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Women’s Basketball Transfers Show Out in Season Opener
The Coyotes women’s basketball team faced off against the Northern State University Wolves on Nov. 6 in their first game of the season. This is the first matchup between these two teams since 2007. The Coyotes defeated the Wolves 85-57 for the first win of the season The Wolves started senior guard Rianna Fillipi, sophomore […]
Women’s Basketball Loses in Quarterfinals, First Time in Six Years
The women’s basketball team fell 92-69 to Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament on Sunday. This is the first time the Coyotes have lost in the quarterfinals since 2017, former head coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s first year with the program. The 2017 loss was also the last time current head coach Kayla […]
Women’s Basketball Loses in Quarterfinals, First Time in Six Years
The women’s basketball team fell 92-69 to Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament This was the first time the Coyotes have lost in the quarterfinals since 2017, former head coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s first year with the program. The 2017 loss was also the last time current head coach Kayla Karius was […]
Jackrabbits Top Seed in Tournament after Perfect Conference Record
This year the Summit League Tournament has expanded to all 10 teams. There will be two play-in games on Friday as the bottom four teams will compete for the last two spots in the quarterfinals. The Women’s play-in games will kick off the tournament in Sioux Falls on Friday with games at 12:30 p.m. and […]
Women’s Basketball Fall on Senior Day
The Coyotes split their weekend after defeating Omaha 61-41 on Thursday and fell to Denver 74-79 on Saturday. On Thursday, the Coyotes hosted the Omaha Mavericks. It took nearly three minutes for the Coyotes to put points on the board after sophomore forward Morgan Hansen made a 3-pointer to tie the game at three. The […]
Women’s Basketball Falls to Jackrabbits in Vermillion
On Saturday, the women’s basketball team hosted their in-state rival South Dakota State. This is the second meeting between the two teams this season as SDSU defeated the Coyotes in Brookings, 118-59. The game opened up with South Dakota winning the tipoff and instantly hitting a 3-point shot from redshirt freshman guard Cassidy Carson, who […]
Karius and Peterson Fall in First Matchup Versus Jackrabbits
The men’s and women’s basketball teams faced off against in-state rival South Dakota State on Saturday. This marked the first time that head women’s basketball coach Kayla Karius and head men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson have faced off against the Jackrabbits. The Women’s team fell 59-118 in Brookings and the men’s team was defeated 64-82 […]
Women’s Basketball Defeats Bellevue
The Coyote women’s basketball team hosted Bellevue on Wednesday coming back from their first away game of the season against Bradley where they won 71-53. South Dakota defeated Bellevue 100-38. The Coyotes jumped out to a 28-8 lead after the first quarter as the Coyotes made four three-pointers in the opening six minutes, two of […]
Karius Announces Women’s Basketball Schedule
The USD women’s basketball team released their season schedule on Sept. 14 including a non-conference slate which boasts a match-up between two March Madness teams and a tournament in Las Vegas. The team’s schedule will begin on Nov. 1 with an exhibition game against the South Dakota School of Mines and will follow six days […]