The UTEP Miners (16-5, 5-3 Conference USA) took on the UAB Blazers (9-11, 4-4 C-USA) at Memorial Gym over the weekend. The Miners came up short in five sets against the Blazers on Friday evening, but managed to sweep the Blazers in three sets Saturday afternoon.
On Friday evening, the Miners fell short in five sets to the Blazers with scores of 25-19, 26-24, 21-25, 24-26, 15-11. This was the Miners’ first loss at home this season.
UTEP had three players reach double-digit kills in their loss to the Blazers. Outside hitter Alianza Darley led the team with 17, outside hitter Serena Patterson followed with 16, and outside hitter Ema Uskokovic recorded 15.