Our Coaches

Coach Eden
​Founder of Falcon Field Hockey
Assistant Coach Fairleigh Dickinson University


Coach Eden  is a former soccer player who grew tired of the sport and decided to try out for the field hockey team her sophomore year at Passaic Valley High School.  She made the team and was instantly hooked on field hockey!  Coach Eden then went on to play for Montclair State University. As a Red Hawk, she played defense and midfield for the team. In 2001, Montclair State went on to beat Catholic University 1-0 to capture the ECAC Championship.  Coach Eden was an integral part of a successful senior year at Montclair State in 2003. That year, Montclair State field hockey qualified for NCAA tournament for the first time in the program's history and made it to the Sweet Sixteen. Coach Eden was awarded the student-athlete award by the NCAA, which recognizes student-athletes with a 3.5 GPA or higher. Coach Eden graduated from MSU with her Master’s in Education along with a Bachelor’s in History and Sociology.   
After college, Coach Eden went on to coach for numerous successful high school programs in New Jersey such as Montclair and Northern Highlands.  Her proudest moment of high school coaching was taking over as Head Coach of Field Hockey
and Lacrosse at Northern Valley Demarest in 2012.  At that time NVD field hockey
was very much in a rebuilding phase as in the 2011 season they did not win a single game.  Within 5 years of Coach Eden taking over the program, NVD won the Bergen County title beating powerhouse Ramsey to capture the championship. 
This has always been her most proud moment as a coach as she was able
​to rebuild a program who went from not scoring any goals in the 2011 season to winning a county championship in 2017. 
In 2018, Coach Eden opened Falcon Athletics with the goal of providing club teams, leagues, clinics, and equipment to the North Jersey area for players of all genders & ages. Falcon Field Hockey has seen a tremendous amount of growth since its establishment.   Coach Eden and the FalconFHC coaching staff have led their
U14, U16, & U19 teams to many pool championships.  The club has seen numerous players commit to playing in DI, DII, & DIII colleges.  Coach Eden and her
staff take pride in putting players first with the focus on the growth &
development of the individual player.   Falcon Field Hockey prides themself in this focus over club rankings and wins.
  Falcon Field Hockey has grown to offer high school and adult summer leagues, summer tournaments, and summer camps.  In the summer of 2022 Falcon Field Hockey hosted their first overnight summer camp at Montclair State with much success as 180 players attended the four day camp.   Also in the summer of 2022 Falcon Field Hockey hosted their first tournament, Ramapo Valley Jamboree. The RVJ hosted U14, U16, U19, & adult divisions providing players of all ages a great preseason prep playing opportunity & saw over 150 athletes throughout the day.  
In 2019, Eden joined the Lady Roadrunners staff at Ramapo College as an assistant coach.  The 2020-2021 Lady Roadrunners advanced to the NJAC Tournament Championship for the first time in program history earning NJAC Runner-Up.
​ In 2021-2022, Ramapo College experienced the most success since the programs' inaugural season in 2004. Coach Eden helped in leading the Lady Roadrunners to an impressive 15-7 record ending with the programs' first ECAC Championship &   most wins in a season.  
Most recently in 2024, Eden was named assistant field hockey coach of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ.
Eden has her USA Level I and II Field Hockey Coaching Accreditation & has coached for the USA Futures Program. She is also Safe Sport Training certified as well as ​CPR & AED trained.

Coach Carr 
Head Coach Fairleigh Dickinson University

Coach Carr (Tafro) is a former two time All American at Montclair State University & holds numerous Red Hawk records. In 2013, she was named NJAC midfielder of the year and was an integral part of the Red Hawks capturing the conference crown in 2012 & 2013. Coach Tafro earned three NJAC First Team All-Conference honors and was also selected for the NJHCA South Atlantic First Team All-Region.

In Spring of 2024, Fairleigh Dickinson University named Carr the Head Coach of the field hockey team.  Prior to FDU, Carr was the Head Coach of the field hockey team of Ramapo College and she was an integral part of the programs success from 2017-2022. The 2020-2021 Roadrunners advanced to the NJAC Tournament Championship for the first time in program history earning NJAC Runner-Up. During the 2021-2022 season, Ramapo College experienced the most success since the programs' inaugural season in 2004. Coach Tafro led the Lady Roadrunners to an impressive 15-7 record ending with the programs' fist ECAC Championship.  

