NAIA

USF beaten in NAIA title game

ROME, Ga. (AP) — Tom Yaremko hit the right upright in the first quarter and the left upright in the second. Then with the NAIA title on the line, the Carroll College kicker was dead on in the fourth quarter. Yaremko made a 22-yard field goal with 7:47 left and the Montana school snapped Sioux Falls’ record-tying 42-game winning streak with a 10-7 victory Saturday.

By The Associated Press , December 20, 2010

Porter’s 3 TDs leads USF to semifinal

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Kristian Porter ran for 108 yards, had 53 yards in receptions and scored three touchdowns, leading two-time defending champion Sioux Falls to a 27-7 victory over McKendree (Ill.) University in the NAIA quarterfinals Saturday.

By The Associated Press , November 29, 2010

School of Mines, BHSU heading to NCAA DII

Two western South Dakota universities are switching from the NAIA to NCAA Division II. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City and Black Hills State University in Spearfish announced Monday that the NCAA has accepted both institutions for membership.

By The Daily Republic , July 13, 2010

Dana closes its doors

Less than two months before the start of the 2010-11 school year, Dana College announced Wednesday night that it was closing its doors forever. The sudden closure leaves more than 600 full- and part-time students and roughly 130 employees searching for a place to work or go to school this fall. It also creates quite a dilemma for the other 12 schools in the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

July 02, 2010

Eleven DWU spring athletes earn scholar-athlete status

The Dakota Wesleyan University track, baseball and men’s and women’s golf teams combined to place 11 athletes on the 2010 Daktronics-NAIA scholar-athlete list, it was announced recently.

By Sports staff , June 05, 2010

Solem earns second-team All-American honors

Casey Solem has already received numerous awards throughout his collegiate baseball career, but Thursday afternoon he added one that topped them all. Solem, who played center field for the Dakota Wesleyan baseball team this season and also led the team in almost every offensive category, earned NAIA All-American second-team honors.

June 04, 2010

Madut named All-American

Thomas Madut has been a mainstay on the cross country and track programs for the past four years at Dakota Wesleyan. The senior has received numerous all-Great Plains Athletic Conference and all-region honors in both sports, but the distance runner saved the best performance of his college career for last.

June 02, 2010

Tigers take 19th at nationals; Bellet finishes tied for 20th

RAPID CITY — The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s golf team continued to improve Friday in the fourth and final day of the NAIA national golf meet, but it wasn’t enough.

By Sports staff , May 29, 2010

Thompson takes 21st at nationals

MARION, Ind. — Dakota Wesleyan junior Frank Thompson competed Friday at the NAIA outdoor track and field meet in Marion, Ind.

By Sports staff , May 29, 2010

Tiger 400 relay fails to make semis at NAIA national meet

MARIAN, Ind. — The NAIA national outdoor track and field meet started Thursday, and the Dakota Wesleyan track team had several individuals and a relay competing in preliminary races.

By Sports staff , May 28, 2010

Mount Marty one game away from NAIA world series

LUBBOCK, Texas — The Mount Marty baseball team is a single game away from a place in the NAIA college world series in Lewiston, Idaho.

By Sports staff , May 21, 2010

Sturgis baseball star signs with DWU

Sturgis baseball standout Brandon Huffman has signed to play at Dakota Wesleyan University beginning in the spring of 2011.

January 21, 2010

Tigers earn revenge against Dordt

The last time the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball team played Dordt College, the Defenders ruined a comeback effort with a 3-pointer at the buzzer for a 76-73 win in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Tigers weren’t going to let that happen again. Fueled by an upbeat student section in attendance at the Corn Palace for “Pack the Palace” night, the Tigers defended their home court and beat Dordt 84-70 Wednesday night.

January 14, 2010

Dordt rallies in second half to beat DWU

Three times in the last three minutes of Wednesday’s game, Dordt College grabbed an offensive rebound after missing the back end of a pair of free throws. The Defenders weren’t able to capitalize on the first two boards, but on the third, Dordt senior Kate Du Mez was fouled and she hit both free throws to give the Defenders a 53-49 lead with just nine seconds left in the game. Ashley Mailey made a layup six seconds later but Bailey Spencer hit a single free throw with a half second left to seal a 54-51 over Dakota Wesleyan in a women’s basketball game at the Corn Palace.

January 14, 2010

Tigers fall to Hastings, 30-20

HASTINGS, Neb. — Hastings College beat Dakota Wesleyan 30-20 Wednesday night in a Great Plains Athletic Conference wrestling dual in Hastings, Neb.

January 14, 2010