Duluth Proves Why They are Number 1

So I never thought I would say this, but I just spent a whole day watching volleyball. From the first game, MSU-Mankato vs. Soutwest Minnesota State, to USD vs. UMD, I caught all of the game.
All three games were played close and no one really ran away with the match. Yes some games were 3-0 [...]

Volleyball Team Ready for Duluth

Well the volleyball team is in Duluth preparing for what is only their second time in the NCAA Division II tourny. They will face the number one team in the nation tomorrow at 6:30 in Duluth.
 I have been traveling with the team since I am broadcasting the game on 91.1 starting with the pregame at [...]

2007 Northwest Region bracket

With the USD Coyotes football team not making the playoffs, the three North Central Conference schools who defeated Coyotes all made the playoffs in three of the top four seeds from the Northwest Region.
The 2007 and final North Central Conference champion Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (10-0, 8-0), who finished their first undefeated season since 1954, is [...]

And he’s not a Harlon Hill candidate

In his final game as a USD Coyote, Amos Allen had his best performance.
All the senior from Miami, Fla., did was rush for 306 yards and two touchdowns and break two school records in USD’s 31-27 loss.
Allen set the single game record for rushing yards, which was previously held by Stefan Logan who [...]

Memories of the NCC

Growing up in Sioux Falls, I was surrounded by the North Central Conference. Literally.
Geographically, I was planted right in the middle. There were teams in Brookings, Sioux Falls, Vermillion, Omaha (Neb), Fargo (ND), Grand Forks (ND), Mankato (Minn) and St. Cloud (Minn). Not to mention a school way out in Greeley, Colo.
So, for me, the [...]

Q&A with Stefan Logan

As you can read on volanteonline.com, former USD standout Stefan Logan signed an NFL contract with the Miami Dolphins.
After four days of trying, I was finally able to get a hold of Logan. Here’s a brief Q & A between The Volante and Logan.
Volante: How did the contact with the Dolphins come about?
Logan: Well, before [...]

D-II vs. D-I victories

So far this fall, the USD men’s basketball team has been ranked 1, 7, and 16 in preseason Division II polls. Judging from those rankings, one can only see that the rest of the nation sees the Coyotes as a legitimate top 10 teams.
But to be a top 10 team this year is going to [...]

USD Schedule Strength

I was talking with Coach Meierkort today, and he said his team’s strength of schedule is “ridiculous”. While I agree with him, and I think in most cases it’s to a team’s benefit to take on a demanding schedule, I have to say that under this season’s circumstances, I may have wanted to schedule [...]

Saturday sports update

A quick look around USD athletics in Saturday action:
- - Sophomore Ramsey Kavan finished second and helped the USD women’s cross country team qualify for nationals at the North Central Regional Championships, held Saturday at the Don Baker Memorial Course in Vermillion.
In her first regional competition as a Coyote, Kavan clocked a 6,000-meter time of [...]

Here We Go Again?

I was pleasantly surprised earlier in the month when I went to watch the USD hockey team play SDSU in Yankton. It seemed that the Coyotes were dominating them much of the game and came out with an easy 5-3 win.
 
This is the [...]