March 30th, 2020110 Putting the entire sports world on hold is affecting more than just the athletes on the court. Athletic Department's around the country are adjusting to their lives at home and are trying to evaluate and plan for the future. USD Athletic Director David Herbster and the rest of USD’s athletic department staff are transitioning...
March 22nd, 202043Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple announced March 13 that spring sports would be canceled for the remainder of the year due to COVID-19. The cancellation includes all non-conference, conference and championship competitions for all Summit League universities.
The announcement was made on March 13, when multiple teams were on...
March 10th, 2020287 The Coyotes are Summit League Champions. “I had faith in my team the whole way,” senior guard Madison McKeever said. “We’ve been in this position twice now in my last three or four years. For us, we know that all the time you spent in the gym and working all preseason and I have faith in my team throughout the whole way that...
March 9th, 202068 USD went 5-for-20 shooting in the first quarter and was tied at 10 with Oral Roberts in the Summit League semifinals. By halftime, the Coyotes held a 20 point 35-15 advantage. USD pulled away for the 65-43 win and advanced to their third straight Summit League championship game. Hannah Sjerven and Taylor Frederick played...
March 7th, 202077 The No. 17/12 Coyotes jumped on top early and cruised to a 99-40 victory over Omaha in the quarterfinals of the Summit League women's basketball tournament Saturday in the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. USD’s lead was 31-9 by the end of the first quarter and 64-18 at halftime. The Coyotes (28-2) continued to grow the...
March 1st, 202034 In his first season at the helm, USD men’s basketball head
coach Todd Lee led his team to a 13-17 overall record, a six seed in the Summit
League tournament and a first-round exit at the hands of Purdue Fort Wayne. Now, a year later, Lee has led the Coyotes to a 20-11 record, a third seed in the Summit League tournament and a date...
February 25th, 202076 The Coyote men and women's swim and dive teams placed second at the Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships Feb. 19-22. The Coyote men placed second for a third consecutive season, with a school-record of 706.5 points. The Coyote women finished runner-up for a second straight year with 656.5 points. Both teams placed second...
February 25th, 2020694 USD throws coach A.G. Kruger joined the USD track and field coaching staff in Aug. 2015. Since then, the Coyote throws team has seen 58 new marks in the top-10 list. Under Kruger, three USD athletes have made it to the NCAA Championships. USD has won seven Summit League titles in the Kruger era. The stiff competition makes things...
February 24th, 202056The women's golf team is preparing for their first match of the spring in Davis, California at the Gunrock Invitational March 2-3. The Summit League announced in the preseason poll the Coyotes were picked to finish fifth at the conference tournament. Leading the poll with 64 points is Denver followed by Oral Roberts....
February 23rd, 202044 Douglas Wilson attacked the rim for South Dakota State in the first half and Noah Freidel lit up the scoreboard in the second half as the Jackrabbits edged USD 85-80 at Frost Arena in Brookings Sunday afternoon. The Jackrabbits (22-8, 13-2) were picked fifth in the Summit League preseason poll and clinched a share of the Summit...
