Sports
Coyote seniors work out for NFL scouts
The 2012 NFL Draft is just weeks away, and six University of South Dakota senior football players got their chance to boost their stock and impress the scouts as USD hosted an NFL Scout Pro Day inside the DakotaDome on Thursday afternoon. Seniors Jeremy Blount, Tom Compton, Dante Warren, Marquis Butler, R.J. Polley and Dion […]
USD golf team looks to keep building
While the weather has been friendly for the University of South Dakota men’s golf team, the competition has not been. Coming off only their second tournament of the spring season the golf team took home 16 place in the South Dakota State University Jackrabbit Invitational on March 13 in Primm, Nev. On March 26 the […]
Q&A: Turner wouldn’t mind an elephant mascot
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. Lucas Turner is senior men’s golfer out of Bowdle, S.D. Turner recently placed 37th at the Jackrabbit Invitational in Primm, Nev. with a score of 224. Austin Ashlock: Do you […]
Coyotes fall in WNIT
Inside the University of South Dakota men’s track locker room doubled as a conference room, USD seniors Annie Roche and Amber Hegge sat in front of the media Monday night wearing an the unmistakable mask of disappointment. “It has been a great season, a lot of fun, but just not very much fun right now,” […]
Coach Glenn ready for practice
The University of South Dakota football team has a new face. That new face is Head Coach Joe Glenn, hired last November to replace Ed Meierkort. Glenn comes with a USD background, as he is a 1971 graduate. Glenn played on the football team as a quarterback and wide receiver and was a captain during […]
USD women earn first-ever NIT bid
After roping in 22 wins during their inaugural season in Division I, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team received their first-ever bid into the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Coyotes will host Drake University in the first round of the NIT on Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome. The 32-team […]
Coyote women’s basketball receives first-ever bid to Women’s National Invitation Tournament
After roping in 22 wins during their inaugural Summit League Season, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team received their first-ever bid into the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Coyotes (22-7) will host Drake University (18-15) in the first round of the WNIT on Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome. Head […]
PREVIEW: USD women’s basketball team prepares for last game
The University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will wrap-up their season Thursday night when they host the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougars in the DakotaDome. Having won ten of their previous eleven games, the Coyotes look to make it one better Thursday on the way toward collecting win No. 21 on the season. While the […]
Q&A: Brenner leaves turtles behind
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. Travis Brenner, a sophomore Biology major, is a member of the USD men’s track and field and cross country teams. He runs on the distance squad for the Coyotes and […]
Coyotes say goodbye to seniors Westbrook, Andreotti and Krogman
Fresh off their first season in the Summit League, the University of South Dakota’s men’s basketball team learned on the fly how tough the competition really is. With an 84-77 loss on Feb. 25 against Oakland, the Coyotes finished with a final record of 10-18 and 5-13 in conference play. With that record USD finished […]