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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, […]
Coyotes face biggest test yet
With a 5-1 record, the Coyotes could have their best start to their season since 2008 if they can pull off a win against Northern Iowa Saturday. Last year, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team fell to the Panthers 64-73. The Coyotes return to the campus of UNI in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in […]
USD announces former Coyote as new football coach
After less than two weeks of looking for Ed Meierkort’s successor, the Coyotes found who they were looking for. Joe Glenn became the 29th football coach at the University of South Dakota Monday afternoon as students, athletes, media and old friends welcomed him back to his alma mater. The university began the search for a […]
Swimming team faces in-state rival
After competing at two away meets Friday, the University of South Dakota swimming and diving teams will return home Saturday to compete against South Dakota State University. Friday, the Coyote women’s team will travel to the University of Nebraska Omaha while the men’s team takes on Morningside College. Head coach Jason Mahowald said the team […]
USD announces former alum as new football coach
After saying no three times, former University of South Dakota student and football player Joe Glenn finally said yes and has been named USD’s new head football coach. At the press conference announcing Glenn’s position Monday afternoon, Glenn said he didn’t pursue the open coaching position, but changed his mind in the end. “I didn’t […]