Women’s Basketball

Winning is becoming more and more of a common theme for the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team. Coming off one of the biggest wins since moving to Division I, USD is looking to extend its 8-game winning streak on Feb. 18 against Indiana-University Purdue-University Indianapolis. On Feb. 13 the Lady Coyotes pulled off […]

Even before the start of the 2011-2012 USD women’s basketball season, senior forward Amber Hegge was predicted to have a standout year for the Coyotes when she was selected to the Summit League Preseason All-Conference team for USD’s first year in the conference. At the men’s and women’s basketball Media Day on Nov. 3, women’s […]

Lackluster shooting countered by stellar defensive play was all the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team needed to earn a win over the University of Nebraska-Omaha Tuesday night at the DakotaDome. The Coyotes held the Mavericks to just thirteen field goals over the course of the game on their way to a 58-38 victory, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 forward Amber Hegge is a member of the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team from Crofton, Neb. Hegge ranks 15th all-time in career scoring with 1,163 point. She […]

With five returning starters and several upperclassmen, the USD women’s basketball team is anticipating a successful 2011-2012 season as they enter the Summit League. “With all the returners, we’re a lot further along than we’ve ever been as far as being organized and everybody being on the same page,” head coach Ryun Williams said at […]

Starting it’s season with a big win in their season opener against Northern Arizona, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team is preparing for another tough non-conference opponent, Creighton. A year ago, the Coyotes suffered their only home loss of the season at the hands of the Bluejays in a close 70-79 game at the […]