December 5th, 201946The South Dakota volleyball team defeated Central Michigan in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championships after a first set loss on Thursday night. Inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center, the coyotes moved up to 28 and two in the season while 11 and oh at home pushing their home court went streak to 15. The...
December 4th, 201923The women’s basketball team downed Creighton in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Wednesday, beating the Bluejays 72-65. The No. 24 ranked Coyotes (8-1) topped their Big East opponent (6-2) after taking the lead on the first play of the game. During the two teams' fifth straight meeting, Coyote redshirt sophomore and center Hannah...
November 24th, 2019159 After nearly two decades of falling short, USD (5-7, 4-4 MVFC) finally bested their in-state rival SDSU (8-4, 5-3 MVFC) 24-21 in front of 5,405 fans inside the DakotaDome on Saturday. After falling behind 7-0 early, the Coyotes battled back and produced three defensive stops late in the game to achieve the three-point victory on...
November 19th, 2019122 Sophomore Leah Drengenberg led the Coyotes to a second-place finish at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday. In the process, she became the university's first All-American triathlete. Drengenberg crossed the finish line in one hour, seven
minutes and 21 seconds to secure a spot on the...
November 19th, 201995South Dakota is on meth. Governor Kristi Noem launched a very confusing and controversial anti-meth campaign, “Meth: We’re On It” on Monday to bring awareness to the meth epidemic in South Dakota. The campaign will include a TV ad, billboards, posters and a website: onmeth.com. The truth is, the whole thing seems kind of...
November 19th, 2019824 After forty years without an upgrade, the sidewalks and street corners of downtown Vermillion could have a different look by 2021. The $2,450,000 Downtown Streetscape project will remodel Main Street’s streets and sidewalks, adding landscaping and seating features outside of businesses from McVicker Plaza to North Dakota...
November 18th, 201942 To attract students outside the borders of South Dakota, the Board of Regents offered a tuition break to students from Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and Colorado at the beginning of the 2019 fall semester. This is the first semester the university has had to market the tuition advantage to students from theses states. In the fall...
November 15th, 2019508 Mothering three young children and managing a team of 17 young adults requires the same elements: work, time and dedication. USD head volleyball coach Leanne Williamson wears both hats, and if a 25-1 record and regular-season title mean anything, she's finding great success. Williamson found herself on the road almost every weekend...
November 14th, 201946 USD vs Drake The Coyotes clawed back from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to take down Drake in a 102-94 overtime thriller in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Wednesday night. Down by two with two seconds to go in regulation, junior guard Monica Arens intercepted a Drake pass for one final Coyote possession. After a timeout,...
November 12th, 2019229 At this time five years ago, Angela and Glenn Pulse of Prairie Sun Organics, a 15-acre farm three-and-a-half miles north of Vermillion, harvested the last of their finest yield of corn from the land they bought nine years ago. The season produced 12-foot stalks that turned $1,800 per acre, they said. But following South Dakota’s...
