Sports
COLUMN: Bronx Bombers get eliminated
Four games. That’s all it took for the Detroit Tigers to end the New York Yankees’ World Series hopes. In those four games of the American League Championship Series, the normally hard hitting Bronx Bombers could barely manage to get a hit, let alone a run. They scored a total of six runs during the […]
Q&A: Terry: ‘I am good at all the dances’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week The Volante sports staff will interview a member of the USD athletic community and ask them off-the-wall questions. Enjoy the hilarity. Sophomore Terrance Terry is a wide receiver for the University of South Dakota football team out of Barrington, Ill. JR: What is your major? TT: I’m an English Education major. […]
COLUMN: Coyotes could enter free fall after shut out
Whenever someone moves into a new neighborhood usually the neighbors will stop by and say, “Hello.” North Dakota State was happy to say, “Hello” to its newest Missouri Valley Football Conference neighbor in a 54-0 smack down that showed the University of South Dakota football team how far from the top it really is. The […]
Where’s the love?
With a 10-3 lead over Western Illinois and a crowd of 10,200, the University of South Dakota football team had it all going for them heading into halftime of the Dakota Days game Oct. 6. Little did they know that as they prepared for the second half, hundreds of USD student fans were filing out […]
USD cross country gears up for Summit League championships
The University of South Dakota cross country athletes will participate in the Summit League Championship Oct. 27 in Rochester, Mich. For first-year Amber Eichkorn, the thought of competing well for her teammates is her main focus because she never had the opportunity in high school. “Everyone on the team has their own strengths and weaknesses,” […]
Bison pummel Yotes 54-0 in Sioux Falls matchup
Not even the 64-miles separating the DakotaDome and Howard Wood Field was enough distance for the University of South Dakota football team to escape the woes that have stalked them this 2012 season. Failing to get anything started on offense, the Coyotes were shut out by new Missouri Valley Football Conference rival, North Dakota State […]
NDSU fans begin to buy USD tickets
The University of South Dakota had 800 tickets available for the Oct. 20 game against North Dakota State University. Along with admission to the game, the ticket included a bus to Sioux Falls for the game at Howard Wood Field. All 800 tickets were given out to students, but students may still attend if they […]
Slumping Coyotes return on the road against Oakland
After a tough loss Oct. 14, the Coyote women’s volleyball team is looking to improve themselves as they travel to Oakland this weekend. Mental errors set the team back last weekend assistant coach Leanne Felsing said. “We knew what we had to do to have success against the team and what we needed to do […]
USD swimmers dive into 2012 season at UND
The University of South Dakota swimming and diving team’s season is underway as the Coyotes head up to Grand Forks for a dual meet against the University of North Dakota on Oct. 20. USD enters the 2012-13 season with 24 first-years on the men’s and women’s roster. However, despite the team’s lack of experience, head […]
Young USD soccer team prepares for final stretch
This past weekend, the women’s soccer team extended their two-game losing streak to four, with losses to both Fort Wayne and Oakland. Hoping to end the streak, the team will head north to take on North Dakota State (6-8-0) on Oct. 19. Playing at home, USD took on the Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons and Oakland […]