Women’s Basketball

A 70-56 victory over conference foe Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne was all the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team needed to clinch third place in the Summit League on Monday night. In the team’s first season of Division I play, the Coyotes have managed to climb their way up the Summit League standings, […]

Entering a final three-game home stand, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will look to finish out their season with three consecutive home wins. The start of that task will be on Saturday Feb. 25, when the Coyotes host the University of Oakland Golden Grizzlies. Oakland was chosen to finish in second in […]

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 […]