49ers swept in loss at UTEP

The Charlotte 49ers women’s volleyball team were swept 3-0 on the road against a struggling UTEP Miners squad. This loss marks Charlotte’s second straight shutout loss and now fall to 15-14 overall and 5-8 in conference play. On the other side, UTEP improves to a record of 5-19 and are now 2-10 against C-USA opponents.

The first set was full of back and forth action between both teams, as the set was tied 16 all at one point. Charlotte would then lose seven of the next nine points and eventually lose the first set 25-21.

Charlotte dug themselves into a hole in the second set, as the Niners were down 18-11 at one point. However, the Niners put together a valiant comeback and took the lead…