Fifth-seeded Ons Jabeur won the final two games to take a tight first set before downing Madison Brengle, 7-5, 6-2, in the first round of the U.S. Open women’s single draw on Monday afternoon.

Brengle, the 32-year-old from Dover, is currently ranked No. 61 in the world. She is now 5-10 in the Grand Slam tennis tournament played in New York.

In Monday’s first set, Brengle pulled even at 5-5. The next game went to deuce four times before Jabeur posted the victory.

The following game was also tied at deuce before Jabuer pulled out the win to take the set.

Jabuer is a 28-year-old from Tunisia who has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the world. She has reached the third round of the U.S. Open in each of the last three years.

Against Brengle, Jabeur held an advantage of 25-6 in winners. She committed 39 unforced errors to 29 for Brengle.

College basketball

UD’s Ingelsby gets contract extension: Delaware men’s basketball coach Martin Ingelsby has signed a contract extension through the 2028-29 season.

Ingelsby, who begins his seventh season at the helm of the program, has two years remaining on his contract and will receive an additional five years after that.

“Martin has done an outstanding job leading our men’s basketball program,” said UD President Dennis Assanis. “Being able to continue to have him as the leader of our championship-caliber program will benefit our institution and student-athletes immensely.”

In six seasons, Ingelsby has a 95-87 record with three seasons above .500 (excluding the shortened 2020-21 season), a pair of 20-win campaigns, and was just one of three Division I schools to increase its win total in four consecutive years from 2016-20.

Ingelsby has coached his Blue Hens to 11 all-conference, five all-district, and three rookie of the year nods, while seeing six student-athletes sign professional contracts, including Nate Darling, who became the first Blue Hen to play in the NBA.

“I’m incredibly proud of the program we have built over the last six years and I couldn’t be more excited for the future of Delaware basketball,” said Ingelsby.

College volleyball

Delaware State 3, Idaho 2: The Hornets ended their season-opening weekend on a high note with a 3-2 victory (27-25, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13) over Idaho in the DoubleTree-Youngstown State Invitational on Saturday.

The contest was the second straight five-set affair for the Hornets (1-2), who played 14 sets in the two-day tournament.

Karen Cordero led Delaware State in kills for the third straight match with 14, giving her 40 in the Hornets’ three tourney matches. Kelsie Dawson added nine kills on 15 attacks (.467), while Alondra Maldonado and Danielle Allen tallied eight each.

Sydney Lewis contributed to the win with seven kills and a career-high nine blocks.

Seton Hall 3, Delaware 1: The Blue Hens fell in four sets (15-25, 25-15, 14-25, 25-27) to Seton Hall (2-0) Saturday on the last day of a tournament at Temple.
Delaware also lost to Temple, 3-2, on Friday in the season-opening tournament.

Lani Mason finished with 14 kills and 13 digs to post her second double-double of the season. Savannah Seemans followed with 14 kills and 11 digs to register her second double-double of the season. Lily Rogers directed the Blue Hen offense with a match-high 34 assists to go with 13 digs and five kills.

Seemans and Eileen Gex were named to the all-tournament team.

College field hockey

Virginia 4, Delaware 1: Lia Becker’s second-quarter goal gave the No. 17 Blue Hens an early lead before the No. 12 Cavaliers pulled away on Sunday.
Lizzie Gaebel made five saves for Delaware (1-1).

College soccer

WOMEN, Richmond 1, Delaware 0: The Spiders netted the game’s only goal in the 17th minute to down the Blue Hens on Sunday.

Delaware (1-2-1) had 11 shots to 13 for Richmond (1-1-1). Mia Reed made six saves for Delaware.

Caesar Rodney High grad Jesse Prillaman had a shot on goal while playing 63 minutes for the Spiders.

Rider 6, Delaware State 0: The Hornets fell to 0-4 with the loss on Sunday as Gabriela Cabrera and Jada Lee recorded the only DSU shots.