Texas Sports

EL PASO, Texas – Paulina Perez Rosas addressed her teammates in the post-game huddle.  “We just clinched the third seed (in the C-USA Tournament,” the junior outside hitter said. “But let’s go get the second (seed) tomorrow.”  UTEP volleyball (8-6, 7-4 C-USA) defeated Southern Miss (9-9, 4-7 C-USA) in straight sets, 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-16), Friday afternoon in

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s upcoming soccer game at UT-San Antonio, originally scheduled for Saturday (March 27) in San Antonio, has been postponed due to positive COVID tests and subsequent contact tracing within the Miners’ program. Both institutions, along with Conference USA, will work together to reschedule the contest for later this season at a

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team is at a place they very much like to be in. A place where they control their own destiny. With a 6-4 C-USA record, the Miners are currently in second place of the Conference USA west division. If the Conference USA Tournament would start tomorrow, UTEP would

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Ishmel Williams impressed in his collegiate debut as the freshman was named the Conference USA Male Field Athlete of the Week as announced by league officials on Wednesday. Williams leaped 2.06m (6’9”) in the high jump, placing tied for third at the UTSA Invitational this past weekend. Overall,

RUSTON, Louisiana – Head coach Ben Wallis said the Miners’ sweep of the Lady Techsters was yet another building block for the future of his program.  “It’s what my team expected to get,” Wallis said. “It’s what a good volleyball team that’s competing to put themselves in a good spot to (earn a high) seed

LUBBOCK, Texas – UTEP softball (4-10, 0-0 C-USA) was shutout and held to two hits in its two losses to Texas Tech (14-8, 0-0 Big XII) on day one of the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic at Rocky Johnson Field Friday afternoon. The Miners were mercy-ruled, 8-0, in both games by the Red Raiders.  GAME ONE  Sophomore utility

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP track and field team will compete in its first outdoor event in almost two years after COVID-19 canceled the 2020 season. The Miners will make their 2021 outdoor debut at the UTSA Invitational on March 18-20 at Park West Athletics Complex in San Antonio, Texas. No spectators are allowed due

SUGAR LAND, Texas – The UTEP Women’s Golf team wrapped up play at the HBU Husky Invitational with the Miners finishing sixth as a team on Tuesday at Riverbend Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas. The Miners were led by sophomore Sophie Delfosse, who placed second overall among individuals with a three-round total of 213 (71-69-73) to

KANSAS CITY, Missouri – UTEP men’s basketball’s Souley Boum and Bryson Williams have been named National Association of Basketball Coaches second-team All-District 11, as announced by the NABC on Tuesday. Boum led UTEP in scoring (18.8 ppg), while ranking third in Conference USA. Boum averaged the most points by a Miner since the 2010-11 season when Randy

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP volleyball (5-6, 4-4 C-USA) lost in straight sets for the first time this season to Rice (13-3, 12-0 C-USA) (13-25, 25-27, 19-25), 3-0, Monday afternoon in Memorial Gym. It was also the first time the Miners have been swept by an opponent this season.  UTEP had its lowest kill percentage (.045) and

FRISCO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team (17-8) fell to No. 1-seed Middle Tennessee (16-7) by a score of 74-58 in the semifinals of the 2021 Conference USA Basketball Championships on Friday at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Destiny Thurman scored a career-high 16 points (7-12 FG) to lead the Miners offensively, while

EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7 is the official home of the UTEP Miners, and we’re committed to bringing you complete coverage of all UTEP sports. This week, we hear from the coach of the UTEP men’s golf team, Derek Plucienski. It’s his first season as the coach of the Miners. Plucienski had a tough job

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP softball team will not participate in this weekend’s Lopes Up Classic in Phoenix, Ariz., due to positive COVID-19 tests within the program and subsequent contact tracing. The Miners would have played a total of five games in the event versus Northern Illinois, Grand Canyon and Baylor Friday through Sunday

EL PASO, Texas – Souley Boum and Bryson Williams were named to the All-Conference USA Third Team as announced by the league on Monday.  Boum currently ranks third in the C-USA and leads UTEP, averaging a career-best 18.6 points per game. The redshirt junior leads the league in free throws made (124) and attempted (152), while