photo courtesy of Mark Campbell

NEWARK, Del. -- Individual game tickets for Blue Hens’ six home contests during the 2009 season are now on sale.

East and West grandstand tickets are $23 each, with North End Zone adult tickets available for $18 and North End Zone youth tickets on sale for $10 each. Patrons must purchase one youth ticket for every two adult tickets in the North End Zone.

All individual tickets for the Blue Hens’ home game against in-state rival Delaware State on September 19 cost $30 each. For that game there is a limit of six tickets per person.

Individual game tickets can be purchased in person during the summer at the Bob Carpenter Center Ticket Office weekdays from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. (the office is closed from July 1 through July 17).Tickets can be purchased by phone by calling 1-800-695-HENS (Kent and Sussex counties), 302-831-HENS (New Castle County), and 302-UD1-4509 (TDD) or online at www.bluehens.com.

Additionally, season ticket packages continue to be on sale for the 2009 season. Packages are priced for $132 for East and West grandstands and discounts are available for recent alumni (2000-2009) for sections F and I only ($110/limit two) and for UD faculty and staff ($110 each).

The popular Family Four Pack is once again available for families with children ages 17 and under in the North End Zone and are priced at $200 for a family of two adults and two children. In addition, group ticket discounts are available for purchases of 20 or more.

Season tickets can be purchased in person at the UD Athletics Season Tickets and Group Sales Office located in the Delaware Field House weekdays from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by phone by calling 302-831-2257 or online at www.bluehens.com.

Delaware ranked third in the nation in average home attendance during the 2008 season with an average of 21,510. Delaware is the only school in the nation at the NCAA Division I FCS level to average 20,000 or more fans during the regular season each of the last 10 seasons.