Smyrna High registered a 3-1 win over ASPIRA in the school’s first-ever boys’ volleyball match on Monday afternoon.

The Eagles won by scores of 25-12, 25-27, 25-18, 25-20 on the opening day of the high school spring sports season in Delaware.

There is a growing number of boys’ volleyball programs in the state. Smyrna, Cape Henlopen, Indian River and Sussex Academy all have teams this spring.

Girls’ soccer

Caesar Rodney 7, Concord 1: Olivia Hudson (2 assists) and Gabrielle Davis (1 assist) each tallied one goal in both halves to pace the Riders.

Kate Benson, Hannah Glanden and Kailyn Maull also scored for CR, which finished with advantages of 20-7 in shots and 6-1 in corner kicks.

Indian River 6, Cape Henlopen 2: The Indians started the contest with four unanswered goals before picking up the victory.

Freshman Sophia Scurci netted four goals and an assist with Bella Scurci and Hannah Bird also scoring for IR. Alexandria Davidson made four saves as the Indians held advantages of 25-8 in shots and 4-1 in corner kicks.

Josephine Ingerski scored both of the Vikings’ goals with Brianna Burrell making 14 saves.

Newark Charter 8, First State Military 0: Taylor Cahall made 17 saves for the Bulldogs in the loss.

Boys’ lacrosse

Kent Island, Md. 13, Caesar Rodney 4: Patrick Craig, Steven Grossman, Julius Timmons and Parker Smith all scored goals for the Riders in the season-opening loss.

Goalie Dylan Bennett made eight saves.

JM Bennett, Md. 20, Delmar 3: The Wildcats dropped a non-conference decision in their season opener.

Girls’ lacrosse

Caesar Rodney 13, Middletown 7: The Riders led by only a goal before out-soring the Cavaliers, 7-2, in the second half of the season-opening victory.

Alexandra Mardesich, Elise Hensley (2 assists), Alexis Riley (1 assist) and Rylie Faircloth (1 assists) all scored twice for CR, which got goals from nine players. Shannon Dolt made 10 saves.

Brandywine 19, Sussex Tech 15: The Ravens opened the season with a non-conference setback.

Softball

Lake Forest 11, Odessa 0: Carah Sumpter threw a one-hit shutout as the Spartans opened the season with a win.

Sumpter struck out eight and walked none in four innings for Lake Forest, which broke open the contest with six runs in the third and five runs in the fourth. Grace Hastings and Katelyn bell each contributed three hits to the Spartans’ total of 14.

Odessa got a double from Gabriella Pudimott in the fourth.

College lacrosse

MEN, Delaware 12, Johns Hopkins 10: Mike Robinson and George Ward both netted goals in the final three minutes to break a 10-10 tie and give the No. 18 Blue Hens the win over the No. 20 Blue Jays on Sunday evening.

The victory was Delaware’s first over Johns Hopkins in 11 all-time meetings.

Robinson finished with five goals for the Hens (6-2), who never trailed in the contest after tallying four unanswered goals in the first quarter. Goalie Paul Reidy had a career-high 12 saves along with two ground balls.

Robinson earned his third Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week honors this season on Monday.

College football

Rocco joining Penn State staff: Ex-Delaware head football coach Danny Rocco has been hired as a defensive analyst on the staff at Penn State.

Rocco was fired in the off-season after compiling a record of 31-23 in five seasons as the Blue Hens’ coach.

The veteran coach played linebacker at Penn State in 1979 and ‘80 before transferring to Wake Forest. Besides Delaware, Rocco was also a head coach at Liberty and Richmond and was an assistant at Maryland, Texas, Boston College, Colorado and Wake Forest. He also worked with the New York Jets for a season.

“When you get guys like Danny Rocco to be able to join our program, not only his experience in the NFL, his experience as a head coach, his experience as a coordinator, and he’s also a letterman,” Penn State coach James Franklin was quoted.

“That’s also been an emphasis that we’ve seen in our staff as well. ... That’s been really valuable and exciting, having these guys back involved in the program.”

Penn State is slated to host the Blue Hens in 2023.

Hens hire ‘D’ line coach: Sam Daniels, a former James Madison standout who also coached at Richmond, has been hired as Delaware’s new defensive line coach.

He replaces former-Blue Hen Siddiq Haynes, who returned to the UTSA staff after briefly taking a job at Delaware.

Daniels spent the past two seasons at Richmond, coaching the defensive tackles. He also spent time at Howard, Bridgewater, Shepherd Frostburg and the Apprentice School,

As a defensive lineman at JMU (2007-10), Daniels was a two-time All-American. As a senior, he was the Dukes’ Defensive MVP and Lineman of the Year.

College baseball

UD’s Nelson earns CAA honor: Delaware sophomore righthander Wyatt Nelson was named Colonial Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week.

In the Blue Hens’ wins over No. 24 Maryland and Monmouth, Nelson allowed just two hits in 8.2 scoreless innings.

Nelson, whose victory over Monmouth was his first as a Blue Hen, has posted a 3.79 ERA in seven appearances.

College softball

Hens’ Frost wins award: Delaware softball player Graceyn Frost has been named the CAA Pitcher of the Week.

The Newark native went 2-0, picking up 14 strikeouts while allowing just one unearned run in 13 innings. It is Frost’s second career weekly award.