April 12th, 2022268 Redshirt seniors Chloe Lamb and Hannah Sjerven both entered the WNBA draft, with Sjerven being drafted in the third round as the 28th pick by the Minnesota Lynx. Lamb and Sjerven were part of the South Dakota team that took down top-seeded teams in Baylor and Ole Miss. During the conference season, the women’s basketball team...
The women’s basketball team made school history last Saturday as they competed in the program’s first Sweet 16 game of the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament. Coyote fans,...
March 8th, 202285 The Coyotes came out victorious in the final round of the Summit League Tournament over in-state rivals South Dakota State (SDSU) and were named Summit League Champions. “Our ladies played with an incredible amount of toughness and fearlessness,” head coach Dawn Plitzuweit said. “SDSU is a great basketball team and somehow we...
March 8th, 202250 The USD women defeated Kansas City, 81-67, in the semifinals of the Summit League Tournament yesterday and will advance to the final round today at 1 p.m. “I really do think it’s something that when our young ladies are growing up and dreaming about playing in college, this is the environment you want to play in,” head coach...
March 5th, 202219 The Coyote women took down the Western Illinois Leathernecks in game two of the quarterfinals at the Summit League Tournament. With this win, redshirt senior guard Chloe Lamb tied for third place in Coyote history for scoring with 1793 career points. This was the second time the Coyotes competed against the Leathernecks in less...
March 2nd, 202220 With the season nearing an end, the USD women’s basketball team closed out both of their final regular-season home games with wins. The USD women beat the third-ranked Kansas City on Feb. 24 with a score of 71-49. The Coyotes then defeated Oral Roberts the following Saturday by outscoring the Golden Eagles 78-49. Coyotes...
The Coyote women’s basketball team came back to Vermillion following their loss to in-state rival South Dakota State (SDSU). USD’s record was 11-1 in Summit League play and 20-5 overall this...
February 1st, 2022115 Both USD basketball teams will be taking on in-state rival South Dakota State (SDSU) this week. The women's team will take on the Jackrabbits in Brookings, while the men compete in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center (SCSC). In their last meeting on Jan. 8, the women took down the Jackrabbits 65-42. Senior guard Liv Korngable was the...
March 23rd, 202148 For the second time in three years, the USD women’s basketball team participated in the NCAA Tournament, and faced a similar result, falling in the first round to a Power 5 Conference opponent. The Coyotes fell to the ACC’s Clemson in 2019 after earned an at-large bid to the tournament. Monday, The eleventh seeded Coyotes took on...
March 4th, 2021153 USD men’s basketball coach Todd Lee was named Summit League Coach of the Year, and seven Coyote basketball players were named to all-Summit League teams Thursday afternoon. Lee led the Coyotes to the no. 2 seed in the Summit League with a 11-4 conference record and a 13-10 overall record. The Coyotes were picked fifth in the...
