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The Penn Relays are this weekend at Franklin Field. Included on the roster of participants is Dr. Joshua Buch, he turns 85 this week, and on Saturday he will run in the masters 100 meter dash. Dr. Buch has spent more than half a century teaching finance at La Salle University. Matt Leon caught up with Dr. Buch about why he decided to start running in the relays a few years ago, and what his traini...

Steve DePasquale has been the only head coach in the history of the varsity softball program since it began in 1995 at Rowan College of South Jersey’s Gloucester campus. He led the Roadrunners to the 2011 and 2012 NJCAA Division III National Championships and earlier this season picked up his 800th career win. In Episode #129 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with DePasqual...

Gina McLaughlin has been the head women’s hockey coach at Neumann University in Aston since 2014. She has led the Knights to four United College Hockey Conference playoff berths and recently was chosen for enshrinement into the Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame. In Episode #128 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with McLaughlin about her career on the ice. They look back...

Barbara Cordova is the head women’s gymnastics coach at Division II West Chester University. In her 14 seasons at the helm of the program at her alma mater, the Golden Rams have consistently been one of the top squads in the region. In Episode #127 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Cordova about her life in gymnastics. They talk about how she got introduced to the spor...

Matt Langel has been the head men’s basketball coach at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York since 2011. He has turned the Raiders into a dominant Patriot League program, winning three of the last four league titles, appearing in the last three NCAA Tournaments. A Moorestown, NJ, native, Langel played his college basketball at the University of Pennsylvania where he starred for then head...

Cindy Ikeler has been the head men’s and women’s swimming coach at Division III Cabrini University in Radnor for a decade. On her watch, the Cavaliers have emerged as premier programs in the Atlantic East Conference. In Episode #125 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Ikeler about her life in swimming. They talk about her days as an elite competitive swimmer in col...

The Drexel University women's basketball team is still alive in the WNIT. The Dragons have advanced to the Sweet 16, and on Thursday night they will visit Seton Hall. Drexel advanced by beating Bucknell in a crazy second round matchup, 61-58. Drexel trailed by 17 points in the fourth quarter before storming back to win in a comeback for the ages. Drexel is now 28 and 5 on the season, and the 28 wi...

John White has been the head men’s and women’s squash coach at Drexel University since 2011. He is the only head coach the varsity programs have ever known. In 2022, the women’s team at Drexel finished its season as national runners up and the #2 team in the country. White’s resume as a squash player is incredibly impressive as he has traveled the globe playing the sport, a...

The University of Delaware women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Hens won the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title to earn an automatic bid and in the first round on Friday they will play Maryland in College Park. The Blue Hens are the #13-seed in the Spokane Region, Maryland is the #4-seed. Matt Leon caught up with Delaware head coach Natasha Adair to...

There is a new home run king on Hawk Hill. Saint Joseph’s University senior catcher Andrew Cossetti, a La Salle College High School product, recently hit his 31st career home run to set the program’s all-time record, breaking the mark set by John Brue in 2016. Cossetti hit three home runs in a double header sweep of Radford this past Friday with the first homer in the first game tying...

The Villanova women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament. The 23-8 Wildcats earned an at large berth out of the Big East. They are the #11-seed in the Wichita region and in the first round they will play the #6-seed BYU on Saturday afternoon at 1pm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Matt Leon spoke with Villanova head coach Denise Dillon about the excitement of getting into the field and...

The Drexel University women’s basketball team is getting ready for the WNIT. The regular season Colonial Athletic Association champions, the Dragons fell just short of the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, losing the conference title game to rival Delaware, 63-59. On Thursday night, they will host Norfolk State in the WNIT’s first round at 6pm at the DAC. Matt Leon spoke with head...

Erik Kratz spent parts of 11 seasons as a catcher in the Major Leagues. The Lansdale native spent parts of four seasons with his hometown team, the Phillies, where he became a fan favorite. He’s back with the Phillies organization now, recently announced as a new member of the radio broadcast team. In Episode #123 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks with Kratz about coming on...

