Athletics: Women's Soccer

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Coaching Staff:

Head Coach Leslie Benintend
Leslie Benintend Leslie Benintend is the winningest coach in the history of Muhlenberg women's soccer with an outstanding record of 186-111-26 (.616) in her 17 seasons.

Benintend has led the Mules to their first six postseason appearances, including NCAA Tournament berths following Centennial Conference championships in 2000, 2001 and 2003 and an at-large berth in 2009. Muhlenberg reached the regional finals in both 2001 and 2003, finishing the season ranked 17th and 23rd, respectively, in Division III in those years.

Muhlenberg won back-to-back ECAC Mid-Atlantic championships in 1998 and 1999. The program also had All-Americans in 2000 and 2001, its first two

Leslie Benintend Year by Year
Year W-L-T Postseason
2011 6-10-2
2010 7-8-2
2009 12-7 NCAA Tournament (first round)
2008 11-5-4 CC Tournament
2007 8-6-3
2006 13-6 CC Tournament
2005 4-10-2
2004 10-6-2 CC Tournament
2003 16-4-2 NCAA Tournament (third round)
2002 13-7 CC Tournament
2001 19-3 NCAA Tournament (third round)
2000 15-4-2 NCAA Tournament (second round)
1999 14-6-1 ECAC Mid-Atlantic champions
1998 15-5 ECAC Mid-Atlantic champions
1997 10-6-2
1996 6-10-2
1995 7-8-2
ever. The Mules won the CC regular-season title in 2002 and 2009.

Benintend came to Muhlenberg from nearby Kutztown University, where she coached in 1994.

Benintend was a three-time soccer All-American at her alma mater, Cortland State, and was named the school's female athlete of the year in 1992. She played in the 1990 NCAA Division III championship game and was the 1991 SUNYAC Eastern Division player of the year.

Following her collegiate career, Benintend spent one year as head junior varsity coach at Cortland State and one year as graduate assistant coach at East Stroudsburg University.

Assistant Coach Scott Mang

Scott Mang Scott Mang joined the Muhlenberg coaching staff for the 2005 season. A 1996 graduate of Bloomsburg University, where he played for three years and was assistant coach for two, Mang coached the Northwestern Lehigh High School boys team from 1998 to 2001, winning a district championship and earning coach-of-the-year honors from the Morning Call in 1999. He went on to start the high school varsity program at Northern Lehigh High School in 2002.

Assistant Coach Wolfgang Hochleitner

Wofgang Hochleitner Wolfgang Hochleitner completed his first season as an assistant coach at Muhlenberg in 2009. Hochleitner began his college career at Muhlenberg and went on to captain the team at the University of New England, where he served as a player-assistant during his senior year. He continues to play and coach in the Lehigh Valley and works with many of the local female high school players. He has also coached local youth clubs and at Whitehall High School.