EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The 2023-24 UTEP men’s basketball schedule has been finalized, with the non-conference slate being revealed by head coach Joe Golding Wednesday. The Orange and Blue could face up to eight opponents during non-league play that racked up at least 19 wins last year, with five of those matchups coming at
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EL PASO, Texas – Despite a 1-4 record, the UTEP Miners are not pressing the panic button. UTEP still has 7 games left to play this season, and all of them are conference games. The Miners return to CUSA play when they host the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs this Friday at the Sun Bowl. UTEP is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – – The downward spiral for the UTEP Miners continued Saturday night at the Sun Bowl. UTEP lost their third game in row after falling to the UNLV Rebels by a final score of 45-28. Both teams entered the game without some of their stars. UNLV’s starting QB in Doug Brumfield,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – – The UTEP Miners trail the UNLV Rebels 28-14 at halftime. Both teams entered the game without some of their stars. UNLV’s starting QB in Doug Brumfield, who was injured during last weeks game, didn’t suit up. Meanwhile for the Miners, leading receiver Tyrin Smith was out and running back
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (KVIA) – UTEP Volleyball (8-5, 0-2 Conference USA) fell in three sets to nationally ranked WKU, 3-0 (25-27, 13-25, 14-25) Saturday afternoon in Diddle Arena. Alianza paced the Miners with seven kills and four blocks. Mattie Gantt racked up 16 assists and two aces while Torrance Lovesee recorded seven digs. SET ONE | Another scrappy opening set was a full-on battle between UTEP and WKU. The Miners produced
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the first time in 60 years UTEP and NMSU came face-to-face on the pitch in a conference game. This edition of the Battle of I-10 was as fierce as ever, but it was the Aggies who would leave victorious with a 2-0 dub over the Miners. In the third
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer program (1-8-1, 0-1 CUSA) welcomes NM State (4-5-1, 1-0 CUSA) Thursday at 7 p.m. MT for the first ever in-conference Battle of I-10. following that game, the Miners will go back on the road when they take on LA Tech (3-6-1, 0-1 CUSA) in Ruston Sunday at 12
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – UTEP Rifle Head Coach Andrea Palafox placed 36th overall at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup while setting a Mexican Record of 586 in the 50m Rifle event in the first stage. The previous Mexican record of 581 was also held by Palafox. “It was a challenging event because of the heat and humidity, but
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are currently on a 2 game losing skid, but the positive this week, is that the team will be back home in front of the home crowd. The Miners will host the UNLV Rebels Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at the Sun Bowl. UTEP enters the matchup with a
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MIAMI, Florida (KVIA) –The UTEP soccer program lost 3-1 to FIU Sunday afternoon in a game that featured a long delay due to a lightning storm in the area. Sheyliene Patolo scored the lone goal of the match for the Miners (1-8-1, 0-1-0 CUSA). UTEP had three shots on the night, and keeper Tionna Taylor
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TUCSON, Arizona (KVIA) — UTEP suffered a 31-10 loss to Arizona. It is their second straight loss of the season both coming at the hands of Power 5 teams. With that loss the Miners are now 0-38 against Power 5 teams in the modern era and are 1-3 to start the season. The Miners defense
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EL PASO, Texas ( KVIA)-The University of Texas at El Paso and the El Paso community – will return to the UTEP campus on Friday, Sept. 15 for Minerpalooza. The annual celebration will take place from 6 to 11:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Minerpalooza will feature live entertainment, interactive activities,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Soccer dropped a hard-fought 1-0 battle to Idaho Thursday night at University Field. The Miners (1-7-1) went toe-to-toe with the Vandals (5-2-1) through 78 minutes before a header by Kylie Hummel gave the visitors the win. UTEP outshot Idaho 13-10 on the night, but the Vandals held a slight edge in
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (KVIA) — UTEP Volleyball (7-2) picked up its second sweep, taking down Tulane, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18, on Thursday night at Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. “I was excited to see that we got back to our identity from the service line when it came to really being in control of the puppet
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners have a tough challenge in front of them this Saturday in the Grand Canyon State. UTEP will hit the road to Tucson, AZ to face another power five conference opponent in the Arizona Wildcats out of the Pac-12. UTEP enters the match-up 1-2 on the season coming off
