Senior Forward Tori DePerry’s Coyotes Connection Goes Deeper than Coach Karius
Growing up in a household of basketball players, senior forward on the South Dakota women’s basketball team Tori DePerry had a ball in her hands from a very young age. “I was born into it. My family all played basketball, and my brother played in college,” DePerry said. “I picked up a ball, I think, […]
A Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: A Farewell
One of my favorite sayings of all-time is of course what Forrest Gump said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” For my tenure as the Editor-In-Chief of The Volante, that is personally how I felt throughout the journey. From the long nights trying to figure out what […]
Larkins Cashes 28 Points in Victory over Northern Iowa
After an almost two week hiatus from the Sanford Coyote Sports Center, the Coyotes made their way back to Vermillion after playing in the Battle 4 Atlantis and in the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. The matchup featured the projected Missouri Valley Conference champions in the Northern Iowa Panthers who sat at 1-4 coming into […]
Men’s and Women’s Basketball Upcoming Games Preview
Before the next issue of The Volante comes out, the South Dakota men’s and women’s basketball teams will be hosting four home games inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center (SCSC). Men’s Basketball The men’s team currently has a record of 3-2 on the season after their previous matchup against Purdue Fort Wayne where the Coyotes […]
Volleyball Falls in Summit League Tournament
After clinching a share of the Summit League Regular Season title, the South Dakota Coyotes went into the tournament as the No. 4 seed as the three teams ahead of them (No. 1 Kansas City, No. 2 Omaha Mavericks and No. 3 Denver Pioneers) all had a tiebreaker over the Coyotes. They finished the regular […]
Football to Spend Thanksgiving with a Bye Week
On Nov. 19, the FCS playoff bracket was announced with 24 teams being selected and eight being seeded in the bracket. After watching in-state rival South Dakota State secure the No. 1 seed overall, the Coyotes were seeded on the other side of the bracket as No. 3, their first top-eight seed in program history. […]
Vermillion Drain Paintings Homage to River
In Vermillion, many of the storm drains are painted with characters such as the Lorax, baby ducks and many other things. These storm drain paintings come from a group in Vermillion called Greening Vermillion where their main goal is to raise awareness of where the water from the drains goes. Greening board member and the […]
Women’s Basketball Gets Revenge on Northern Colorado
In the third game of the season, the Coyotes women’s basketball team took on the Northern Colorado Bears, a rematch from last year that the Bears won 72-65. The match started with the Coyotes’ sophomore center Walker Demers hitting two free throws and making a layup to put the Coyotes up 4-0 with 7:22 left […]
Men’s Basketball Victorious in First Game of the Season
The Coyotes men’s basketball team opened up their 2023-24 season with a match against the NAIA team in the Mount Marty Lancers. This game followed the women’s match against Northern State. South Dakota’s senior forward Lahat Thioune opened the season with a two point jumper to make the score 2-0 with 19:40 in the first […]
Unity Week Highlights Different Cultures
Throughout the week of Nov. 1 through the 4, the College of Fine Arts hosted the inaugural Unity Week that ended with the Unity Ball. The week consisted of four different events held in the MUC to celebrate different cultures at USD. The president of the Union of African American Students (UAAS) Bennett Clary said […]