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NEWARK, Del. (AP) – Ryan Daly hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 12 seconds to go and Delaware beat Drexel 68-67 on Thursday night for the Blue Hens’ third straight dramatic victory. John Moran made a 3-pointer to give Drexel its first lead in over eight minutes before Daly made his game-winner, and Kurk Lee, who […]

The University of Delaware Fighting Blue Hens have announced that 14 high school football athletes have signed their National Letter of Intent to join the program for the fall. Head coach Danny Rocco was able to gather his first batch of recruits for the Blue Hens after joining the university in December. Rocco previously coached […]

Newark, DE –  Wednesday afternoon Danny Rocco will be introduced as the 25th head football coach in the history of the University of Delaware. Rocco leaves a Richmond program he led for the past five seasons. He took the Spiders to the playoffs in each of the last three. It is hoped that Rocco will […]

On Sunday, Nov. 20, the University of Delaware Women’s field hockey team defeated University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the NCAA Tournament Final, 3-2. “Our goal was to go to the final four but once we got to the final four, we weren’t satisfied with that, we wanted to do more,” Maggie Delp, […]

Newark, DE – The Delaware Blue Hens return 17 starters (9 on offense and 8 on defense) from last season’s team. They have added one the best linebackers the First State has produced in this millennium when Troy Reeder transferred from Penn State to return home. All that should be reason for optimism to improve […]

The University of Delaware athletic program experienced change at two of their highest profile positions. Blue Hen nation witnessed the hiring of a new athletic director and new men’s basketball coach. Chrissi Rawak and Martin Ingelsby along with head football coach Dave Brock are bringing the Blue Hens to the beach, Dewey Beach to be […]

In 2015, Delaware had the worst passing offense in the nation. It was a different story for the running game. The Blue Hens ranked 17th nationally. An impressive stat considering opposing defenses regularly “stacked the box” in the attempt to limit the one area on offense that was productive for the Hens. Injuries to Wes […]

Baltimore, MD – Delaware returns 18 starters from last season’s 2015 football squad.  That does not impress the head coaches and media relations directors of their fellow CAA schools.  The Blues Hens are predicted to finish in seventh place in the conference.  Richmond, who advanced to last season’s FCS semifinals is picked to win the […]

Newark, DE – The last men’s college basketball opening in Division I is now filled.  On Tuesday, the University of Delaware announced that Notre Dame Assistant Martin Ingelsby will be the next Blue Hens head coach. Ingelsby has been an assistant on former Delaware Head Coach Mike Brey’s Fighting Irish staff for the past seven seasons.  Ingelsby […]

NEWARK, Del. — The University of Delaware hired the first female Athletic Director in the school’s history, Chrissi Rawak. Rawak is coming from the University of Michigan where served as the executive associate Athletic Director. First on Rawak’s to-do list is to find a new men’s basketball head coach. Under former head coach Monte Ross, the […]