Denise Dillon signed a multiyear contract to remain Drexel's women's basketball coach, the university announced on Wednesday. Exact terms were not disclosed.
Dillon, who recently completed her ninth season as the Dragons' head coach, became Drexel's all-time leader in Division I wins this past season, with 150 career victories.
The Broomall native took the Dragons to their only NCAA tournament appearance in 2009 and the team has made four straight postseason appearances.
Dillon was a standout during her playing days at Cardinal O'Hara and Villanova and is a member of the Big Five Hall of Fame.
COACHES vs. CANCER: The ninth annual Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Gala will take place on Saturday, April 14, from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at the Hyatt at the Bellevue.
The event will bring together more than 450 guests, including all six Division I basketbal coaches, community leaders and local sports media personalities, to help raise funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society.
For more information, contact Nicole Crist at 215-985-5353 or nicole.crist@cancer.org, or go to
www. cvcphillybasketball.org.
GYMNASTICS: The ECAC men's gymnastics championships open at 6 p.m. Friday at Temple's McGonigle Hall.
Army, Navy, Illinois-Chicago, Springfield and William and Mary will join the Owls.
Team competition will be decided Friday and the individual competition will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Temple (17-2) is ranked tenth in the nation.
LACROSSE: Princeton (5-4, No. 8 in the nation) rallied from three goals down to top Temple, 14-13. Stephanie Markunas (Ridley) had her fourth hat trick of the season for the Owls (7-5).
SOCCER: Senior Nick Dundon (Hatboro-Horsham) and senior Melissa Sanger (Kingsway), both soccer players, were named the male and female scholar-athletes of the year at La Salle.
BASKETBALL: The Phoenix Club will give the Wali Jones Award, symbolic of the best men's basketball player in the region, to Temple's Ramone Moore (South Philadelphia).
The Marilyn Stephens Award, for the best women's player, will go to Gloria Brown, a Neumann-Goretti grad who starred for Texas-El Paso.
