Sports
Volleyball rolling through Summit League
The University of South Dakota volleyball team is turning heads with an impressive start to the Summit League Conference season. As the team’s senior leader Kendall Kritenbrink puts it, they’re bringing the heat from every angle of the court. “Nobody knows where to go or who to stop because every hitter is an offensive threat,” Kritenbrink said. […]
Second half dooms USD football at Southern Illinois
An extra week of preparation wasn’t enough for the University of South Dakota football team. The Coyotes lost in every fashion Saturday afternoon during the second half of their Missouri Valley Football Conference debut to Southern Illinois, losing 41-10. The Coyotes and Salukis were tied at 10 at half, but the Salukis took care of […]
USD Women’s soccer gets its first conference win
The University of South Dakota Women’s soccer team defeated Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne 1-0 in Vermillion Sunday. Corey Strang scored the lone goal for the Coyotes, who had the run of play throughout the match. USD tallied 14 shots in the match, 11 on goal. IPFW only managed two shots, one on goal. The Coyotes started the […]
USD soccer draws scoreless with Omaha
The University of South Dakota Women’s soccer team drew with the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Vermillion Friday, as neither team could find the back of the net in the 0-0 overtime match. USD managed to hit goalpost iron twice in the match. In the 14th minute, first-year defender Katlin Ptacek had a shot hit the left upright […]
Intramural soccer interest growing at USD
On the final court in the University of South Dakota Wellness Center, nightly games of pick-up soccer host 10-20 people looking to play a sport that is not typically a popular American pastime. With a mix of inexperienced students to former players, the games look similar to any pick-up sport hosted at the Wellness Center. […]
Loads of spirit: Equipment manager the ‘rock behind the scenes’ of Coyote athletics
Downstairs in the DakotaDome, between administrative offices and locker rooms, sits Sara Wieseler, surrounded by shelves of athletic equipment near her office desk. Wieseler is the head athletic equipment manager at the University of South Dakota and works as part of the staff behind the scenes of Coyote athletics. Her role isn’t the most glamorous. […]
USD’s Climb Fest grapples new challenges
The 38-foot-high rock climbing wall in the Wellness Center will transform Oct. 8 into a competitive landscape for the fourth-straight year of Climb Fest at the University of South Dakota. USD Climbing Club president Brad Swart said the event is the beginning of fall competitions for the group and is a good start to draw attention to rock climbing […]
USD’s former linebacker waiting for shining moment
It’s been nearly five months since former South Dakota linebacker Tyler Starr was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons with the 255th pick of the seventh round. “It’s been enjoyable so far, but I’ve got to keep battling everyday,” said Starr after his Falcons lost 41-28 Sunday vs. the Minnesota Vikings. Starr gained some national attention […]
New DakotaDome bleachers increase ad options, safety concerns
Coyote Crazies and other University of South Dakota fans have more rules to follow with the installation of new student section bleachers in the DakotaDome. One of the major rule changes is designed to keep students from blocking the LED advertisement boards installed by an LED Display Company above the student section. “Right now, we don’t […]
USD volleyball slides past Oral Roberts to start conference season
It wasn’t fast, and it wasn’t easy. But the University of South Dakota volleyball team topped Oral Roberts in five sets 3-2 to begin the conference season 1-0, extending the Coyotes home win streak to 13. After splitting the first two sets, the Coyotes failed to capitalize on two game points in the third set, […]