Sports
Softball Presents Preseason Rankings and Opening Games
The South Dakota Coyote softball team was picked to finish in third place with 21 points by the Summit League Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll for the 2025 season. Seniors Clara Edwards and Tatum Villotta were chosen as players to watch for USD. Omaha was picked to finish first in the conference with 35 points, and […]
USD Track Teams Host the Alumni Meet
The Coyote men and women competed in the USD Alumni Meet in the DakotaDome on Saturday, Jan. 18. Three athletes climbed the record charts in the meet, while USD earned 12 titles and the alumni added four more. Graduate student Cassidy Mooneyhan went up in women’s pole vault to third in the Coyote Top 10 […]
Coyote Women Fall to In-State Rivals
The Coyotes women’s basketball team faced off against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits at home on Jan. 25. The Jackrabbits led with a 27-10 advantage in the first quarter. South Dakota State shot 50% from the field during this, while the Coyotes only managed to shoot 28.57%. The Coyotes responded with a 9-0 run to […]
USD Women’s Tennis Wins First Duals of the Year
The Coyote Women’s Tennis team competed twice in Sioux Falls last weekend going undefeated against Missouri State Bears and Sioux Falls Cougars. The first match was against the Bears as the Coyotes won 5-2, claiming four singles victories and two doubles victories. Then against the Cougars, USD claimed all six singles matches and three doubles […]
Coyote Men’s Basketball Defeats UND
The South Dakota Coyote men’s basketball team defeated The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks 102-93 on Thursday, Jan. 24 at The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Coyotes are 3-3 in Summit League conference play and 12-9 on the season. It was another high scoring affair for the Coyotes, as […]
Bob Nielson Steps Down, USD Names New Head Football Coach
After guiding the University of South Dakota football team to back-to-back playoff appearances, head coach Bob Nielson announced his retirement, closing out a 32-year coaching career. Nielson, who took over the Coyotes in 2016, announced his decision following USD’s deepest postseason run in program history. Nielson wraps up his time in Vermillion as a three-time […]
Former USD Basketball Player Has Been Deported Following Rape Conviction
After a six-month incarceration, former USD basketball player Mihai Carcoana was deported on Oct. 3. Clay County Sheriff Andy Howe says this is the first time during his tenure an inmate was deported immediately after a sentence. “We’ve never had in my history a person here on state charges that then was released to be […]
Football Game Against Portland State Deemed ‘No Contest’
Last week, the USD football team flew to Oregon for their third nonconference game. However, the game did not take place, as early in the morning of game day, Portland State officials called off the game. Through a press release from USD Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, Steve Carlson, “A case of pertussis got into […]
Coyote Football Runs Past Drake
The USD Coyote football team was in action against the Drake University Bulldogs on Saturday. In a 42-3 winning effort, the team wrapped up nonconference play for the 2024 season with a record of 2-1. The Coyotes started fast, and remained steady throughout the game in the scoring department. On the first play of scrimmage […]
USD Volleyball Goes 3-0 in Home Classic
The Coyote volleyball team hosted the South Dakota Classic at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Sept. 13-15, where they went 3-0 in the tournament. USD’s first game was on Friday, Sept. 13, against Montana State. The match went to five sets, with Montana State winning the first 28-26 and South Dakota winning 25-19 in the […]