Sports
USD competes in ‘Bracketbuster’
In the first full year of Summit League competition, the University of South Dakota mens basketball team has already learned a lot about what it is like to play at the Division I level. On Saturday, Feb. 18, USD will take another step towards being a D-I basketball team as they host the Texas State […]
USD looks to continue streak
Before Monday night’s game in Tulsa, Okla., the Oral Roberts University women’s basketball team had their eyes set on consecutive home victory number 22. A feat, courtesy of the University of South Dakota, they never achieved. Behind senior forward Amber Hegge’s 24 points, USD took down conference rival ORU by a score of 60-57 on […]
PREVIEW: USD to host Texas State in ESPN Bracketbuster game
The University of South Dakota men’s basketball team will host Texas State University in the 10th Annual Sears Bracketbusters on Feburary 18 at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome. The Bracketbuster match-ups were selected on ESPNU and contain match-ups for ten Summit League teams. The Coyotes open a three-game home stand on Saturday Feb. 4 against […]
Q&A: Boss-Wachal fan of Daffy Duck
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. Senior Jodie Boss-Wachal is a center for the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team out of Columbus, Neb. Dec. 10, Wachal set the USD women’s career blocked-shots record when […]
Coyote swimming finishing up season
After getting swept by rival South Dakota State over the weekend, the University of South Dakota swimming and diving team must bounce back to take on the University of North Dakota this Saturday, then prepare for Summit League Conference Championships in two weeks. Senior swimmer Lizz Hoffman said both the men’s and women’s squads have […]
Printed tickets sold for rivalry game
Students planning to swipe their student Coyote card to attend the University of South Dakota basketball games against South Dakota State University should think again. USD athletic administration has chosen to stray away from the use of Coyote cards as a ticket into the men’s basketball game against SDSU on Feb. 9. Instead, students must […]
Coyotes looking for three in a row
The USD women’s basketball team will look to make it three consecutive victories when the make the trip west to Cedar Valley, Utah to go head-to-head with Southern Utah University Jan. 28. Senior forward Amber Hegge will lead the 12-6 Coyotes onto the court Saturday, just four days after being named the Summit League Player […]
USD looks for ‘consistency’
Consistency. This seems to be the point of emphasis for the University of South Dakota’s men’s basketball program as the continue to battle through their Summit League conference schedule. On Jan. 26, the Coyotes will travel to Tulsa, Okla. in a tough matchup to take on the top team in the Summit, the Oral Roberts […]
Q & A: Hoffman never got puppy from Santa
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. Senior Lizz Hoffman is a mid-distance swimmer for the University of South Dakota swimming and diving team from Eureka, S.D. Hoffman currently holds top-20 All-Time Performances in several events including […]
COLUMN: BCS needs to look past the SEC
This is a sentiment that has been repeated by many columnists before me and will probably be by many others well into the future: the BCS (EC) has screwed up again. But this year, they’ve reached an almost cartoonish level of super-villainy. They’ve decided the most “exciting and competitive matchup,” to quote their mission statement, […]