Women’s Basketball
Coyotes shooting for success
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 […]
Coyotes look for second win Tuesday
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 […]
Women’s basketball receives new announcer for 2011-12
The voice of registered trademark “Holy Help Me Hannah” is coming to the University of South Dakota to announce and broadcast Coyote women’s basketball games for the 2011-2012 season. Rich Roste of Harrisburg, S.D., has been a sportscaster since 1985, and since 2000, has been known as the voice of the Sioux Falls Storm, a […]
Athletes of the Year: Amber Hegge
Junior forward Amber Hegge is one of 11 players in school history to eclipse 1,000 points and 500 rebounds for her career, and she’s only a junior. Hegge is also 15th in career scoring and fourth in blocks with 1,163 and 107, respectively. Playing in all 35 games her freshman year at USD and earning […]
Coaches reflect on seniors’ contributions
The end of the Coyote basketball season also means the end of three seniors’ college basketball careers. The women’s basketball team will be losing senior Teresa Case, who played for three seasons at the University of South Dakota after spending two years at Wayne State in Nebraska. Coach Ryun Williams said Case’s contributions to the […]
USD falls in GWC, earns berth to post-season
In their first post-season tournament berth since transitioning to Division I, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team competed in the Women’s Basketball Invitational. After defeating the University of Idaho in the first round, the team fell to Cal State-Bakersfield in the second. Head coach Ryun Williams said the team was selected to play […]