Soccer
Athlete Spotlight: Soccer player Rebecca Sparkman
This week’s Athlete Spotlight focuses on Rebecca Sparkman, a junior midfielder for Coyotes soccer. Sparkman is second on the team in both points and goals on the season. She is from Eden Prairie, Minn., and was named to the Summit League Honor Roll in 2013. Nathan Ellenbecker: What’s different between life in Vermillion and Eden Prairie? Rebecca Sparkman: […]
First-year soccer players making a statement for program
Some first-year college athletes may not make it onto the field for game day, but that’s not the case for the University of South Dakota’s soccer team. First-year players make up about a third of the 30-person squad, and they are not warming seats on the bench. Instead, head coach Mandy Green said first-years are creating a more […]
USD outshoots Creighton, concedes 3-1 defeat to Jays
The scoreboard read 3-1 in favor of Creighton University, but Sunday’s soccer game outside the DakotaDome was more evenly matched than the final score reflected. “We played Creighton every year since I’ve been here, and we know they are fast, we know they are athletic and we know how they play,” University of South Dakota head coach Mandy […]
Cowgirls wrangle a 2-1 win from the ‘Yotes
Wyoming had a losing record coming into Friday’s soccer game against the University of South Dakota, but the Cowgirls outshot the Coyotes 14 to five to claim the win, 2-1. The Cowgirls (2-4-0) scored two goals in the second half within about a minute of each other. USD (4-3-0) was coming off a record-setting 11-0 win […]
Coyotes end with tie, miss postseason
The University of South Dakota women’s soccer season drew to a close over the weekend in Vermillion, picking up some much-needed offense in a 3-0 win against Western Illinois Friday and tying Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 1-1 Saturday. With Saturday’s tie, the Coyotes finished the 2013 season 6-8-4 after winning three of their first five […]
Slumping soccer team seeks strong end to season
After a hot start to the 2013 season, the Coyote women’s soccer team has cooled down, losing lost six straight, including five in conference play after starting the season 5-2-3. The Coyotes have been shut out in five consecutive matches, leaving goalkeeper Mackenzie Viktor with a lot of work on the defensive end. Despite good […]
Soccer looking for more goals
The University of South Dakota women’s soccer team will be heading on its final road trip of the season this weekend as it takes on the IPFW Mastodons in Fort Wayne, Ind., Saturday at 7 p.m. The Coyotes are coming off a shutout loss against No. 18 Denver Sunday. The loss was the fifth straight […]
Coyotes return home after four game slide
After being on the road since Oct. 6, the University of South Dakota women’s soccer team will return home for a match against Denver University Oct. 20. The Coyotes are currently 5-6-3 following four consecutive losses, including a pair of one score losses against rivals South Dakota State and North Dakota State Oct. 11 and […]
USD soccer dives into MVC with winning record
In a match where intense physical play stretched the entire 90 minutes, the University of South Dakota women’s soccer team maximized an aggressive offense to down the University of Northern Iowa 3-0 Sunday afternoon. Head coach Mandy Green said she knew UNI was coming to Vermillion ready to battle. “We knew Northern Iowa coming in […]
Putting history behind them
Last season, the University of South Dakota women’s soccer team won two games. This season, the team is almost a month into play and has already doubled their wins to four games. There clearly is something different about last year’s 2-13-3 team to this year’s 4-2-2 Coyotes. Right off the bat the Coyotes’ soccer team […]