Lakeland University

Lakeland University Athletics
PO Box 359 Sheboygan, WI 53082

Division 3 Wisconsin Midwest

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Heather Robare

Lakeland University alum Heather Robare is in her second year as head coach of the Muskies women’s soccer program.

Robare took over as head coach in January 2022, and in her first season last fall the Muskies posted a 5-13 record. The five wins were more than the previous two seasons combined and the program’s most wins in a season since 2018. Lakeland also won three of its first four matches, tying for the best start through four games in program history.

Robare is a 2004 graduate of Lakeland who played soccer for the Muskies from 1999-2002. Since then she has gained significant experience coaching at the high school and club levels, including the last 14 years with Lakeshore United FC in Sheboygan.

Robare currently is the Academy and Technical Director for Lakeshore United leading the club's youth development programs. She coaches under-11 (U-11) and U-12 teams with the club. Robare holds her United States Soccer Federation (USSF) C license and also is a coach for U.S. Soccer's Olympic Development Program with Wisconsin's 2007 older girls team.

Robare also coached soccer at Sheboygan South High School for eight years, including four years as head coach, and also coached one year at Sheboygan Lutheran High School. She is a native of Roscoe, Ill., a graduate of Hononegah High School, and played both at the high school and club levels.

Robare received her degree from Lakeland in elementary education, taught for a number of years in the Sheboygan Area School District, and in 2014 completed her master's in educational technology from Concordia University Wisconsin.

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Alexis MacDonald

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Lexi MacDonald is in her second year as the graduate assistant coach with the Lakeland women’s soccer program.

MacDonald came to Lakeland after a four-year career at the Muskies’ rival Marian University in Fond du Lac. She played in 45 matches in her career as a central defender and midfielder, starting 26, and was part of teams that won 30 matches over four years and appeared in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament three times.

MacDonald is a native of West Sacramento, Calif. She also is currently coaching U12 with the Lakeshore United F.C. in Sheboygan, and before that was an academy coach for the Fond du Lac Youth Soccer Association. She graduated from Marian in Dec. 2021 with a degree in organizational communication and minors in marketing and public relations.