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34-520: In 2010, the men's division of CHA collapsed and two of the remaining teams joined the Atlantic Hockey Association. At that time, the two leagues began working together by sharing a commissioner and administrative staff in order to streamline their operating costs. The arrangement worked well enough that by 2023, the two entities decided to formalize their relationship and announced that they were merging. The new league would begin in

68-587: A Blue Hen Chicken , after the team names and the state bird of Delaware . YoUDee was elected into the mascot hall of fame in 2006 and is a seven-time UCA Open Division Mascot National Champion. In November 2007, it was announced that the University of Delaware and Delaware State University would have their first football game against each other, the game being in the first round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The game

102-585: A game against the Regional's top seed, Duke. The Lady Bears then upset Duke 81–71 to head to the regional final against Washington, who had upset both Florida and Oklahoma. The upsets came to an end as Southwest Missouri State beat 6th seeded Washington 104–87 to advance to the Final Four, and a chance to play in front of home state fans. In the Mideast Regional, the top four seeds all advanced to

136-524: A score of 69–58. The women's basketball team went undefeated in CAA play in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons under head coach Tina Martin and All-American and future two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne . The 2011–12 team finished went 31–2 and undefeated in CAA play (18–0) to win the conference championship. They also won the CAA tournament to qualify for the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament , where

170-640: A transition to the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2024 and join CUSA in 2025. UD will continue to compete in both sides of the CAA in 2024–25; it will be ineligible for the FCS playoffs due to NCAA rules for transitioning programs, but will be eligible for all non-football CAA championships. Upon joining CUSA, UD will be eligible for all conference championship events except the football championship game ; it will become eligible for that event upon completing

204-429: Is 3–4, the three wins being by the group of seniors Elena Delle Donne , Lauren Carra, Danielle Parker, Kayla Miller, Chelsea Craig and Jaquetta May who won 104 games together (some missing some games due to injuries). Football is the most popular and most successful sport at Delaware. The Fighting Blue Hens football teams have won six national titles, including the 2003 NCAA Division I Football Championship . In 2007 ,

238-622: Is a member of AHA. Niagara and Syracuse only have one varsity program active as of 2024 but both previously supported the other gender. Conference affiliations are current for the first season of the merged AHA in 2024–25.   Member departing for Division II in 2025. Primary conference affiliation is current for the first season of AHA play.   Men     Women     Both     Departing member   Future member Delaware Fightin%27 Blue Hens women%27s ice hockey The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens are

272-542: The NC State Wolfpack team coached by the late Hall of Fame women's coach Kay Yow 76–57 in the first round. The 2006–07 Delaware team finished 26–5 overall and 16–2 in the CAA (3rd place) and earned a bid to the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to the Michigan State Spartans coached by Joanne P. McCallie , who went on to coach at Duke from 2007-2020, by

306-708: The Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges ' championship, the EARC Sprints. For the heavyweight men, the varsity have reached the finals of the Dad Vail Regatta in 1994, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2010, and 2011 with the crews medaling in 1994, 1996, 2010, and 2011. The heavyweight freshmen won the Dad Vails title in 2008 and followed that with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2010. Founded in 1972, the University of Delaware Rugby Football Club plays in

340-697: The Fred Rust Ice Arena . The Fightin' Blue Hens are a member of the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League , which plays at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I level. The Blue Hens won the 2012 ACHA Division 1 National Championship on March 7, 2012. The men's club crew team was founded alongside the women's crew team by Coach Chuck Crawford, already well known for his 1972 World Championship in

374-857: The NCAA tournament , where the Blue Hens won their first and second-round games against West Virginia (66–53) and North Carolina (78–69) before losing in the round of 16 to Kentucky (69–62). The 2012–23 team featured three seniors — Delle Donne (3,039 points, 5th all time in women's college basketball and a record at Delaware), Lauren Carra, and Danielle Parker (1,064 rebounds, also a career record at Delaware) — who scored 1,000 points during their careers, and point guard specialist Kayla Miller. This senior class, which includes Chelsea Craig and Jaquetta May, won more games (104) than any senior class in Delaware women's basketball history, and won two CAA championships. Delaware women's cumulative NCAA tournament record