Prior to coaching at Ramapo College Tafro was an assistant coach at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN during the 2016 season. Tafro helped to lead Rhodes to the NCAA Tournament & the Southern Athletic Association Championship. 

Prior to coaching at Rhodes, Tafro was the graduate assistant coach at Frostburg State University where she developed and administrated drills for the Bobcats as well as playing a major role in the team's strategy and philosophy. Frostburg was second in the Capital Athletic Conference in saves while in her first season with the Bobcats; they led the CAC in saves and finished fourth in defensive saves. 

Coach Tafro has her USA Level 1 & Level 2 Accreditation & has also coached for​ USA Futures Program.

Coach O'Reilly
Head Coach Montclair State University

Coach O'Reilly begins her tenth season as the head coach of the Montclair State Red Hawks. She became the 17th coach in program history in June 2015.  In her time at MSU, O’Reilly has amassed over 100 career wins with the Red Hawks, which includes berths in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship each of the last three seasons, a feat accomplished only one other time in program history. 
O'Reilly led Montclair State to a 15-5 record and a berth in the NJAC semifinals in her first season. The Red Hawks finished the year ranked 11th by the NFHCA and placed three players on the All-NJAC Team.  O’Reilly followed up an impressive first campaign with an even better one in 2016 as the Red Hawks returned to the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship for the first time in three seasons. Montclair State posted a 16-6 mark and was ranked in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III poll throughout the season ending the year at  No. 10. 
 In 2018, MSU recorded its fourth straight 15-win campaign, finishing 15-4 and another Top 20 ranking by the NFHCA. The Red Hawks reached their third consecutive NCAA Tournament and was one of two schools to place three players on the NFHCA Division III All-America Team.
Prior to her arrival at MSU, O'Reilly enjoyed two successful seasons as the top assistant at Manhattanville College.  O'Reilly arrived at Manhattanville after a decorated four-year career on the field hockey field at Franklin & Marshall College, where she was a four-year starter and senior captain for the Diplomats. She was named to the NFHCA All-South Region and All-Centennial Conference first team as a senior after scoring nine goals with 11 assists
for a career-high 29 points, following up an All-Conference second-team honor in 2009. She finished her career as the school's all-time leader in
assists (35) and game-winning goals (eight), while also ranking fifth in
​points (95) and ninth in goals (30). 
Coach Siconolfi
Assistant Coach Montclair State University
Coach Siconolfi enters her sixth season as a member of the Montclair State University coaching staff following a very successful playing career that concluded in 2018.

A standout defender, Siconolfi, who helped MSU to three consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament berths, appeared in 55 games and was a two-time First-Team All-NJAC in addition to being named All-Region by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association in 2017 and 2018.

Coach Sohns
Assistant Coach Stevens Institute of Technology

Coach Sohs-  enters her second season as an assistant field hockey coach for Stevens Institute of Technology.  In 2023, Coach Sohns helped lead Stevens to a MAC Conference Championship and a NCAA playoff birth. 
Before coaching at Stevens Institute, Sohns worked as a graduate assistant coach for two years at McDaniel College where she also served as an interim head coach for 6 months.
Prior to college coaching, Sohns played  at Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy  Florham for four years. She was a three-time first-team all-conference selections, with two-time conference championships and two NCAA tournament appearances. Sohns scored 19 goals with 31 assists to total 69 pints over 91 career games for the FDU Devils.  She concluded her career at FDU as the Devils' career leader in assists  and first-team All-American honors.

