The UTEP soccer team came into its final game of the season after losing a close 1-0 game to conference rival North Texas Oct. 23. The team’s final game would come on the road Oct. 28 against another conference rival in the University of Texas at San Antonio (9-5-4, 4-3-3 C-USA) who had already punched their ticket to the conference tournament.
The game itself proved to be another close matchup as it came down to a single goal where UTSA scored in minute nineteen. While the Miners fought throughout the match, it was unable to prevail. UTSA went on to win the game 1-0.