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408-681: The Savvis Center in St. Louis , Missouri, consisted of Connecticut , Notre Dame , Purdue , and Southwest Missouri State (now known as Missouri State), with Notre Dame defeating Purdue 68–66 to win its first NCAA title. Notre Dame's Ruth Riley was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. With the Final Four held in the state of Missouri for the first time in NCAA history, 10th seeded University of Missouri rose to

442-841: The athletic teams of the University of Delaware (UD) of Newark , Delaware , in the United States. The Blue Hens compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Coastal Athletic Association and its technically separate football league, CAA Football . On November 28, 2023, UD and Conference USA (CUSA) jointly announced that UD would start

476-634: The 2024–25 season and would welcome a new member, Delaware , the following year. However, the number of men's members will be reduced by 1 in the same year as AIC drops their program to the Division II level, opting to place their hockey program in their all-sports conference of the NE-10 Three schools, Mercyhurst , RIT and Robert Morris , have programs in both the men's and women's divisions. Holy Cross , Lindenwood , Penn State and Sacred Heart each operate teams of both sexes, but only one

510-748: The College Football Hall of Fame ( Georgia Tech is the other). Delaware's first non-football NCAA National Championship came in 1983 for Women's Division I Lacrosse. The 2007 men's lacrosse program reached the final four of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in its history. The men's soccer team played in the 1968 and 1970 editions of the College Cup. In December 2023 it was announced Delaware would add one women's sport due to Title IX considerations. The new women's sport would later be announced as ice hockey, and Delaware

544-486: The Delaware Blue Hens returned to the championship game, but were defeated by defending champion Appalachian State . In 2010 they were once again runners-up, that time to Eastern Washington . Former head football coaches Bill Murray , Dave Nelson and Harold "Tubby" Raymond are College Football Hall of Fame inductees. Delaware is one of only two schools to have three straight head coaches inducted into

578-584: The Delaware women's field hockey team won the 2016 NCAA Division I championship, defeating North Carolina, 3–2. The 2000–01 Delaware team finished 26–5 overall and 17–1 in the America East Conference (where they were members from 1991 to 2001, before joining the CAA), and finished first in the regular season and won the conference tournament to qualify for their first NCAA bid. In the 2001 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament , they lost to

612-557: The East Conference of Division 1-A . Delaware are led by head coach Bjorn Haglid. Delaware reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC), the highest profile college rugby tournament in the country. The CRC is broadcast live on NBC, and is held every June at PPL Park in Philadelphia. Delaware reached the semifinals of the 2011 Las Vegas Invitational, the largest amateur rugby competition in

646-776: The FBS transition in 2026. At the same time, UD also announced it would add one women's sport due to Title IX considerations, and would also be seeking conference homes for the seven sports that UD sponsors but CUSA does not. The new women's sport would later be announced as ice hockey; UD will join Atlantic Hockey America for its first season of varsity play in 2025–26. The Blue Hens have won twenty-two team CAA Championships since joining in 2001. In January 2011, UD announced that men's cross country and outdoor track & field teams would be reclassified to club status, while women's golf would be added. On November 20, 2016,

680-475: The Fightin' Blue Hens won their first-round game against Arkansas–Little Rock 73–42 before losing in the second round to Kansas 70–64. This win over UALR was the first by a Delaware women's team in NCAA tournament history. The 2012–13 team finished 32–4 overall, ranked #15 in the final AP poll. The 2012–13 team went undefeated in CAA play and also won the CAA tournament to qualify for the CAA's automatic bid to

714-458: The Irish a two-point lead and their first national championship. Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament. Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid

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748-545: The Men's Lightweight 8+ and successful coaching career at Saint Joseph's Preparatory. The team has gained prominence in recent years, winning the Dad Vail Regatta lightweight freshmen eight event in 1993, 1994, and 2012 with the varsity lightweight eight winning bronze in 1994, and gold in 2013 and 2015. Since then, the lightweight program has gained national recognition; however, they are no longer racing via invitation in

