Sports
USD Women’s Pole Vault leaping to the top
USD’s women’s pole vault team ended the 2023 indoor track and field season as the nation’s top team in pole vault. The Coyotes are now onto the outdoor season and look to improve on their rankings and record new personal bests. The vaulters didn’t seem surprised when finding out that they were ranked first. “Coach […]
Nygaard Field finally ready for play
Coyote softball is set to return to Nygaard Field this weekend for their series against Western Illinois. The field has been in an unplayable condition for the first month of the season due to renovations and heavy snowfall. The renovations, which include a new backstop, sound system, cement pads, storage shed, chain link fencing, and […]
Track and Field Hosts Early Bird
The Coyotes hosted their first home outdoor track and field meet of the season. The USD Early Bird meet was held on Friday and Saturday. In the women’s 100-meter dash, Coyotes sophomore Erin Kinney took first place with a time of 10.98, which would have been the second-best time in the nation if it wasn’t […]
Tennis Defeats Tommies in Home Opener
The tennis team hosted their first home duel this season as they defeated the St. Thomas Tommies 6-1 on Friday. Sophomore Grace Chadick earned a team best 14th singles win on the year and gave USD a one-point lead after defeating Tommies graduate student Olivia Paradise in two sets both by the score of 6-3. […]
Bela Goerke Follows in Her Parents’ Footsteps
Junior Bela Goerke has successfully followed in her parents’ footsteps as a college athlete. While growing up in Arizona, Goerke was involved in sports from a young age. She took part in T-ball, baseball and eventually softball. Her love for the sport grew even more as she got closer to college and closer to fulfilling […]
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 […]
GoYotes TV Taking USD State-Wide
USD athletics and campus/community events will now be broadcast state-wide on GoYotes TV, a move that senior associate athletic director for external affairs, Joe Thuente, hopes will help to connect the west side of South Dakota to USD. “We’ve had trouble connecting with that side of the state,” Thuente said. “We’re all the way out […]
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 […]
Four Track and Field Athletes to Compete at NCAA
On Feb. 25-26, the men’s and women’s track and field teams cemented their first Summit League Championship win since joining the conference. This was the second straight women’s win and the first for the men since 2015. Both teams haven’t won the conference tournament since 2011 when they were previously in the Great West Conference. […]
Women’s Basketball Loses in Quarterfinals, First Time in Six Years
The women’s basketball team fell 92-69 to Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament on Sunday. This is the first time the Coyotes have lost in the quarterfinals since 2017, former head coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s first year with the program. The 2017 loss was also the last time current head coach Kayla […]