BANDON, Or.- Seventeen birdies and an eagle helped keep the UTEP men’s golf team under par and in fifth place out of 14 teams through one round of the Bandon Dunes Championship in Bandon, Ore. on Sunday. The Miners shot 1-under 283, trailing the leader no. 22 Arizona State by 10 strokes. Clemson, ranked no. […]Read More
After a month of home matches, the UTEP tennis team (4-6 overall, 0-1 Conference USA) will embark on a week-long tour of Florida March 12-19 where it is set to take on five teams in seven days. The Miners will start the competitive slate with two matches in Tampa, Fla., first against South Florida on […]Read More
College Station, Texas – UTEP’s Michael Saruni wins his first NCAA Championship in the 800m clocking a time of 1:45.15 on Saturday afternoon in College Station, Texas. “He finally got that national title he has been chasing ever since he came to UTEP,” said head coach Mika Laaksonen. “when he runs his race like today, […]Read More
The UTEP men’s basketball team capped a tempestuous 2017-18 season by winning four of its last seven games, including a thrilling 68-66 triumph at North Texas (March 3) that catapulted the Miners to the Conference USA Championships for the 13th time in 13 years. There were storm clouds even before the season got underway, as […]Read More
College Station, Texas – UTEP’s Michael Saruni and Jonah Koech both advanced to the final at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships in their respective events on Friday afternoon in College Station, Texas. “We had two guys here with a main goal which was to advance to the finals,” head coach Mika Laaksonen said. “They both […]Read More
The UTEP softball program play six total contests in Boca Raton, Fla., March 10-13 as the Miners will play three games at the FAU Parents’ Weekend Tournament and are slated to open Conference USA action at Florida Atlantic. UTEP (10-12) will open the weekend on March 10 against Stony Brook (4-6) at 4 p.m. MST […]Read More
It’s a well-documented moment in the movies – and in sports lore – where the apprentice has the opportunity to surpass the mentor on the biggest stage. For a UTEP runner and his coach, that moment and stage is the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships. UTEP sophomore Michael […]Read More
FRISCO, Tx – Tamara Seda registered her 15th double-double (15 points, 14 rebounds) of the year and ninth-seeded UTEP made a valiant effort before top-seeded UAB pulled away down the stretch to down the Miners, 75-66, in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Conference USA Championships at the Star Thursday. The Blazers (25-5) advance to face […]Read More
Evan Gilyard scored a career-high 29 points, but UTEP could only muster 58 as a team in bowing out of the Conference USA Championships to UTSA on Wednesday night at The Star in Frisco 71-58. UTSA (19-13) completed a three-game sweep of the Miners (11-20) during the 2017-18 season. It was a similar storyline to the […]Read More
FRISCO, Tx- Tamara Seda posted a huge double-double (19 points, 14 rebounds) to pace a quintet of Miners in double figures as ninth-seeded UTEP outlasted eighth-seeded Southern Miss, 72-67, in the opening round of the 2018 Conference USA Championships at the Star Wednesday morning. The Miners (17-13), who became the first ninth seed to win […]Read More