782-449: The US, where they were led by star player Jimmy Kowalski. Delaware participated in the 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships where they finished third. The rugby team was suspended by the university for five years after a 2013 I'm Shmacked party went out of control. The athletic teams at Delaware are known as the Fightin' Blue Hens with a mascot named YoUDee . YoUDee is

816-504: The country, but ended up hitting just one of ten attempts. Purdue's Katie Douglas scored 18 points for Purdue, with her final points being a three-pointer to put the Boilermakers in front 66–64 with a little over one minute left in the game. Notre Dame's Ruth Riley scored to tie the game, then rebounded a miss by Purdue. She then took a shot, missed, but was fouled with 5.8 seconds left in the game. Riley sank both free throws to give

850-472: The first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception: First and Second rounds The following lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations: Regional semifinals and finals The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 24 to March 26 at these sites: Each regional winner advanced to

884-424: The game. Connecticut went into a scoring drought, going more than five minutes without a point. Notre Dame went on to win 90–75, to head to their first national championship game. The championship game featured two teams from Indiana. Notre Dame began the game with a repeat of their performance against Connecticut, falling behind by double digits in the first half. The Irish were the best three-point shooting team in

918-413: The occasion and upset 7th seeded Wisconsin in the first round. They then went on to play the 2nd seeded team from Georgia and won that game as well, advancing to the regional, where their bid to play in their home state ended in a loss to Louisiana Tech. Southwest Missouri State also did well. They were seeded 5th, so expected to win their first-round game, but they went on to upset 4th seed Rutgers to set up

952-528: The other semifinal. The two teams had met twice before in the season, with Notre Dame winning at their home and UConn beating Notre Dame in the Big East Championship. Early in the game, the prior year National Champion Connecticut looked to be on their way to another championship game. The Huskies led at one point by 16 points in the first half. In the second half, Notre Dame came back, and with just over twelve minutes left, took their first lead of

986-502: The previously announced 2025–26 schedule. Delaware has won three NCAA Division I national team championships and one NCAA Division II national team championship: Below are 13 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA: Below are 33 CAA conference team titles that the Blue Hens have won since joining the CAA in 2001: The men's ice hockey team is a club level college ice hockey program that plays its home games at

1020-418: The regional semifinal, then both higher seeds were upset. 4th seed Xavier knocked off the number one seed in the regional, Tennessee, by a score of 80–65. Third seeded Purdue played second seeded Texas Tech in a game that came down to the wire. Purdue won 74–72, then went on to defeat Xavier for the spot in the Final Four against Southwest Missouri State. The upset run by Southwest Missouri State came to an end in

1054-514: The semifinal, as Purdue beat them 81–64. The career of Jackie Stiles , who had scored 1,064 points in 2000–01 to become the first player in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to score 1,000 points in a single season, thus came to an end. In the Midwest and East regionals, both number one seeds advanced to the Final Four. Both Notre Dame and Connecticut were from the Big East and met in

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1088-433: Was initially announced to be joining College Hockey America (CHA) for its first season of varsity play in 2025–26. However, by that time, CHA had already announced plans to merge with the men-only Atlantic Hockey Association after the 2023–24 season. In March 2024, Allison Coomey was named the inaugural head coach. On April 30, 2024, the merged conference was unveiled as Atlantic Hockey America , with Delaware joining on

1122-632: Was played on November 23, with University of Delaware winning 44–7. Delaware was the victor in the teams' nine regular season match-ups (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and spring 2021). "The Delaware Fight Song" first appeared in the Student Handbook in 1933. It was composed by alumnus George F. Kelly (Class of 1915). 2001 NCAA Women%27s Division I Basketball Tournament The 2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 1. The tournament featured 64 teams. The Final Four, held at

1156-447: Was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from twelve of the conferences. In 2001, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1–16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. In

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