Coach Harris

Coach Harris began field hockey at nine years old when she joined the W.C. Eagles. She played on their top team and won many championships at national tournaments including the ESPN Disney Showcase, The National Indoor Tournament, and National Club Championships. After many years of hard work, she
earned the opportunity to play in the Junior Olympics and with the National Indoor U-16 team. Coach Harris attended The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, PA, and received the MVP award every year
throughout middle school and high school. She was selected first team All Main-Line all four years of high school and voted team captain her senior year.
She went on to play four years (2016-2019) at The Ohio State University where she earned Big Ten player of the week many times. Immediately, Coach Harris was an integral part of the Buckeye’s defense
and corner units playing in every game for the Buckeyes. She tallied 22 career points with career highs her senior year. She was an academic weapon as well earning the NFHCA National Academic Team,
Academic All Big-Ten, and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete awards all four years.
After college, Coach Harris moved back to the Philadelphia area to coach at her alma mater. She helped coach the Shipley field hockey team to become the 2021 Friends League Champions. At this time, she
also began coaching with Swarthmore College for their 2021 season. Bringing her knowledge of the game to Swarthmore, she helped coach the team to their first winning season in over a decade and to
the semi-finals of the Centennial Conference for the first time in 20 years.

Coach Szablinski
Head Coach SUNY New Paltz University

Coach Szablinski  finished her 14th season leading the Hawks to the SUNYAC Championship game where they just fell short. They finished 14-5 and earned the second seed. Szablinski coached four All-SUNYAC selections including three first team players 
Szablinski has constructed a powerhouse program during her time at New Paltz, as the Hawks won four consecutive SUNYAC titles from 2012-15, and she won SUNYAC Coach of the Year honors for three consecutive seasons from 2011-13.
​Furthermore, in 2012, she was named the Synapse Sports NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year, and her teams have thrice advanced past the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Szablinski continued her run of success by guiding New Paltz to its fourth straight SUNYAC championship in 2015, as the Hawks went 16-6 overall (5-1 SUNYAC). New Paltz topped Simmons by a 1-0 final in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament, marking the program's third-ever NCAA Tournament win and first-ever NCAA home event in the history of the College.  In 2013, the Hawks won their first-ever NCAA Tournament contest, upsetting William Smith College on the road, 5-2, in the first round. New Paltz has had a flair for the dramatic in winning its first two SUNYAC titles, as the Hawks topped SUNY Cortland in the championship game in shootout fashion both in 2012 and 2013. New Paltz achieved its first-ever winning season in 2012—going 16-5 overall—and followed it up with a 14-9 mark in 2013.

        Coach Kortmann
                Head Coach Drew University 

Summer Kortmann (Washburn) enters her third year as the head coach of the Drew University field hockey team in 2024-25.

In her first season at the helm, Kortmann guided the Rangers to significant improvement during the 2022 campaign. The team posted a record of 7-9, marking the squad's highest victory total in nine years. In addition, the team won a pair of Landmark Conference games to finish with its most conference victories in eight seasons. The team displayed continued improvement in 2023, earning three Landmark Conference victories while three Rangers collected All-Landmark Conference honors, the most since the 2013 season.

Kortmann came to Drew University from Babson College, where as an assistant coach she has helped the Beavers to a successful four-year run that included a conference title and a pair of trips to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. She also served as an assistant for both field hockey and lacrosse at Trinity (Conn.) 

Coach Miller
Head Coach Columbia University
​Field Hockey 

Coach Miller enters her first season at Columbia University after three years as the head coach of Wagner College field hockey. Miller, a native of Washington, NJ, comes to Grymes Hill by way of Northeast Conference (NEC) rival Sacred Heart University, where she served as an assistant coach for the field hockey team under head coach Sydney Van Der Merwe for the last two seasons. During her tenure with the Pioneers, Miller oversaw the teams' offensive development, implementing strategies for practices and games, resulting in a 62.5% increase in goals from 2017 to 2018.   Miller's field hockey background includes serving as a head coach for both the USA Field Hockey Futures and Fairfield County United Field Hockey Club teams. Her main goal with both of these organizations was to help develop young players and prepare them for the next level of field hockey. Prior to embarking on her collegiate coaching career, Miller was a standout field hockey athlete at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. In her time there, she helped lead the Minutemen team to three Atlantic 10 Championships and three NCAA Tournament berths, having reached the Sweet 16 twice and the Elite 8 once. She was appointed captain of the team her junior and senior seasons and was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team in her final season.

