Sports
Football update: Joe Schlager out for season
Redshirt freshman running back Joe Schlager will likely miss the upcoming season. Schlager suffered a knee injury at the team’s spring practice Tuesday morning, Bryan Boettcher, USD’s sports information director, confirmed in an email. Schlager suffered a dislocated knee, fractured patella and a torn ACL, MCL and PCL. Schlager will have surgery in three to six weeks. The Coyotes […]
Lack of Greek athletes due to time commitments, stigma
While there’s no official policy barring student-athletes from being involved in a fraternity or sorority, those who do both are usually few and far between. Laura Roof, USD’s director of sorority/fraternity life, said she believes there’s a misconception that students can’t do both, which may lead to some not pursuing it. Though Roof said the […]
Ellie Burns leads tennis turnaround
This year has been a rollercoaster for the USD women’s tennis team, but the team may be coming up again at the perfect time. The Coyotes have gone 5-11 this season overall, but four of those wins have come in the last eight games. Individually, several players have been making strides to help lead the […]
Football returns with spring practice
After a disappointing end to the season, the Coyotes football team is back at work. The first spring practice of the year kicked off on March 18. Spring practices will continue through April 21, which is the date of the spring game, and the final practice before the summer workouts. The team is looking to take advantage […]
Player of the pack: Maria Pandya
Maria Pandya is a sophomore French major with a music minor and a member of the women’s tennis team. Enosh Kattinapudi: What is an interest of yours apart from tennis? Maria Pandya: Music is definitely the main thing apart from my sport. EK: What makes music such a big part of your life? MP: I […]
Community and leadership drives USD men’s golf team
Leadership is a factor in many sports, and though most wouldn’t expect golf to be among them, it’s the driving force behind the USD men’s golf team. The Coyotes have continued to excel in the Summit League this season with the lowest average scorers in the league. The team’s success is due in large part to the […]
USD head men’s basketball coach agrees to extension
Despite reports of USD men’s head basketball coach Craig Smith being a top candidate for the coaching position at Drake University, Smith verbally committed to a three-year deal worth $275,000 a year to remain with the Coyotes on Thursday, according to the Argus Leader. There were many rumors in the previous few days that Smith was […]
Tyler Flack’s season not over after all
Intersport announced Wednesday that Coyotes senior center Tyler Flack has been selected to the Slam Dunk Championship roster for the 29th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, according to goyotes.com. The contest will be held at Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix on March 30. Flack is one of eight men’s college basketball players […]
USD head men’s basketball coach finalist for Drake coaching job
Sources in Des Moines, IA have named USD men’s basketball coach Craig Smith as a finalist for the coaching job at Drake University, according to espn991.com. Smith just completed his third season with the Coyotes and finished the season with a 22-12 record, a regular season title and a Summit League Coach of the Year Award under […]
Smith, Mooney earn postseason recognition
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its 2016-17 Division I All-District teams and coaches on Wednesday, naming sophomore guard Matt Mooney to the first-team all-District 12 and head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith as the District 12 Coach of the Year. According to goyotes.com, Mooney is the first Coyote named to the team […]