The San Francisco Dons bounced back from a tough loss to Santa Clara on Friday, tying the Saint Mary’s Gaels 1-1 on Sunday afternoon in Moraga, CA. Sophomore forward Miguel Aguilar’s goal in the 57th minute gave the Dons a 1-0 lead that they were unable to hold on to, as the Gaels’ Trevor Newquist [...]

The Lady Dons basketball season kicked off Friday night at War Memorial Gym as Coach Azzi and her USF squad welcomed in the Missouri Southern Lions. A few hours later, the Lions were headed back to the midwest, tamed, tail between their legs and sporting a record of 0-1. But enough about them. The Dons [...]

The Dons sprung back from a heartbreaking five set loss last Thursday against Santa Clara to sweep the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Gym. USF (14-11, 5-6 WCC) controlled the entire match against the Bulldogs of Spokane, Wash., winning 25-22, 25-16, 25-17 in three exciting sets. The first set was the most [...]

The San Francisco Dons came out of the gate with a bang and never looked back on their way to a 93-77 victory over the San Francisco State Gators in an exhibition game last Saturday night at War Memorial Gym. The Dons brought a ferocious energy to their first game of the year, as junior [...]

The San Francisco Dons used a balanced offensive attack to defeat the Loyola Marymount Lions 2-0 for their third shutout of the season last Friday night at Negoesco Stadium.  Redshirt freshman forward Jacob Talarman and freshman midfielder Jesus Del Toro each scored their first goals of the season and propelled the Dons to victory on [...]

“We’ve been playing so well this season,” Mello said, “there have just been unfortunate, little lapses in our team energy and our team shape. In this game, we just decided that we’re going to do everything we can for each other and to not give up these little lapses in our game that will cost us our goals.”

The men of USF’s most popular athletic program, NCAA Division I basketball, kicked off the 2012-2013 season with the opening of official workouts last Friday, Oct. 12. An inaugural celebration of the official start of basketball season will take place next Friday, Oct 19 at the Hilltop HoopSFest in War Memorial Gym at 7 p.m. [...]

The San Francisco Giants are headed to the post-season for the second time in three years. Following Saturday night’s 8-4 victory over the San Diego Padres, the Giants clinched the National League Western Division by holding an 11 game lead over the second-place Dodgers with only 10 games remaining on the schedule. The last time [...]

In a hard-fought, evenly matched contest, The San Francisco Dons narrowly defeated the Valparaiso Crusaders 1-0 last Friday night at Negoesco Stadium. A long distance strike from sophomore forward Mackenzie Krieser found the back of the net in the 75th minute, and the Dons held on to secure the win and complete their third consecutive [...]

Have you ever wondered why our mascot looks a lot like Zorro? There is no doubt you want to know he story behind the masked, mustached man. Whether you are new to USF or you have always wondered why we call ourselves the Dons, you are about to find out the meaning behind the mascot.