Former USD Head Coach Heads to Big Ten
Minnesota has announced that former South Dakota women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit will be their head coach on March 18. This came almost one year after Plitzuweit left South Dakota for West Virginia University. Plitzuweit signed a six-year contract with the Golden Gophers after spending her first six seasons as a head coach with South […]
Softball Kicks off Conference Play with Two Wins
The Coyotes softball team kicked off their Summit League schedule against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks. The Coyotes came into Summit League play with a record of 11-15 and sat in fourth place in the conference. The Fighting Hawks came into tournament play with a record of 3-27 and sat in eighth place in the […]
Coyotes Close the Season with a Win
The Coyotes men’s basketball team fell to ORU on Thursday, 70-82. They bounced back on Saturday snapping their five-game losing streak with a 82-48 win over Kansas City On Thursday, the Coyotes played the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, who are undefeated in conference play. Oral Roberts came in with their regular starting lineup of seniors […]
Golf Teams Ready to Hit the Green
The Coyotes started competition on Feb. 12, as the women’s team traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, to play in the Tulane Classic. The men’s team traveled to Palm City, Florida, to play in the Advance Partners Intercollegiate. The Coyotes men’s golf team is projected to finish seventh in the Summit League Preseason Poll. As for […]
Women’s Swim and Dive Win Before Summit League Championships
The Coyote swim and dive team hosted the Coyote Invite at home on Feb. 3 and 4. Day one of the meet, the Coyotes won four events. Two were relays, and two were individual. The Coyotes started the day as a team made of sophomores Christina Spomer, Skyler Leverenz and Emily Kahn, plus fifth year […]
Kinney and Mülla Set South Dakota Collegiate Records
The Coyotes hosted their annual Alumni Meet, going against four other Division I schools in Wichita State, Omaha, South Dakota State and Creighton. The Coyotes finished the meet with eight individual victories and three relay victories. Sophomore Erin Kinney got the day started by breaking the DakotaDome, the USD and the South Dakota Collegiate record […]
Complications Arise After Injury Suffered in Egypt
Former USD women’s tennis player and current USD graduate assistant instructor Habiba Aly, practiced with the Egyptian National team over winter break. Aly is originally from Cairo, Egypt. Aly was practicing for the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly known as the Fed Cup, which is the world’s largest annual women’s international team sports competition. Aly […]
Barnett and Tennis Team to Face Tough 2023 Schedule
The South Dakota women’s tennis team prepares for the 2023 spring season. Returning Coyotes this year are sophomore Bea Havlickova and seniors Berta Girbau and Eesha Varma. They will be joined by three transfer students: senior Paige Alter from Sacramento State, sophomore Grace Chadick from Central Oklahoma University, and senior Sydney Weinberg from Penn State […]
Swim and Dive Split Duels on Senior Day
The South Dakota swim and dive team hosted St. Thomas in a duel on Friday on senior day. The Coyotes women won 11 of the 13 events defeating the Tommies by an overall score of 159-84. The Tommies answered back in the men’s division, winning 7 of the 13 events to win the duel 138.5-90.5. […]
Men’s Basketball Takes Down Neighbor in Mount Marty
The Coyote men’s basketball team returned home for the first time in over two weeks to host the Mount Marty Lancers last night in a 97-58 victory. USD came in with a record of 3-4 losing their last two games. As for the Lancers, they were 4-6 on the season losing their last game to […]