A University of Delaware student fought off her attacker, kicking him in the groin to escape his grips after he forced her to the ground in dark area on campus, according to police.

The victim, a sophomore, was walking by herself to the store when she was surprised by the attacker, who came up from behind her near Smyth Hall on Academy Street just after midnight Thursday.

The woman told police he pushed her into a construction area by the building and then to the ground and tried to sexually assault her. She kicked him in the groin and got away with minor injuries.

Campus police were going through surveillance video Friday they hoped might show the man leaving the area after the attack.