Sports
Track teams competing abroad
With six different meets occurring simultaneously, the University of South Dakota’s track and field teams will be busy starting Wednesday and continuing through Saturday. The Coyotes will compete at five meets in California and one in Sioux City. Men’s Senior Tane Owens, a pole vaulter, will attend the Mt. SAC Relays and the Long Beach […]
COLUMN: Baseball far from dying
Baseball is dying in America – a sentiment heard far too often of late. Why is it heard too often? Because it’s not true. Many argue, including Volante columnist Rob Nielsen, that Major League Baseball is a shell of what it once was. Nielsen, like many others, claim the 1994 strike put a bad taste […]
USD track and field teams earn eight wins at Vance Butler Invite
The University of South Dakota’s track and field teams competed at the Vance Butler Invitational in Sioux Falls on Saturday. Combined, the teams won eight events. Women’s Seven of the team’s eight wins came from the women. Of the seven wins, the women claimed two relay titles including the 4 x 100-meter relay and the […]
Men’s basketball team looking forward to new additions
Although the college basketball season has ended, the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team is already looking forward to next year. The Coyotes had a successful season, making it to the Great West Conference Tournament championship game for the second consecutive year and finished with a record of 18-15, marking head coach Dave Boots […]
Q&A: USD softball player recognized for contribution
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 Mel Johnson is a pitcher for the USD softball team. Johnson was named the Great West Conference Pitcher of the Year for the 2010 season. Emma Murray: […]
COLUMN: Sports overtaken by greed
We all have to endure an uncertain future. We’re never sure how events will unfold and how they will shape our lives. This uncertainty has caused many crazy events in the world of athletics. Most people would agree having money helps take away some of the uncertainties of life, especially when it comes to paying […]
Women working off rust after long break
The winter weather is finally starting to fade, allowing spring sports to compete. The University of South Dakota’s women’s golf team will travel to Omaha to compete in the Creighton University Classic Monday and Tuesday after nearly a month without a meet. Coach Nick Hovden said the warm weather has given the women a chance […]
Coyotes break 10-game losing streak over weekend
The University of South Dakota softball team was swept in a double-header Monday during the teams trip to the University of California-Santa Barbara, falling to 12-23 on the season. Suffering 4-1 losses in both matchups, the Coyotes struggled to produce meaningful offense. During the first game, sophomore Kate Snow led the team with two hits […]
USD tennis team building on experiences early in season
During the University of South Dakota’s women’s tennis team March 25-26 matches in Las Vegas, Nev., junior Shadi Soleymani was injured early in the first day, which head coach Malcolm Gilreath said affected the rest of the team’s performance for the weekend. The team fell to 4-11 on the season, with losses to Idaho State […]
Selected track members participate in Stanford Invite
The University of South Dakota track and field athletes had a much more prestigious meet than what they are accustomed to competing in over the weekend. Traveling to Palo Alto, Calif., only eight USD athletes competed at the elite Stanford Invitational. Running events The top showing by a Coyote came from junior Emma Erickson’s first […]