Delaware State Hornets


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. While most teams play in the MEAC, the women's soccer team competes as an independent, the women's equestrian team plays in the ECAC/National Collegiate Equestrian Association, and the women's lacrosse team competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
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, Delaware State sponsors teams in six men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports.
Men's Intercollegiate SportsTeam ArticleHead CoachWomen's Intercollegiate SportsTeam ArticleHead Coach
BaseballJ. P. BlandinBasketballHornets women's basketballBarbara Burgess
BasketballHornets men's basketballKeith WalkerBowlingElysia Current
Cross CountryDamion DrummondCross CountryDamion Drummond
FootballHornets footballKenny A. CarterEquestrian Jennifer Ridgely
Track & Field Damion DrummondGolf Scott Thornton
Lacrosse Kari-Lei Maddox
Soccer Kortney Rhoades
SoftballAmber Jackson
TennisDavid Marshall
Track & Field Damion Drummond
VolleyballWhitney Johnson

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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 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 have yet to win a game in the series, which Delaware currently leads 7-0.

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. 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.