DSU Hornets ready to be a contender again in the MEAC

Delaware State opens the season at Monmouth University on Aug. 30. Game time is 1 p.m. in West Long Branch, N.J.
Courtesy Delaware State University Athletics

DOVER, Delaware  — Kermit Blount’s first three years at Delaware State University were all about trying to close the gap between the Hornets and the top of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

As he enters his fourth season as head coach, Blount thinks he has succeeded. That was evident last year as the Hornets were in a rebuilding season but contended for the MEAC title and ended up third.

But there’s another step Blount wants DelState to take. He wants to be where the Bethune-Cookmans and South Carolina States are in the MEAC. He wants to be competing to make the playoffs.

“We’ve been close here or there,” Blount said. “But it’s time for us to take the lead in this conference.”

Delaware State hasn’t won the MEAC since 2007, also the last year the Hornets made the postseason.

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