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Womens volleyball drops fifth straight match

Women’s volleyball drops fifth straight match

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor October 15, 2017

The UTEP women's volleyball team fell in straight sets (3-0; 25-23, 25-19, 25-15) to Conference USA foe UTSA on Sunday afternoon in Memorial Gym. The fifth straight loss puts the Miners at 1-5 in league play, while the Roadrunners improve to 5-1 and...

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Lily Downs

Women’s golf earns second place at Aggie Invitational

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor October 11, 2017

The UTEP women’s golf team took second-place out of the 10-team field at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational on Wednesday afternoon in Las Cruces. Lily Downs tied for fourth place to help earn her team the silver finish. “I’m happy we got...

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Miners feeling confident as they travel to Southern Miss

Miners feeling confident as they travel to Southern Miss

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 9, 2017

A loss by one point means one more speck of hope that the Miners (0-6, 0-2 C-USA) will get their first win against Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Saturday. Interim head coach Mike Price believes the team’s spirited efforts in their...

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Ability Awareness Week brings wheelchair basketball

Ability Awareness Week brings wheelchair basketball

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter October 9, 2017

To celebrate Ability Awareness Week (Oct. 16-20), the UTEP Center for Accommodations and Support Services (CASS), along with the Division of Student Affairs, will be hosting the El Paso Air Wheelers vs. Ft. Bliss Wounded Warriors wheelchair basketball...

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Sophomore Macey Austin has developed into a top player for the UTEP volleyball team.

Austin leads women’s volleyball through a tough season

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor October 9, 2017

The UTEP women’s volleyball team has struggled the last two seasons of play. Since the start of the 2016 season, the Miners have gone a combined 12-35. This season, the Miners are just 4-13, 1-3 C-USA, which ranks the team 264th out of 334 NCAA division...

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Special teams falter as Miners lose heartbreaker to WKU and fall to 0-6

Special teams falter as Miners lose heartbreaker to WKU and fall to 0-6

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2017

Almost all the stars aligned for the Miners on Saturday evening, except for the one thing they lacked all year—a win. UTEP fell short to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, 15-14, after a hard fought, 60-minute war. They had the most yards on...

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Joey St. Pierre leaves the UTEP basketball program

Joey St. Pierre leaves the UTEP basketball program

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor October 7, 2017

Freshman forward Joey St. Pierre announced on Saturday that he is leaving the UTEP basketball team for personal reasons. “The last year has been challenging for me for a number of reasons,” he said. “I want to make it clear that my decision...

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Interim head coach Mike Price returns to UTEP and promises effort

Interim head coach Mike Price returns to UTEP and promises effort

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 3, 2017

After getting the call on Monday to take the reigns of interim head coach for the UTEP football team, Mike Price had less than 24 hours to pack all his belongings from his lake house in Idaho to travel to the Sun City and get back to business. As...

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With Kugler gone and Price in, whats to come of UTEP football?

With Kugler gone and Price in, what’s to come of UTEP football?

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 2, 2017

If you were to tell anyone who knows the slightest thing about UTEP football that at the start of the season Athletic Director Bob Stull would retire, Sean Kugler would resign after starting 0-5—firing offensive coordinator Brent Pease along the way—and...

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Kugler’s craving for local talent sank him

Kugler’s craving for local talent sank him

Mike Flores, Staff Reporter October 2, 2017

During Sean Kugler’s time as head coach of the UTEP football team, he made it a point to recruit and build his teams with many local talent from the El Paso and Las Cruces area. There is no doubt that’s a good idea, but the way Kugler went about...

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The student section at the UTEP football games has been declining in recent years.

Student section attendance put on notice

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter October 2, 2017

Student sections are supposed to bring the noise and intimidate the visiting team in order to give the home team an advantage. Some universities go all in on their student sections, but at UTEP for the past two home games of the football season, there...

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Women’s basketball holds first practice of 2017-18 season

Women’s basketball holds first practice of 2017-18 season

Daniel Mendez, Staff Reporter October 2, 2017

The UTEP women’s basketball program was eager to get the pace going. The team welcomed a new coach and staff, along with eight members returning from last season and four newcomers with the first official practice on Monday, Oct. 2. “It’s an...

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