Women’s Basketball
USD Women’s Basketball Defeat Oral Roberts 79-56
Following their 54-point win over the Mastodons Friday, the Coyotes returned Sunday to take their win streak to eight games. The Coyotes now hold a 19-2 record on the season while remaining undefeated in Summit League play at 8-0. After a rather slow start in the first half potentially due to the proximity of the […]
Coyotes remain unbeaten in conference with thrashing of Mastodons
The Coyotes (18-2, 7-0 CONF) kept their record in the Summit League perfect on Friday with a 79-25 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne (4-15, 0-6 CONF) inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. USD has now won seven games in a row, all by at least 21 points. USD’s defense led the charge, holding the […]
Coyotes on the Climb
The USD women’s basketball team made program history by reaching the top 25 in the AP Top 25 poll and USA Today/Coaches Poll on Feb. 11 and 12 of 2019 for the first time in Division I history. Now, nearly one year later, the team is still reaching new heights. Tuesday afternoon the latest Coaches […]
Coyotes hand Jacks worst Summit League loss in team history
The Coyote women (17-2, 6-0 CONF) kicked off a double-header inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center against in-state rivals SDSU (14-7, 6-1 CONF) with a dominant 83-48 victory to remain unbeaten in Summit League play. USD came into the game ranked 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and 25 in the Associated Press Top […]
Women’s basketball defeats Creighton Bluejays 72-65
The women’s basketball team downed Creighton in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Wednesday, beating the Bluejays 72-65. The No. 24 ranked Coyotes (8-1) topped their Big East opponent (6-2) after taking the lead on the first play of the game. During the two teams’ fifth straight meeting, Coyote redshirt sophomore and center Hannah Sjerven […]
Coyotes stifle Tigers to remain unbeaten
Head coach Dawn Plitzuweit earned her sixth win over a Power 5 program with USD as the Coyotes defeated Missouri of the SEC 72-56 in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Thursday. “I’m really proud of our young ladies,” Plitzuweit said after the victory. “I think they played with an incredible amount of intensity, and […]
‘I kind of just drove and threw it up’: Arens plays hero as Coyotes down Drake and Utah in overtime
USD vs Drake The Coyotes clawed back from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to take down Drake in a 102-94 overtime thriller in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Wednesday night. Down by two with two seconds to go in regulation, junior guard Monica Arens intercepted a Drake pass for one final Coyote possession. After a timeout, […]
USD earns second win over Green Bay
USD’s women’s basketball (2-0) earned its second consecutive win to open the season, defeating Green Bay (1-1) 66-60 inside the Kress Center in Green Bay on Saturday. The Coyotes ended the first half tied at 22 but used a strong second half — spearheaded by senior guard Ciara Duffy who fell two assists shy of […]
Duffy, Arens drive late-game comeback to notch season’s first win
USD women’s basketball kicked-off its 2019-20 season with a 80-76 win over Northeastern in Boston on Tuesday. Senior guard Ciara Duffy, who led the Coyotes with 14.6 points per game last season, spearheaded the USD offense with 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting, accompanied by five rebounds and five assists. Junior guard Monica Arens, in her […]
Coyote women prepare for encore to historic 2018-19 campaign
After cracking the Associated Press Top 25 poll and making the NCAA Tournament last season, the Coyote women’s basketball team, at USD Basketball Media Day Tuesday afternoon, made clear this year’s expectation will include a Summit League title and a third birth in the NCAA Tournament. The Coyotes return four starters from last year’s Summit […]