Women’s basketball looks to improve on defense
Of all of their recent wins, the women’s basketball team’s biggest came at Frost Arena, where the Coyotes haven’t won since 1990. Over the past few weeks the Coyote women have gone on a five game roll, defeating the University of Omaha 82-76, North Dakota State 96-94 (2OT), South Dakota State 63-58, Fort Wayne 92-60 […]
Women’s basketball falls to Washington 77-64
The Coyotes came up short after looking for their seventh straight win Saturday night as they took on Washington and fell to the Huskies 77-64. “It’s a tough loss. It’s a little disappointing because I feel we didn’t play Coyote basketball,” said head coach Amy Williams. “We got a little outside of ourselves a part […]
Coyote women pull off string of home wins
The Coyotes went on the road to San Jose, Calif., looking for their sixth straight win. Despite it being a close game, they came out with a victory 87-77. “I feel there is a steady climb and we have turned a corner and we have made it. We are gradually getting better, but I really […]
Coyote women stomp Portland State 103 – 61
The Coyotes picked up their fifth straight win Saturday in the DakotaDome after blowing out the Portland State Eagles 103-61. “I took a peak at assists and rebounding margin, those are two big stats for us. Those were both in our favor today and it was a great team win,” said USD head coach Amy […]
Coyotes cruise past Marquette in home opener
After losing its last three games, the women’s Coyote basketball team was looking for win Monday night in the DakotaDome. A win is what the team earned at its home opener of the season, beating out Marquette 97-69 after a rough first half and an intense second half. “The second half almost made up for the last 20 […]
Women’s basketball prepares for first game, season
The women’s basketball team has been practicing all summer and game week is finally here. USD’s first game is Friday against Utah in Salt Lake City and their first home game is Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome against Marquette. “It’s going to be a fun year and we got a lot of […]
Shortstop Matley Jones leads by example
After transferring to the University of South Dakota from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, senior shortstop Matley Jones has emerged as a leader for her team. “There were some awkward situations at Augie,” Jones said. “I didn’t think I was being treated as well as I should be. My sister used to be the coach […]
Seekamp hopes to play professional basketball
While her time as a Coyote women’s basketball athlete might be over, senior guard Nicole Seekamp has her eyes set on either playing professionally in the Women’s National Basketball Association or Euroleague. “In a couple weeks, there is a WNBA combine, or I could sign with an agent,” Seekamp said. “I would like to play professionally.” […]
USD advances past Creighton in WNIT
It was another tale of two halves for the University of South Dakota, as the Coyotes defeated Creighton 68-58 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament — despite letting an 18-point lead dwindle to three. “(It was) fun to get back in here in the Dome, fun to play in front of our fans […]
USD falls to SDSU in championship game
Despite trying to defend its Summit League title, the University of South Dakota fell 72-57 to South Dakota State Tuesday afternoon in the Summit League Championship game at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. “I’m really proud of the Coyotes, we didn’t come out of the gate very good. We didn’t shoot well in the first […]