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Drew University

Drew University Athletics
 36 Madison Ave. Madison, NJ 07940
Division 3 New Jersey Northeast
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Christa Racine

Christa Racine has led the Drew University women's soccer program since 1994. The program’s all-time leader in wins, Racine has been named the Coach of the Year three times and in 1994 was named the DIII Coach of the Year by the CSANJ. She has led her teams to 16 conference playoff appearances, seven ECAC Tournament appearances and two NCAA Tournament berths.


Racine coached Drew University to the 2013 Landmark Conference Championship as the No. 3 seed in the league's postseason tournament. The Rangers went on the road to No. 2 Juniata College - where they lost 3-0 in the final game of the regular season - and pulled out a dramatic 3-2 overtime victory in the semifinals. At top-seeded University of Scranton, Drew took a 1-1 tie into a penalty shootout and won the conference crown after a 4-3 victory in the shootout.


The 2013 championship is Racine's second career league title after winning the Freedom Conference in 1997 with a 1-0 win over Elizabethtown College.


The 2010 Rangers put together one of the best seasons in school history after 15 wins and the first ever ECAC Tournament Championship. Racine had seven of her players listed on the Landmark All-Conference Team, establishing a new program mark.


A native of Morris County, Racine was an All-American at local high school Morris Catholic prior to attending Rutgers University. She led the Scarlet Knights to a four-year record of 50-24-7, with three consecutive ECAC Championships from 1990-1992. Her 39 career goals and 99 career points are third in school history and she holds the record for most assists in a game with four. Racine was most recently honored by the Newark Star Ledger as a member of New Jersey's “All-Century” Team.


Following her outstanding collegiate career, the Regional All-American played in the Olympic Festival, starring for the gold medal winning East Team in 1994. A USSF "A" license coach, Racine teaches coaching certification courses for the state of New Jersey. In addition to her duties as women's soccer coach, Racine serves as Drew's Director of Athletics. Prior to her appointment as AD, she was Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator at Drew.

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Melanie Santos

Former Ranger standout and Landmark Conference championship hero Melanie Santos enters her first season as an assistant women's soccer coach in 2023.


Santos was a four-year starter in the midfield and a two-time All-Landmark Conference recipient under current Head Coach Christa Racine from 2012-15. During her sophomore campaign, Santos posted career-highs in goals (five), assists (two), and points (12) while helping to lead the Rangers to a 15-4-1 record. In one of the top moments in team history, she booted in the fourth and final goal in penalty kicks versus Scranton in the 2013 Landmark Conference final, clinching the program's first Landmark title.


For her career, Santos played in 74 games and started every match over her last three seasons, finishing with 16 goals, four assists, and 36 points. In addition to helping the Rangers to their 2013 Landmark Conference title, she also helped the squad reach the Landmark playoffs in both 2012 and 2014. She captured a spot on the All-Landmark Second Team in each of her last two seasons.

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James Wiegand

James Wiegand enters his fourth season as an assistant coach of the Drew University women's soccer team in 2022. In addition to his coaching duties at Drew, he serves as a trainer for MatchFit Academy.


Wiegand entered the college ranks after a highly-successful high school coaching career. He was named the 2018 Morris County Boys Soccer Coach of the Year as the head coach of Parsippany Hills High School after helping the Vikings reach the final of the Morris County Tournament. It was the second time he was named Morris County Coach of the Year, as he also earned the honor as the head boys soccer coach at Dover High School in 2013, when he was also lauded as the All State North Jersey Coach of the Year. Wiegand led Dover to consecutive conference championships in 2012-13.


Wiegand also served as the Pasco Soccer Club Director of Training from 2011-14.

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