Coach Raimondi
USA Field Hockey, NCAA rated umpire

Coach Raimondi started her field hockey journey in middle school at Ho-Ho-Kus Public School.  Her playing career then blossomed at Northern Highlands Regional High School where she received All State, All County, and All League accolades during her Varsity tenure.  She decided to turn her focus to the Ramapo College of New Jersey Road Runners where she served out her collegiate career.  

In her time since then, she has coached at the club and high school levels.  She also is a USA Field Hockey, NCAA, and high school rated umpire.  Coach Raimondi's works in sales as well as volunteering for her municipal fire department, Food Allergy Advocacy groups, and she continues to play competitive hockey in adult leagues across the country.

Coach Wisneski "Dubs"
Head Coach Kittatiny Regional High School 

Coach Wisneski "Dubs"  is a standout goaltender who played at Ramapo College. She currently holds the all time record for saves for Ramapo College Field Hockey. Coach Dubs was named NJAC goalie of the year two times while at Ramapo College and played in the NFHCA Senior All Star Game. In 2015, Wisneski was named the league's Goaltender of the Year.  That year she led the conference in conference-only saves per game with 13.00 and conference-only saves with 78.  She was also number two in the conference for save percentage at .780.  Wisneski was named to the NJAC 1st Team All-Conference in addition to her Goaltender of the Year award.   She is now the head coach at Kittatinny Regional High School and has also coached for the USA Futures Program.  

Coach Hanks
​​​Assistant Coach Stevens Institute of Technology 

Coach Hanks is a former four-year starting member of the Skidmore College Field Hockey team, serving as team captain in 2015. Hanks was a three-time All-Liberty League player, a three-time All-North Atlantic Region selection and an All-American in her junior and senior campaigns. Hanks received her Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Business in 2016. She is currently the full-time assistant coach at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. In her first season on Castle Point, Hanks helped Stevens clinch a spot in the MAC Freedom Tournament in their first year in the conference. Under her tutelage, four student-athletes have earned MAC Conference awards, one earned All-Region as well as earning a number of academics awards. Prior to Stevens, she had a three-year stint as an assistant at Franklin & Marshall College. During her time on the sidelines, F&M made three trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a run to the Final Four in 2017. The Diplomats' staff was named South Region Coaching Staff of the Year in 2017 and she coaches, five student-athletes garnered National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-America honors and multiple All-Region and All-Centennial Conference selections.Coach Hanks has also coached for the USA Futures Program.
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Coach Piekarz
​Assistant Coach William
​Paterson University 

Coach Piekarz  serves as William Paterson’s assistant field hockey coach after filling the role of acting head coach during the Fall 2020 semester.
 
An assistant coach at Stockton University for two seasons (2018-20), Piekarz also has served as a youth coach with New Jersey’s USA Field Hockey Futures program since 2019, as well as with VIP Field Hockey and Explosive Hockey Club.
 
Piekarz played for Seton Hill University 2014-2017, completing a bachelor’s degree in history, with a minor in Holocaust and Genocide studies. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Holocaust and Genocide studies at Stockton. ​

Coach Choka

Coach Choka is a standout forward who played at Ramapo College. Coach Choka competed in the NJAC as a Roadrunner on the Ramapo College Field Hockey team. Choka was named the 2017 and 2018 captain, as well as earning NJAC Honorable Mention All-Conference honors during both seasons.  Choka also coached for Quiet Storm Field Hockey Club, which conducted camps for the youth players of the North Jersey area.
During her time as a high school student athlete, Choka played Field Hockey and Lacrosse at Wayne Valley High School. In her 2013 Field Hockey season, Choka earned Second Team All-Passaic County and Second Team All-League. In her 2014 Lacrosse Season, Choka earned First Team All-Passaic County and Second Team All-League. 

Interested in coaching with us?!?

We are always looking to grow our coaching staff!  Drop us a line & let us know why you would make a great coach!  **Previous field hockey playing experience is required, preferably at the collegiate/international level.**
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