After losing two of three games to the University of Texas at San Antonio this weekend, the UTEP Miners softball team (15-31, 8-13 in C-USA) fell to fifth place in the Conference-USA West division. The top three teams in each division make the conference tournament, along with the two remaining teams with the best conference record. With tiebreakers considered, the Miners need to win only one out of the three games versus Florida International University this weekend in their regular season series finale to be wild card eligible.
The Miners own a 7-0 record versus FIU since they have been in C-USA, and the Miners have not lost three games of a home series since 2016 against University of Alabama Birmingham.