November 16th, 202056 Looking ahead to the new year, Coyotes sports teams are gearing up for an unusual spring. All sports will be competing during the second semester after schedule delays and changes due to the pandemic. Basketball The women’s and men’s basketball teams will be the first Yotes to play in the competition since March. The...
November 8th, 202033 As the Coyotes men’s and women’s basketball teams complete their last three weeks of fall practice, both team’s conference schedules were announced last week for the upcoming winter season. The Summit League’s Nov. 4 announcement detailed a 16 game schedule (8 games for the men, 8 games for the women) with all games being...
October 4th, 2020224 After completing her practicum at an outpatient clinic, senior Kinesiology and Sports Management major Liv Korngable turned to something more familiar for her required internship hours. The women's basketball guard began her strength and conditioning internship this fall where she works under Head Strength and Conditioning...
April 14th, 2020208 For Ciara Duffy, the end to her junior and senior seasons were less than ideal. An ankle injury in the Summit League Championship left Duffy less than 100% for the NCAA Tournament game against Clemson in 2019 and COVID-19 ended a chance at another run in the NCAA Tournament this season. Duffy’s senior season will be one Coyote fans...
April 7th, 202068 EDITORS NOTE: This article is from the 2015-2016 women's basketball season as the Coyotes claimed the WNIT title in front of their home crowd. This was the last basketball game played in the DakotaDome, as the Sanford Coyote Sports Center opened the following fall. After the Coyotes’ goal of making the NCAA Tournament fell short, a...
March 31st, 202043 The Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award presented by Her Hoop Stats is named after a Rapid City, South Dakota native and current assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs. In the awards inaugural season, it goes to another Rapid City native, Ciara Duffy. Duffy is one of four seniors on the No. 17/11 Coyote women's...
March 24th, 2020124 Championship Tuesday (March 10) was one to remember for the No. 17/11 Coyotes, who took down rival SDSU to win the Summit League title and complete a perfect 19-0 conference slate.“It’s a season that I know my teammates, coaches and Coyote fans will never forget,” junior Chloe Lamb said in an email interview with The Volante....
March 11th, 2020153 UPDATE 3:50 p.m. Thursday: The NCAA has announced its cancellation of all remaining winter and spring championships, including the mens and womens basketball tournaments due to growing concerns over the coronavirus. The cancellation means the No. 17/11 Coyotes womens basketball season is officially over. The Coyotes earned the...
March 10th, 2020285 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...
