Women’s Basketball
Q&A: Boss-Wachal fan of Daffy Duck
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 […]
Coyotes looking for three in a row
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 […]
Coyotes face biggest test yet
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 […]
Q & A: Hegge not a fan of cranberries
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 […]
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 […]