A trio of images might dance through Miner heads again and again and once more again, float there like an old black and white film muddied in slow motion.
Carleigh Simmons scorched a header toward the goal — only to see it bounce off the left post. Brianna Barreiro ripped a rocket from 30 yards out, headed toward the back of the net — only to see it blast off the crossbar. Jeanna Mullen blasted a curling shot toward the right corner of the goal — only to see it slither inches wide right.
North Texas got one goal 2:44 into the match and held on, surviving all those Miner nightmare images and more to take a 1-0 victory over UTEP on a blustery, chilly Friday night at University Field.