College notebook: South Fayette duo leads Delaware to semifinals
Delaware has advanced to the FCS football semifinals with a 20-14 victory over Jacksonville State last Saturday and a big reason for the Blue Hens’ success was the play of two South Fayette graduates, redshirt sophomore defensive back Noah Plack and sophomore kicker Ryan Coe.
Plack intercepted one pass, forced a fumble and made four tackles. Coe booted field goals of 23 yards in the third quarter and 47 yards in the fourth quarter. Two of Coe’s five kickoffs were touchbacks.
It’s not the first time Plack and Coe have enjoyed big games for the Blue hens this spring season. Plack was named the Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Week after the Blue Hens’ 34-14 victory over Delaware State on April 10. Plack had a game-high eight tackles, including five in the first quarter.
In that same game, Coe made field goals of 38 and 24 yards and booted seven kickoffs that reached the end zone with two going for touchbacks. He was named the CAA Special teams Player of the Week.
Plack is Delaware’s leading tackler with 39 and has two interceptions and two forced fumbles. Coe has made 11 of 15 field-goal attempts and is 24-for-24 on extra points.
Delaware (7-0) played at South Dakota State (7-1) Saturday in the semifinals.
In golf
Zach Swink of Canonsburg helped Greensboro to a final ranking of No. 10 in the NCAA Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.
Swink led all golfers with a one-over-par 73 as Greensboro won the head-to-head Pfeiffer Shootout at Mt. Gilead, North Carolina on April 12 at Tillery Tradition Country Club.
Swink, a sophomore, tallied four birdies in his round, split evenly between both sides of the course. Swink’s birdie on the par-3, 186-yard fourth hole was the lone birdie on the hole for the entire field. The sophomore posted back-to-back birdies on the par-5, 487-yard ninth hole and the par-5, 503-yard 10th hole on the way to his tournament victory. The field included the No. 1-ranked player in Division III.
Swink also placed 18th in the 25-team, 54-hole Jekyll Island Invitational at the Jekyll Island Golf Club’s Pine Lakes course.