Roundup: Knight has big game in Kansas

Will Knight owns plenty of 100-yard rushing games in his football career, but it’s been a while since he had one.

On Saturday night, the former Smyrna High standout put up his first big game since 2019 in Garden City (Kan.) Community College’s 24-16 loss to Hutchinson.

Knight ran for 119 yards on 13 carries, including a 77-yard touchdown run. For the season, the former Delaware standout has run for 210 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries while adding two catches for 18 yards.

Recently Knight posted on social media that he has an offer from Albany.

Hornets earn honors: Delaware State freshman running back Sy’Veon Wilkerson was selected as the Stats Perform FCS National Freshman of the Week and the MEAC Rookie of the Week after rushing for a career-best 169 yards and a touchdown on a school-record 40 carries in the Hornets’ 33-27 come-from-behind win over Wagner on Saturday.

His rushing yardage in the contest is tops in the MEAC this season and the most by a Hornet since Kareem Jones racked up 230 yards vs. Winston Salem State in 2008.

Through last weekend’s game, Wilkerson is No. 1 in the MEAC and 24th among all FCS players in rushing yards per game at 86.5 and also tops in the MEAC in total rushing yards with 428. He’s also second in the league in scoring with five touchdowns and tied for second in the MEAC with 30 points.

Also, Delaware State’s Kwannah Kollie was named the MEAC Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 37.8 yards on four kickoff returns, including a season-best 72-yard return to set up the Hornets’ first touchdown. It was Kollie’s second return of more than 50 yards this season.

Entering this week’s games, Kollie is second in the MEAC and 20th in FCS in kickoff returns at 26.2 yards per attempt.

College volleyball

Delaware State 3, Norfolk State 0: The Hornets extended their winning streak to 12 in a row with the 25-14, 25-18, 25-20 win on Sunday.

DSU (16-1) has the best mark after 17 matches in team history. The Hornets also sit atop the MEAC standings at 4-0, a half-game ahead of North Carolina Central (3-0).

Valeria Otero led the Hornets with a match-high 14 kills, while also tallying eight digs, two aces and two blocks.

DSU’s Otero earns award: Delaware State outside hitter Valeria Otero has been selected as the MEAC Player of the Week after tallying 26 kills (4.3 per set), 12 digs (2.0 per set), three aces and three blocks to help lead the Hornets to two victories.

For the season, Otero is second on the Hornets and eighth in the MEAC in kills at 2.82 per set (155 total). She was a preseason All-MEAC first-team selection after earning All-MEAC Second Team and All-Rookie honors last spring.

Delaware 3, Hofstra 0: The Blue Hens snapped their eight-match losing streak and captured its first conference win by sweeping the Hofstra Pride in straight sets (25-23, 25-20, 25-23) on Sunday.

Lauryn Richardson led the Blue Hens (1-5 CAA, 6-9 overall) with a season-high 13 kills (.550 attacking percentage). Savannah Seemans followed with nine kills, five digs, three assists and three aces.

College field hockey

Delaware 5, Towson 0: The No. 23 Blue Hens opened Colonial Athletic Association with the win on Sunday

Fifth-year senior Femke Strien had two goals with freshman Sian Emslie, senior Grace Hoepfner and sophomore Julia Duffhuis adding the others. Duffhuis currently leads the team with eight goals and 17 points while Ashlyn Carr (Delmar) follows with 11 points on one goal and nine assists.

College golf

Hornets’ Khunsri wins title: Delaware State’s Nattavadee Khunsri won the individual championship at the Navy Invitational this weekend.

Khunsri topped the field of more than 90 competitors with a two-day total of 138, six under par for the tournament, and seven strokes ahead of runner-up Lauren Jones of Richmond (145; +1). She was the only one in the field under par for the weekend tournament.

As a team, Delaware State was tied for fourth among 13 teams with a two-day total of 619 (+43).

Local auto racing

Bunting wins at Delmar: Local favorite H.J. Bunting held off the “invaders” and scored his first win of the year in the 25-lap Delaware Dirt Modified feature race on the 49th annual Camp Barnes benefit night at Delaware International Speedway on Saturday.

However the “invader,” Rick Eckert, the 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion, would made the drive to Delmar and picked up the win in the Super Late Model feature event.

Drivers in the Delaware Dirt Modified feature race had their eyes on the $4,949 prize.

With only four laps left to go, Bunting, Jordan Watson and Ryan Watt were all nose to tail, fighting for the lead. But on lap 24, the caution came out for Rusty Smith, which led to a one-lap shootout to the checkered flag.

Bunting led the cars to the single-file restart, where he rode the cushion all the way around and picked up his first win of 2021 at Delaware International.

Rick Eckert sailed away at the end and picked up the win in the Super Late Model feature.

The biggest class of the evening, 602 sportsman, had over 30 cars take the green flag for their

20-lap feature race. On lap 16, Joe Toth took over the top spot and led the remaining four laps of the feature and took home the win.

In the 20-lap RUSH Late Models feature, Matt Hill took over the lead after an early-race caution and put on a clinic for the remainder of the race.

In the Mod Lite division, veteran Tim White maintained control of the feature for majority of the race. But, after a string of cautions, Jimmy Wills took over the lead with five laps to go and posted the victory.

Other feature winners included Kerry King, Sr. in the Vintage Modifieds, Jay Lowman in the Delmarva Chargers and Robert Smith in the action-packed Super Truck race.

Racing will not return until Delaware International until Oct. 22 for the Delaware Champ Show Weekend.