Sports
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 […]
Anglin Has Eyes Set on New Personal Record
Sophomore Danii Anglin grew up playing netball on courts similar to those used by netball court contractors in her hometown of Spring Mount, Jamaica, when a coach told her about track and field at the age of 15. She joined her high school track and field team and the rest was history. In 2020, she […]
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 […]
USD Cheer and Dance Team Bring Home the Bronze
Earlier this month, USD’s cheer and dance team traveled down to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, where they competed in the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) and Universal Dance Association (UDA) College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship. The teams competed against other colleges all across the country in this three day event. […]
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 Breaks Three Game Losing Streak
The Coyotes men’s basketball team split their weekend at home falling to Denver 60-75 on Thursday and defeating Omaha 84-68 on Saturday. On Thursday night, the Coyotes hosted the Denver Pioneers. The Coyotes won the tip-off and scored on the opening possession as junior forward Tasos Kamateros hit a jumper. Kamateros made his second bucket […]
Karius and Peterson Fall in First Matchup Versus Jackrabbits
The men’s and women’s basketball teams faced off against in-state rival South Dakota State on Saturday. This marked the first time that head women’s basketball coach Kayla Karius and head men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson have faced off against the Jackrabbits. The Women’s team fell 59-118 in Brookings and the men’s team was defeated 64-82 […]
Erin Kinney Breaks DakotaDome Record
The Coyotes track and field team hosted their first indoor meet of the 2023 season in the South Dakota Kickoff. The teams that made their way to Vermillion were Wayne State, Midland and Morningside. USD took the top four spots in the women’s 60 meter dash as sophomore Erin Kinney took the top spot with […]
From Pine Ridge Basketball to USD Track and Field
When senior long jumper and sprinter Isaiah Richards was growing up on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, track and field was not among his extracurricular activities or interests. Instead, Richards played video games and worked on his basketball skills at local courts with his friends. “Native Americans love basketball,” Richards said, because amid the […]
Hempe Happy to See “Familiar Face” in Coach Karius
Redshirt sophomore forward Alexi Hempe grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she started playing basketball in first grade. Hempe continued playing basketball throughout high school where she started to get recruited. “I was very open in my recruiting process,” Hempe said. “I had lived in Virginia my whole life so I kind of wanted to […]