October 21, 2019
USD volleyball breaks school record with victories in SCSC, Pentagon
USD (19-1) extended their winning streak to a school-record 16 games over the weekend as they defeated Western Illinois and Purdue Fort Wayne. USD vs Western Illinois The Coyotes swept Western Illinois (5-16) in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Friday night 25-17, 25-17, 25-18 in the team’s pink game. The match win broke the […]
Piano students key in on skills overseas
Two USD piano students traveled to Italy last summer at the Brancaleoni International Music Festival. Piano professor Susan Gray was invited to teach a collaborative piano class at the festival and two of her piano students – Nicole Santos and Nicole Gerdes – were selected to attend. Junior piano performance major Nicole Santos participated in […]
Coyote tennis ends fall season at ITA Regionals
The USD women’s tennis team traveled to Norman, Oklahoma to compete in the ITA Regionals for their final meet of the fall season. The four-day event hosted by the University of Oklahoma featured four of USD’s players including sisters Sille and Emma Tranberg, Jana Lazarevic, and freshman Berta Girbau. Freshman Sille Tranberg posted a win […]
Coyotes suffer first conference loss in Cedar Falls
The Coyotes (3-4) turned the ball over six times as they suffered their first conference loss of the season on Saturday to No. 14 Northern Iowa (4-3) 42-27 in Cedar Falls. Despite being the first opposing team to score over 14 points in the UNI-Dome this season (achieving the feat in the first quarter), the […]
‘It can weigh on you a little bit’: Breast surgeon talks importance of in-depth care
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for Tricia Merrigan, a breast surgeon at Avera Comprehensive Breast Care in Sioux Falls, raising awareness starts at the local level. In high school, Merrigan watched her sister-in-law battle breast cancer, which led to an interest in helping women overcome it, she said. “I remembered her surgery and […]
Coyote soccer shut out by Denver
After conceding an early goal, the Coyotes (6-9, 1-3) fell to Denver (5-9-1, 2-3) 1-0 Sunday at First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex in Vermillion. Denver’s junior midfielder Meg Halvorson sunk a shot into the back of the net six minutes into the game for the lone score. Despite a strong game on both sides […]