball team. She stayed on while a graduate student at Wheaton as an assistant softball coach and earned a masters degree in educational formation in 2003. Bergmann has played and coached internationally with the Chicago Eagles Soccer Club and Southern California Seahorses in Brazil, Holland, Sweden, and Mexico. 3 2016 VMI Women’s Soccer Record Book Page TitleRoster Goes Here No. Name Position HT CL Hometown/Previous School 0 Amanda Leber GK 5-6 Fr. Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Cent. 1 Emily Marbury GK 5-5 Sr. Crozet, Va./Western Albemarle 2 Alex Frank D 5-3 Jr. Vicenza, Italy/Vicenza American 3 Ashley Kassolis D/M 5-1 Fr. Parkton, Md./Hereford 4 Eryn Daman D/M 5-1 Jr. DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt 5 Kristen Whitehurst M 5-5 Sr. Dumfries, Va./Potomac Senior 6 Blake Cashin F 5-4 So. Richmond, Va./Saint Gertrude 7 Taylor Callahan D 5-6 So. Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown 8 Juliet Esnardo F 5-1 So. Ashburn, Va./Broad Run 9 Emma Quirk F 5-4 Jr. Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods 10 Carissa Reese M 5-5 Fr. Haymarket, Va./Battlefield 11 Carlee Anderson M 5-9 Jr. Vinton, Va./William Byrd 12 Sierra Brewer D 5-6 Fr. Orangevale, Calif./Oakmont 14 Lizzy Cotter D 5-7 Sr. Fairfax, Va./Chantilly 15 Katelyn Lauziere F 5-9 Fr.