Sports
Player of the Pack: Mary Wester
Mary Wester is a sophomore nursing major and a member of the track and field team. Clay Conover: What is your favorite part of USD? Mary Wester: The community that comes along with USD and the culture. I am from a small town and so it’s really easy for someone from a small town to […]
Track and field team excels at Sioux City Relays and USD Twilight
The USD track and field team found themselves at the top of the scoreboards in the Sioux City Relays Saturday and the USD Twilight Monday. At the Sioux City Relays, the wins were plentiful for the Coyotes. Seniors Emily Grove and Danielle Waldner led the way to 20 victories for the team by breaking school […]
Player of the Pack: Alli Lake
Alli Lake is a junior accounting major on the track and field team. Dustin VanHunnik: What brought you to USD? Alli Lake: Track and then academics brought me here. I came from Gettysburg (SD) so I love the small-town feel and I like how you know almost everyone. DV: What do you want to do with your career after […]
Student-athletes host children at Dome Field Day
The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted a Dome Field Day in the DakotaDome and Sanford Coyote Sports Center Saturday morning. Student-athletes hosted children from all over southeastern South Dakota, ranging from kindergarteners to sixth graders. The athletes supervised the children as they ran football drills with members of the USD football team, played with […]
Photo gallery: Chris Berman visits USD
Veteran ESPN analyst Chris Berman visited USD Monday to lead several workshops and press conferences, along with being recognized for winning the 2016 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in Media. To begin the day, Berman held an “On Air Talent Tips for Sportscasters” workshop with students in an introduction to mass communications class. Berman spoke […]
Annual spring football game ends in thriller
The USD Coyotes took on the USD Coyotes in the annual Spring Game Friday night. The team was split into a white team and a red team for the matchup, which followed the season’s spring practices. There were no returns in this game, as there were no kickoffs and the punts were dead when caught, placing […]
Softball team takes series 2-1 over NDSU
The Coyote softball team (15-25, 6-6 Summit) played a three-game set this weekend in a Summit League matchup against the five-time defending champs North Dakota State (18-25, 5-4), they took the series 2-1. Sophomore right fielder Morgan Vasa said the team was pleased with their performance against a team they had never won a series […]
USD not likely to cut sports teams
University of North Dakota’s recent decision to cut several athletic programs is unlikely to lead to similar cuts for any USD athletic programs, according to David Herbster, USD’s athletic director. UND announced the cutting of their women’s hockey team and both men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on March 29 in an effort to […]
USD prepares for Chris Berman
USD is preparing for veteran ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman to arrive April 24 for a series of workshops and press conferences. Berman won the 2016 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media last year, which was presented in June by the Newseum Institute in Washington D.C. This was the first year in the award’s history that the ceremony didn’t take place […]
Player of the Pack: Josh Hale
Josh Hale is a junior sport marketing & media major on the football team. Dustin VanHunnik: What is your favorite sport to watch? Josh Hale: Football. It’s the only sport I’ve really ever paid attention to. DV: What is your favorite USD sporting event? JH: Definitely the basketball games. The games against State are easily […]