Delaware State Hornets

Delaware State Hornets
University Delaware State University
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (most sports)
Independent (women's soccer)
National Collegiate Equestrian Association (women's equestrian)
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Candy Young
Location Dover, Delaware
Varsity teams 16
Football stadium Alumni Stadium
Basketball arena Memorial Hall
Baseball stadium Soldier Field
Nickname Hornets
Colors Columbia Blue and Red
         
Website www.dsuhornets.com

The Delaware State Hornets are the sixteen sports teams representing Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, tennis, and track and field; women's-only bowling, softball, and volleyball; and men's-only baseball. The Hornets complete in the NCAA Division I; they have been members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference since 1970.[1] While most teams play in the MEAC, the women's soccer team competes as an independent, and the women's equestrian team plays in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association.

The university's Department of Intramural Sports provides a wide variety of quality recreational programs for students, faculty and staff.

Teams

A member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Delaware State sponsors teams in six men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[2]

Men's Intercollegiate Sports Team Article Head Coach Women's Intercollegiate Sports Team Article Head Coach
Baseball JP Blandin Basketball Barbara Burgess
Basketball Hornets men's basketball Keith Walker Bowling Elysia Current
Cross Country Damion Drummond Cross Country Damion Drummond
Football Hornets football Kenny A. Carter Equestrian [v 1] Jennifer Ridgely
Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) Damion Drummond Golf [v 2] Scott Thornton
Lacrosse [v 3] Kari-Lei Maddox
Soccer [v 4] Kortney Rhoades
Softball Amber Jackson
Tennis David Marshall
Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) Damion Drummond
Volleyball Whitney Johnson
Notes
  1. ↑ Equestrian is an NCAA "Emerging Sport" that may or may not continue as such. Delaware State's team competes in the United Equestrian Conference and the National Collegiate Equestrian Association.
  2. ↑ The golf team competes as an independent.
  3. ↑ The lacrosse team competes as an Associate member of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN).
  4. ↑ The soccer team competes as an independent.

Football

The football team won the 2007 MEAC football championship with a win over Norfolk State University with a score of 28 to 21 in overtime giving them an automatic bid into the NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) playoffs. During that tournament the Hornets lost to the University of Delaware with a score of 44–7 in the first round, the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

DSU and UD now compete for the First State Cup as part of the Route 1 Rivalry games during the regular season. The Hornets also lost the games played in 2009 and 2011.

Basketball

The university has both men's and women's basketball teams.

Its men's basketball team won the 2005 MEAC championship and earned a berth in the 2005 NCAA tournament. Playing as a sixteen-seed, the Hornets lost 57–46 in the opening round to one-seed Duke University.[3] The Hornets also have made back to back National Invitation Tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007.

The women's basketball team won the 2006 MEAC championship and earned a berth in the 2006 NCAA tournament. Playing as a fifteen-seed, the Lady Hornets kept the game close down by only three until nine minutes remained in the game, but lost 62–47 in the opening round to two-seed Vanderbilt University.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.meacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20800&ATCLID=1506257
  2. ↑ "Delaware State University Hornets". Delaware State University. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Coach K Ties Smith for Most NCAA Tourney Wins". ESPN. Associated Press. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Woman's Basketball – Delaware St. vs. Vanderbilt". USA Today. Associated Press. 2006-04-18. Retrieved 2008-11-30.

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