On Wednesday night, Delmarva Christian posted the first DIAA state tournament win in its girls’ basketball history.

But what the Royals accomplished on Friday night was even bigger.

Delmarva Christian, the No. 18 seed, stunned second-seeded Conrad, 47-45, in the third round of the state tourney.

The Red Wolves (13-3) had reached at least the state semifinals for three seasons in a row.

Conrad beat the Royals,  74-27, on Jan. 21. But Red Wolves' standout Stefanie Kulesza, who netted 28 points in the first meeting, left Conrad after that to begin her college career at UMass early.

The upset sends the Royals (12-4) to Monday’s state quarterfinals where it will play at No. 10 Woodbridge at 6:30 p.m.

Delmarva Christian held an early five-point lead but watched it disappear as Conrad went on an 18-7 second-quarter run to lead, 26-20 at halftime. In the third quarter, though, it was the Royals’ turn to rally as they out-scored the Red Wolves, 19-11, to take a two-point advantage into the fourth quarter.

Junior Sierra Troyer netted 18 points for Delmarva Christian with Grace Fetterman adding 14. The two players each hit a pair of three-pointers.

College basketball

MEN, Morgan State 92, Delaware State 67: De’Torrion Ware came off the bench to lead all players with 29 points and 10 rebounds, while Troy Baxter Jr. added 18 points to lead Morgan State.

Delaware State was led in scoring by junior guard Dominik Fragala’s 25 points, his second straight game with 25 or more. Fragala was eight for eight at the free throw line in the contest.

John Stansbury was second on the Hornets with 11 points and Pinky Wiley added 10.

DSU’s Myles Carter has been named to the All-MEAC second team, while fellow Wiley was a third-team selection.

Pair of Hens make all-CAA: Delaware senior forward Dylan Painter was named to first-team All-CAA and CAA All-Defensive team while senior guard Ryan Allen was selected third-team All-CAA.

Painter leads the CAA and ranks fifth nationally with 11.6 rebounds per game. His seven double-doubles are also the most in the league, and he recorded double-doubles in six of the final seven regular season games of the year.

Painter has grabbed double digit rebounds in nine of UD’s 14 games, including each of the final seven contests. He is only the sixth Blue Hen to earn first team All-CAA accolades along with Harding Nana (2004-05, 2005-06), Marc Egerson (2008-09), Devon Saddler (2012-13, 2013-14), Davon Usher (2013-14) and Nate Darling (2019-20).

Allen, who like Painter started all 14 games this season, leads Delaware and ranks 10th in the CAA with a 15.4 scoring average and 2.8 assists per game.

College volleyball

Delaware State 3, St. Mary’s 0: Playing for the first time since Feb. 8, The Hornets swept St. Mary’s 25-9, 25-13 and 25-12.

The Hornets won their fourth straight match to improve to 4-1 this season, the team’s best five-game start since the program began in 1985.

Anadys Chimelis and Simone Newell led DSU with nine kills each, while Sydney Lewis added seven. Lewis recorded just one error on nine attacks to post a .667 hitting percentage for the match.

Towson 3, Delaware 0: The Blue Hens opened CAA North play with a straight-set loss to Towson, 19-25, 14-25, 19-25.

After leading the team in assists last time out, freshman Lily Rogers made the move to the outside and hit .455 with six kills, two digs and two assists while classmate Savannah Seemans led the way with eight putaways and seven digs.