Concordia University-Wisconsin Women's Lacrosse

Emily Schoessow completed her 15th season as head coach of the Concordia University Wisconsin women's lacrosse program in 2025. Since founding the program in 2011, she has built the Falcons into a perennial contender and one of the most consistent programs in the Midwest. Under her leadership, CUW has captured three Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference (MWLC) Regular Season titles and two MWLC Tournament Championships. The Falcons went undefeated in league play during both the 2015 and 2016 seasons, stringing together a 28-game conference winning streak and earning back-to-back NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. In 2024, Schoessow guided four Falcons to All-NACC honors, with Katelyn Cardinale earning First Team recognition, Ava Karlov and Eliana Fuchs making the Second Team, and Anna Gong receiving Honorable Mention. The 2023 season saw CUW finish second in the NACC standings with a 5-1 record, while Cardinale was named NACC Freshman of the Year. Named MWLC Coach of the Year in 2015, Schoessow has coached some of the top players in program history including Lauren Paquin, a two-time MWLC Midfielder of the Year, and Allison Kurek, who earned MWLC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. As a student-athlete, Schoessow was a four-year member of both the women's lacrosse and ice hockey programs at Connecticut College, serving as captain for both teams. She was twice named to the IWLCA All-Region team as a junior and senior. Lacrosse has been a lifelon

Hannah Nelson completed her first season as an assistant coach for both the Concordia University Wisconsin women's hockey and women's lacrosse programs during the 2024-25 academic year. Nelson joined CUW after spending two seasons as an assistant coach with the women's hockey program at Buffalo State. Prior to her coaching career, she was a two-sport student-athlete at Trine University from 2017 to 2022, competing in both ice hockey and lacrosse. A member of Trine's inaugural women's ice hockey team, Nelson made history by scoring the program's first-ever goal—the first goal by a collegiate women's ice hockey player from the state of Indiana. She graduated in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in Health and Physical Education and minors in Coaching, Exercise Science, and Sport Psychology. She went on to earn a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Trine in 2023. Nelson's achievements extended beyond the rink and field. She was a three-time American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Krampade All-American Scholar and a three-time member of the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Honor Roll. A native of Libertyville, Illinois, Nelson has also contributed to the sport at the national level. She served on the coaching staff for the USA Hockey U15 National Development Camp from 2019 to 2020 and worked at the USA Hockey National Camp in 2019, 2020, and 2022. She has also helped launch and coach youth hockey and learn-to-skate programs in the