Amidst the backdrop of a delicate dynamic this season, University of the Sciences women’s basketball clinched a berth to the Division II NCAA Tournament. The Devils are the champions of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and they will bring a 23-4 record into a first round matchup with Le Moyne on Friday in Manchester, New Hampshire. Now this season has been played under tough circum...

For the first time in program history, the Chestnut Hill College women’s basketball team is headed to the Division II NCAA Tournament. The 24-6 Griffins out of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference have enjoyed a tremendous season and earned an at large berth. Ahead of their first round matchup against Pace on Friday, we talk with head coach Jim Connoly about his squad, their history ma...

Kevin Owens is a Camden Catholic High School product who enjoyed a long professional basketball career playing in what is now the NBA G League and overseas. He made many stops in his career, from Australia to Kosovo to South Korea to Estonia, and he has written a book about the experience – Overseas Famous: The Trials and Tribulations of a Basketball Globetrotter. In Episode #122 of “1...

The Jefferson University women’s basketball team is headed to the Division II NCAA Tournament, and Tom Shirley, in his 32nd season as coach, is leading them there. The 23-8 Rams have earned an at large berth after advancing to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference title game and they will play Bentley in the first round on Friday on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University in Man...

The Division II NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments get underway this week. On the women’s side, the Lincoln University Lions are in the field - an impressive feat in and of itself, but even more so considering head coach Janice Washington is in her first season on the sidelines. Washington talks about Lincoln winning the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tou...

The Swarthmore College men’s team has earned an at large bid to the Division III NCAA basketball tournament. The 22-5 Garnet hail from the Centennial Conference and they will host the first weekend, opening with a matchup with Keene State on Friday at Tarble Pavilion. Swarthmore has become one of the top programs in the country under head coach Landry Kosmalski. The last five seasons the Gar...

It is always special for a college basketball team to make the NCAA Tournament, but there is nothing like getting in the field for the first time. That’s the situation for Division III Eastern University in St. David's, Delaware County. The Eagles lost the championship game in the MAC Commonwealth, but their resume was impressive enough to earn at large berth into the Division III NCAA Tourn...

The Rowan University men’s team down in Glassboro, NJ are getting ready for the Division III NCAA Tournament. The 23-5 Profs have earned an at large bid after falling just short in the New Jersey Athletic Conference title game, and they will play Susquehanna in the first round down at Christopher Newport in Newport News, Virginia. Matt Leon caught up with Rowan head coach Joe Crispin to talk...

The Immaculata College women's basketball squad has qualified for the Division III NCAA Tournament. The Mighty Macs earned an automatic bid after winning the Atlantic East Conference title. Immaculata is 18-8 on the season, and they will face off with a national power Trine University out in Angola, Indiana on Friday night. Matt Leon caught up with head coach Chrissy Rhine to talk about this match...

It is NCAA Tournament time in college basketball. Division I is a couple weeks away, but the field is set for the Division III men’s and women’s tournaments, and we have a lot of local squads taking part. The Neumann University men’s squad out in Aston is in the field -- the Knights are champions of the Atlantic East Conference and they bring a 21-7 record into a first round matc...

Keith Mondillo has been the head women’s basketball coach at Division III Gwynedd Mercy University in Gwynedd Valley since 1995. For much of that time, he also has served as athletic director. He has led the Griffins to seven conference titles during his run at the helm of the program, and his team has advanced to the NCAA Tournament nine times. In Episode #121 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leo...

Logan Brockway is a swimmer at West Chester University. Last Thursday (Feb 17) he was in York, Pennsylvania with his team for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships. In the middle of an intense day of swimming, he went to lunch and the trained lifeguard ended up saving a woman’s life. Matt Leon caught up with Brockway to talk about what happened and how he feels about savin...