Tufts University Women's Field Hockey

Mattera was selected National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Coach of the Year that season. Under the leadership of Coach Mattera, Tufts Field Hockey has been one of the elite programs in the country. In addition to the six NCAA appearances and 2012 title, the success includes runs to the NCAA championship game in 2008 and to the NCAA semi-finals in 2009, as well as a New England Small College Athletic Conference championship in 2009.  The Jumbos have reached the national semi-finals three times. Entering the 2016 season, Mattera ranks sixth on the NCAA Div. III winningest active coaches list and winningest all-time coaches list with a .764 percentage. She became the Jumbo program's all-time leader in coaching victories last season and now has a 162-50 overall record. The Tufts program has a 133-32 (.806) record over the last nine seasons and has six top 10 finishes in the national poll over the last seven years. In 2008, Tufts had the best winning percentage in the NCAA's Division III with their 19-2 record (.905). Following that with an 18-2 mark in 2009, the Jumbos went 19-2 again in 2012 and added a 15-3 finish in 2013. Four players recruited to Tufts by Coach Mattera have earned NFHCA First Team All-America honors in recent seasons. Emily Cannon, a 2014 graduate, became the third two-time (2012-13) First Team All-American recruited by Mattera, joining Tamara Brown (2009-10) and Margi Scholtes (2008-09). Taylor Dyer was honored in 2010. Lexi Jamison, a 2015 graduate, earned second team All-American honors last fall. Brown was named NESCAC Player of the Year for both 2009 and 2010. She finished her career as Tufts' all-time leading scorer with 78 goals and 26 assists. Dyer was selected as NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2011 and Scholtes won the award in 2009. Tufts has a 63-14 (.818) record in the conference since the 2008 season. NESCAC's Coach of the Year in 2008 and in 2009, Mattera was hired as the sixth coach of Tufts Field Hockey in June 2004. A 2000 Boston University graduate, she was a four-year standout and captain of the 1999 team. She led the Terriers to an undefeated America East Conference championship that season. An assistant coach at Holy Cross prior to Tufts, Mattera won two Massachusetts state championships while playing for the Walpole High School team in 1994 and 1995. She was the Regional Coaching Director for USA Field Hockey's Futures Program from 2003-06. As a member of US Field Hockey's national indoor team, she won a silver medal at the Pan Am Games in December 2005. Coach Mattera and her husband Chuck have a daughter Lucy and reside in South Boston. #