Somsen stops SDSU skid at nine

The SDSU baseball team gave head coach Dave Schrage a birthday present that keeps them alive in the chase for the Summit League tournament with a 3-1 win over Oral Roberts. The win snapped a nine-game losing streak in the Summit League and marks the last time that Oral Roberts will make the trip to [...]

Track team shatters records in sunshine

  California treated the Jackrabbit track and field teams well, prompting the team to bring back numerous school records from various meets in the Golden State. The Jacks competed in the Brian Clay Invitational at Azuza Pacific University in Azuza, Calif., and the Long Beach State Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. At those two meets, [...]

Split squad works for SDSU track

  The divide and conquer approach paid dividends for the SDSU track and field teams as they competed in both the Arkansas Spring Invitational and Wayne State Classic events to close out the month of March. Brooke Garner led the way for the Jacks competing at the Wayne State Classic in Wayne, Neb. by winning [...]

RUNNER’S HIGH

RUNNER’S HIGH

When an athlete admits to being uncoordinated and their coach backs them up, usually the athlete in question doesn’t go on to win conference championships and rewrite the record book in the process. Somehow, Lora Shearer has done just that. “If someone had told me when I was in high school that I would go [...]

Hot shooting downs Jackrabbits in loss at Purdue

Hot shooting downs Jackrabbits in loss at Purdue

The Jackrabbits missed out on their chance to turn their dancing shoes into Cinderella slippers. In a game that saw an effort from SDSU that head coach Aaron Johnston called “pretty good, but not great,” the 14th-seeded Jacks fell to third-seeded Purdue 83-68 in West Lafayette, Ind., in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. [...]

Boilers bounce Jackrabbits at NCAAs

The Jackrabbits missed out on their chance to turn their dancing shoes into Cinderella slippers. In a game that saw an effort from SDSU that head coach Aaron Johnston called “pretty good, but not great,” the 14th-seeded Jacks fell to third-seeded Purdue 83-68 in West Lafayette, Ind., in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. [...]

Jackrabbit women look to dance past Purdue

Jackrabbit women look to dance past Purdue

  Entering their fourth NCAA tournament in as many years, the Jackrabbits women’s basketball team is no longer happy to just be there. They want to earn some wins along the way. The 13th-seeded Jacks will get their tournament underway with an eye on advancing past the first round in their March 17 matchup with [...]

Women claim four straight titles

Women claim four straight titles

  For the fourth time in as many years, the Jacks are dancing. SDSU eliminated a 17-point first-half deficit to force overtime and punch their ticket to a fourth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance with a 78-77 overtime victory over UMKC at the Sioux Falls Arena on March 6. To say the first half was all [...]

Jill Young drives from the wing in the first half of the Jackrabbits' 79-78 win over UMKC for the Summit League title Tuesday. / Collegian Photo by Aaron Stoneberger

SDSU clinches fourth title in a memorable squeaker

For the fourth time in as many years, the Jacks are dancing again. SDSU eliminated a 17 point first half deficit to force overtime and punch their ticket to a fourth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance with a 78-77 overtime victory over UMKC at the Sioux Falls Arena on Tuesday. To say the first half was [...]

Jackrabbits fight adversity to reach final

For the fourth season in a row, the SDSU women’s basketball team will be in the Summit League championship game. They paid an unwanted price in the process. After two big runs, the Jackrabbits advanced to the Summit League final in a 79-54 victory over IUPUI, but at the expense of Steph Paluch, who went [...]