Lehigh head coach Manny Oudin has announced that former standout Erin Iwaskiewicz ‘05 has been named the new assistant coach for the women’s soccer program. One of the finest goalkeepers in school and Patriot League women’s soccer history, Iwaskiewicz returns to her alma mater after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Patriot League rival Bucknell.

Gina Lewandowski simply wasn’t ready to give up the game she loved. A four-year standout on the pitch for the Lehigh women’s soccer team, Lewandowski finished her career in the Brown and White at or near the top of the school annals in goals and points. Armed with some family connections and a desire to continue her playing career, she took a leap of faith and ended up across the pond, some 4,000 miles away from home as the starting center back for Germany’s top team.

Lehigh held its annual Convocation Program on Monday, April 28 at Baker Hall inside the Zoellner Arts Center to look back on the accomplishments of the past year for both team and individual performances. Senior Michaela Pawlewicz was one of seven senior student-athletes were honored with Distinguished Achievement Awards.  These recipients are student-athletes who have displayed a high level of scholarship, significant athletic achievement at the league level and beyond and demonstrated service to the institution.

Lehigh head coach Manny Oudin has announced the addition of ten student-athletes who will join the Mountain Hawks soccer program in the fall. The incoming class is national in scope, with seven states represented; and well balanced with a versatile assortment of forwards, midfielders and defenders.

The month of April is well underway and as the end of the school year rapidly approaches only two episodes of the Lehigh Sports Magazine remain. While this week’s Lehigh Sports Magazine television show is loaded with spring sport updates, we start the program by sitting down with Manny Oudin, the head coach of the women’s soccer team. He’ll get us up to date on his team’s spring season as well as let us know what we can expect from his squad in 2008.