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Following a 14-tackle performance at Big Ten member Northwestern, UTEP LB Tyrice Knight has been tabbed as the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the league office Monday. The 2023 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by a
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CHICAGO (AP – Andrew Seligman) — Jordan Love looked like he might be ready to follow in the footsteps of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, throwing for three touchdowns to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 38-20 season-opening victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Aaron Jones ran for a touchdown and caught one,
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COMMERCE, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP soccer team lost a five-goal thriller 3-2 to Texas A&M-Commerce Sunday afternoon. Taya Lopez (23’) and Sheyliene Patolo (59’) scored for the Miners, but the Lions came back for the win. The contest started fast and never slowed down. In the eighth minute, Maia Rodriguez had the first
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ATHENS, Ohio (KVIA) – Despite a late fourth-set comeback, the UTEP volleyball team (6-2) was bested by NC State, 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 16-25, 22-25), to close out the Bobcat Invitational. Danika Washington, Kaya Weaver, and Sara Pustahija led the Miners with nine kills each. Weaver was zero-error on 11 attacks to put up a .818 hitting percentage. Kalia Kohler and Hande Yetis combined
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CHICAGO, Illinois (KVIA) — The UTEP Miners remain winless against a Power 5 team in the modern era with a 38-7 loss to Northwestern on Saturday at Ryan Field. The UTEP Miners had the chance to do something they’ve only ever done once in program history and never in the modern era – win against
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will look to continue and wide the wave of momentum when they head to Big Ten country to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. UTEP is 1-1 on the season coming off their first win of the season against Incarnate Word. Miners will now look to get their first
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Through two games, there have been three guys churning it up for the Miners – Parkland grad Deion Hankins, first year JUCO transfer Mike Franklin and second year JUCO transfer Torrance Burgess Jr. RUN – On Saturday the trio ran for 329-yards, the second most yards in a game on the ground, during
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP soccer team won its first game of the season on Sunday when it defeated UIW 1-0 at University Field. It was the first career victory for Head Coach Gibbs Keeton. A goal from Mina Rodriguez in the 72nd minute was the decider in the contest. Olivia Roskos provided
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners picked up their first win of the season defeating Incarnate Word by a final score of 28-14. UTEP’s overall record now stands at 1-1 as the Miners secured their first win in front of a crowd of 30,738 at the Sun Bowl. UTEP’s defense got off to a
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are once again in a battle as they try to pick up their first win of the season. At halftime, UTEP and Incarnate Word are tied, 14-14. UTEP’s defense got off to a strong start holding the Cardinals to a three-and-out on their first possession of the game.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As Miners football fans got ready to head back into the Sun Bowl for the first home game of the season, many of them reminisced as they also celebrated ’80’s night. The 1988 team will be inducted into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame tonight, according to the university. They
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Victor Kibiego opened his sophomore campaign with a first-place finish at the 37th Lori Fitzgerald Memorial at NM State Golf Course on Saturday morning. Kibiego clocked in a personal-best 14:49.04 in the men’s 5K, edging out New Mexico JC’s German Vega (14:51.05), and Tomas Vega (14:54.22). Titus Cheruiyot placed seventh overall
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Sophomore Sara Pustahija blasted home a career-high zero-error .591 attack percentage with 13 kills on 22 attacks to help UTEP Volleyball (4-0) defeat San Francisco, 3-1 (25-13, 13-25, 25-14, 25-18), Thursday evening in Memorial Gym. Alianza Darley and Kaya Weaver put up big blocks against the Dons. Weaver tied her personal best
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas -The UTEP volleyball team (3-0) will kick-off its home opener by co-hosting the Borderland Invitational with NM State welcoming San Francisco and Arizona State to Memorial Gym this Thursday and Saturday. UTEP will take on the Dons Thursday (Aug. 31) at 6 p.m. MT in Memorial Gym for its
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s not how the UTEP Miners wanted to start the 2023 season, but there’s still a lot more football left to be played. UTEP is gearing up for their first home game of the season against the Incarnate Word Cardinals. Kickoff for Saturday’s game is at 7:00 p.m. The Miners started
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