February 2012
PREVIEW: USD women’s basketball team prepares for last game
The University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will wrap-up their season Thursday night when they host the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougars in the DakotaDome. Having won ten of their previous eleven games, the Coyotes look to make it one better Thursday on the way toward collecting win No. 21 on the season. While the […]
Q&A: Brenner leaves turtles behind
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week The Volante sports staff will interview a member of the USD athletic community and ask them off-the-wall questions. Enjoy the hilarity. Travis Brenner, a sophomore Biology major, is a member of the USD men’s track and field and cross country teams. He runs on the distance squad for the Coyotes and […]
Coyotes say goodbye to seniors Westbrook, Andreotti and Krogman
Fresh off their first season in the Summit League, the University of South Dakota’s men’s basketball team learned on the fly how tough the competition really is. With an 84-77 loss on Feb. 25 against Oakland, the Coyotes finished with a final record of 10-18 and 5-13 in conference play. With that record USD finished […]
Future Coyote named ESPN High School ‘player of the week’
Just two hours and 35 minutes southeast of Vermillion in the town of Carroll, Iowa, waits a future Coyote basketball player. Carroll High School senior Casey Kasperbauer was recruited by the University of South Dakota men’s basketball program for the 2012-2013 season. But what coaches may not have known when he was signed in November […]
USD’s Compton a late draft choice
While most University of South Dakota students were preparing for their upcoming mid-term exams, former University of South Dakota senior offensive tackle Tom Compton was put to the test not by college professors, but National Football League scouts. The four-year starter for the Coyotes traveled to Indianapolis this weekend to participate along side the best […]
Coyotes take third in Summit
A 70-56 victory over conference foe Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne was all the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team needed to clinch third place in the Summit League on Monday night. In the team’s first season of Division I play, the Coyotes have managed to climb their way up the Summit League standings, […]
USD women take second at meet
Competing in their first-ever Summit League Championships, the University of South Dakota women’s track and field team placed second overall on Feb. 24 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Women’s track and field head coach Lucky Huber said the teams second place performance is something the team will continue to build off. “I was proud that our […]
COLUMN: Tight-fitting dresses and skirts unflattering trend
As Vermillion’s resident fake Parisienne, there are certain fashion trends I have little tolerance for. The latest of these is so disturbing to me that I have no choice but to emerge from hiding in an attempt to save my fellow females from it. I know what you’re thinking: What could women possibly be wearing […]
Duo Montagnard to perform for music museum audience
The Brown Bag Lunch Program at the National Music Museum will be offering a new blend of music that it hasn’t been exposed to before. Joseph Murphy and Matthew Slotkin make up the band, Duo Montagnard. Murphy plays the saxophone while Slotkin plays the guitar. The National Music Museum will be offering the duo on […]
USD to host spring festival
The University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will host a Spring Orchestra Festival for area high school students March 2. The students will spend the day rehearsing and will then give a concert that evening, music professor Richard Rognstad said. “We sent invitations to about 30 area high schools, and we have students from five […]