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Success is a trait head Marquette women's soccer coach Markus Roeders is familiar with. In just seven previous seasons, Roeders has moved the program from competitive to a national power as evidence by his career and emphasized by the results of the 2002 season. With a career mark of 110-37-13 (72.8 winning percentage), Roeders has proven he can coach a team that knows how to win. Marquette made its fourth-straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Following an up-and-down regular season, Roeders rallied his troops for a run a the Conference USA title. The Golden Eagles advanced to their sixth-straight league title match. That was evidence enough to the selection committee that MU deserved to be in the NCAAs once again. The regular season had its highs. Wins over nationally ranked Duke and victories over Dayton and Wisconsin gave the team an impressive resume. During the year, MU was ranked as high as 15th, the highest ranking ever achieved in MU women's soccer history. The C-USA slate gave the Golden Eagles some struggles, but Roeders rallied his team for a late-season run and eventual selection for the postseason. As usual, the team was littered with award recipients. Kate Gordon was All-League and second-team All-America. Anne Dalecky received some All-Region selections to highlight the award winners. During the season, Roeders and Associate Head Coach Frank Pelaez celebrated their 100th career win at Marquette. In 2001, Roeders' Golden Eagles made the NCAA Tournament a continued tradition, advancing to the tournament for the third time in school history. MU's bid was an at-large bid -- a first in school history. The team also hosted the first and second rounds of the College Cup -- the second straight year to host a first-round contest. Marquette also won 16 matches during the year for the fourth time in school history. Roeders' two most dominant players were also highly decorated. Gordon was named Conference USA Player-of-the-Year and was a first-team all-region selection. Dalecky was the C-USA Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year and was an all-region selection as well. In 2000, only a handful of teams won more than the Golden Eagles did. Marquette was one of just five teams to eclipse the 20-win plateau as the team soared to a 20-3-1 season, producing a school record for wins. That feat put Marquette in the same class as national champions North Carolina (21-3-0), Notre Dame (23-1-1), Penn State (22-2-0) and Nebraska. The accolades didn't stop there. Roeders coached the program's first ever All-America selections -- Rhegan Hyypio (first team) and Gordon (second team). Roeders also produced three all-region selections and eight all-conference selections. For his efforts, Roeders was tabbed Coach-of-the-Year in both Conference USA and the Great Lakes Region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. For the first time in school history, Marquette also finished the season nationally ranked. MU finished the year at 24th, reaching as high as 17th during the campaign. The Golden Eagles also went through the C-USA slate undefeated and won a second-consecutive conference tournament title. Roeders led his squad to a first-round NCAA Tournament win over Wright State, 2-1, at Valley Fields before falling to Texas A&M in the second round. However, it has not just been in recent years where Marquette has been successful. The Golden Eagles reached to new heights under Roeders during the 1999 season. Marquette equaled its most wins ever at that point and earned its first-ever Conference USA Tournament championship and first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament in the process. Finishing with a 16-7-2 overall record, Marquette tallied a 2-1 overtime win against Charlotte in the league title contest before scoring a dramatic, four-overtime 3-2 victory over Missouri in its debut NCAA Tournament match. In the second round, Marquette gave the eight-ranked Clemson Tigers all they could handle, but dropped a hard-fought 1-0 decision on a last-minute goal. The 1998 season, like every other Roeders' coached team was an improvement on the season before. Despite finishing the season as the no. 5 seed, Roeders inspired his troops to earn an appearance in the C-USA Championship match, just one win away from an NCAA tournament bid. On the way to a 15-5-2 record, MU received its first ever national ranking on September 14. In 1997, for the second consecutive year, Roeders guided the Golden Eagles to a share of the C-USA regular-season title and a spot in the C-USA Tournament championship game. Marquette finished with a 14-2-4 overall record that included a Marquette-best 10-game winning streak and a 13-game unbeaten streak. In 1996, Roeders steered Marquette to a 16-6-1 mark, twice as many wins as had ever been recorded in school history. The Golden Eagles won the C-USA regular-season title and reached the finals of the C-USA Tournament. For his efforts, Roeders was a unanimous selection in a vote of the league's coaches as the C-USA Coach-of-the-Year. In all, Roeders has produced two All-Americans, 11 all-region players and 42 all-conference selections. His teams have won four regular-season C-USA titles and two tournament crowns and has advanced to a pair of NCAA Tournaments, owning a 2-2 record. "Markus is one of the finest young coaches in the country and we are fortunate to have him at Marquette," said Marquette Director of Athletics Bill Cords. "He is demanding, but he expects nothing but the best effort on the field and in the classroom. For that reason, he has made this program into one of the most respected, both academically and athletically." Previously, Roeders had been an assistant coach for the MU women's team in 1994 and 1995. He also served as the men's assistant coach for four years, helping MU to its most wins ever in 1994 when the Golden Eagles went 16-6-1. Effective September 1, 1999, Roeders took on additional duties as a member of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Committee, which oversees all aspects of the NCAA Tournament and the NCAA's regional rankings. He concluded his assignment on the committee with the end of the 2002 season. He also serves as chair of the Great Lakes Region committee. A native of Idstedt, Germany, Roeders began his collegiate soccer career at Brevard Junior College in Brevard, N.C., where he played for two years and was a captain. He then transferred to UNC Asheville, where he became associated with current Marquette men's soccer coach Steve Adlard, then coach of the Bulldogs. In 1987, Roeders played in 20 games and scored 11 points. The following season, Adlard appointed Roeders captain. As a senior, he appeared in 14 games and registered two goals and three assists. Roeders helped lead the Bulldogs to their first-ever appearance in the semifinal round of the Big South Tournament. Roeders received an associate degree from Brevard in 1987. A two-time member of the Big South Presidential Honor Roll, he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from UNC Asheville in 1990. Roeders, who has a "B" coaching license, is a state coach for the Wisconsin Olympic Development Girls Program and a staff coach for the Region II ODP. He and his wife Katherine have a six-year old son, Kegan. The Roeders family resides in Cedarburg.
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