Sports
Third times the Charm?
South Dakota football went 10-5 in 2025, making it to the FCS Playoffs and going to the quarterfinals. This all happened under first year head coach, Travis Johansen, after former coach Bob Nielson retired after nine years. In early Feb., Johansen left South Dakota to become the defensive coordinator for Rutgers in New Jersey. Shortly […]
Coyotes take third at championships
The Coyotes men’s golf team competed at the Summit League Championships from May 3-5. South Dakota started strong as a team on the opening day, going even on the day, the only team not to go over par. The Coyotes, at that point, held a two score lead over NDSU. USD struggled getting it going […]
Locked into success
After finishing third in the Summit League and making the semifinals in the Summit League Tournament, second year Head Coach Carrie Eighmey has received a contract extension. USD’s Women’s Basketball team improved by 15 wins from year one to year two under Eighmey. Her new contract is a five year deal that has her at […]
Nike swooshing into Coyote Athletics
University of South Dakota has partnered with Nike and BSN Sports for the next ten years of Coyote Athletics. This partnership will start on July 1. When fans come back to campus in the fall, Adidas will be gone from the Coyotes’ jerseys, and the Nike swoosh will now be there instead. Adidas has been […]
One last meet before conference
The South Dakota track and field teams hosted the South Dakota Challenge at the Lillibridge Track Complex on May 1-2. The team won 21 events over the two day competition. The distance team led the way on the first day of competition, with the men’s 1500 and 5000 sweeping the podium. The men’s pole vault […]
Golf takes on Tiger Invitational
The South Dakota Men’s Golf team traveled to Columbia, Mo. for the Tiger Invitational on April 6 and 7. Missouri took first place in their home meet, being the only team to finish in the negatives with a score of minus seven. USD finished in eight place with a score of plus 21. South Dakota […]
Non-Conference meets
After playing back-to-back Summit League matchups, South Dakota Women’s Tennis went on the road for some non-conference games to finish their non-conference schedule. First, the Coyotes played Creighton in Omaha. South Dakota lost the doubles point despite the doubles team of senior Selena Bird and freshman Ava Doddridge winning their matchup. The Coyotes […]
Cancelled meet turns into opportunity
South Dakota pole vaulters and high jumpers went to Lincoln, Neb., last Friday, April 3. They went to the Husker Spring Kickoff after the USD Early Bird meet, which was scheduled for April 3 and 4, was cancelled due to the weather. Senior Landon Olson finished second in the men’s high jump with a height […]
Transfer portal changes
The new day and age of college basketball includes players transferring. South Dakota already has lots of players in the portal, with more than 1,000 players in the portal in both men’s and women’s basketball across the country. Eight men’s basketball players have entered the portal as of April 7. The eight players include […]
One game short of WNIT title
The Coyote women’s basketball team extended their season with a bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. South Dakota, which won the WNIT title in 2016, fell just short of capturing the same title 10 years later. The Coyotes earned a first round bye in the WNIT before defeating Northern Colorado 80-60 in the second […]