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Division 2 Missouri Midwest
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Melissa Gyllenborg

The Maryville University Department of Athletics and Campus Recreation announced Melissa Gyllenborg as the new head coach of the women’s lacrosse program in May 2022. She comes to Maryville after serving as the head coach at McKendree University for the last eight seasons.


Gyllenborg amassed a record of 75-55 at McKendree and has posted a .500 or better conference record in six of seven years of full competition. She coached the Bearcats to double digit win totals four times, including a school-record 13 wins in 2017. Gyllenborg has guided her teams to their respective conference tournament in every season.


“I am beyond excited to be named the head women's lacrosse coach at Maryville University,” Gyllenborg said. “I want to thank Director of Athletics Lonnie Folks, Associate AD Brittany Fennell, and the entire search committee for their trust and belief in me to lead this program. I am looking forward to building off of the program's foundation to create an amazing student-athlete experience with a passion for championship success. I would also like to thank McKendree University, my assistants, and team members for all of the memories over the past eight seasons.”


In the just concluded 2022 season, Gyllenborg guided the Bearcats to a third-place finish in the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season and a berth into the GLVC Tournament. McKendree had six total selections to the 2022 All-GLVC Team, including first-team honorees Kat Albrecht and Sidney Tiemann. The duo were selected to the IWLA All-Region second team, too, in 2022.


After CoVID-19 halted the 2020 season, Gyllenborg led McKendree to a 10-4 record in 2021, a third place in the GLVC standings and the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament. She coached seven All-GLVC players, including first-team selection Kat Albrecht. Her 2021 squad had the school’s highest team GPA that academic year.


The 2019 season saw the Bearcats post an 11-7 mark, including a 9-3 record in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Gyllenborg led McKendree to a win in the quarterfinals of the GLIAC Tournament.


In 2018, McKendree made a return trip to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) championship game as the four seed in the tournament, thanks to two fifty goal scorers in Dana DiPasquale (GLIAC Attacker of the Year) and Paige Salthouse. Six Bearcats earned All-GLIAC honors, including three on the First Team. They finished the season as the #23 ranked team in the Division II IWLCA national poll.


In only her third season with the program, Gyllenborg was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year as McKendree earned a share of the regular season conference title. The Bearcats earned their first national ranking in the IWLCA poll after securing the GLIAC Tournament Title in 2017, defeating Grand Valley State 12-8. McKendree had seven All-Conference and five All-Tournament honorees.


Gyllenborg joined the coaching staff after serving as head coach at NCAA Division I Siena College in 2013-14. In her only season at Siena, she had one All-Conference honoree, two players named to the league’s All-Rookie team, and set a new program record with nine players earning Academic All-Conference honors. Her squad finished 18th in the nation in draw controls.


Prior to Siena, Gyllenborg served as defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at NCAA Division I Colgate University for three seasons. In her time with the Raiders, she coached seven All-Conference players, the 2012 Colgate Female Athlete of the Year and Conference Midfielder of the Year and the 2011 Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Gyllenborg helped Colgate win the Patriot League regular season title.


From 2008-2010, Gyllenborg was an assistant coach at Rochester Institute of Technology. She helped turn around a one-win program into a team that won 13 games in 2009, and she was named the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III National Outstanding Assistant Coach. Serving as defensive coordinator, her Tiger defense ranked ninth in Division III in goals-against average and fifth in total saves. She also helped develop the 2009 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and an IWLCA second-team All-American.


Gyllenborg played lacrosse at Syracuse University from 2004-07, starting in 35 of her 63 games played. She helped lead the Orange to two NCAA tournament appearances, including a berth in the quarterfinals in 2007. Gyllenborg played on Syracuse’s 2007 Big East championship squad. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Syracuse and also earned her M.S. in school psychology from Roberts Wesleyan University. Melissa and her husband, Scott, have three children; Olivia, Rhea and Renna.

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Carly Shisler

Carly Shisler begins her first season as a Maryville assistant women’s lacrosse coach for the 2022-23 academic year. She comes to the Saints after serving as the coach for the True Lacrosse Illinois State Teams Coach in 2021-22.


Shisler was an assistant coach at McKendree from 2019 through the 2021 season. She helped the Bearcats reach double-digit wins in the two fully completed seasons of 2019 and 2021. McKendree reached the GLIAC Tournament finals in 2019 and qualified for the GLVC Tourney in 2021. Shisler was the 410 West Head High School from 2019 to 2021 and served as the coach for 410 West Youth SLYLA. She has stints as the True Lacrosse Assistant U14 Lacrosse Coach (2015) and as New Wave Assistant U14 Lacrosse Coach (2016-2018)


A standout player at Grand Valley State University, Shisler was a three-year starter and served as team captain her senior season. She helped the Lakers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and was a member of three GLIAC regular season championships and three postseason tournament GLIAC crown. Shisler was the 2019 GLIAC Midfielder of the Year, named to the IWLCA Division II All-Star Team and first-team All-Region. She also garnered GLIAC First, Second, and Honorable Mention All-Conference Team honors as well as earning the GLIAC Commissioner’s Award and a three-time Academic All-Excellence honors.

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