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Samantha Alvillar, seen here against Houston Baptist during the 2011 season. (Image: Jeff Taylor)

Miners Rally But Fall Short Against NMSU, 9-5

EL PASO, Texas – With Chelsea Troope and Camilla Carrera coming up to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning, you could have put money down that the best hitters on the team would have stepped up, reached base and at l...
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Camilla Carrera

Louisiana Tech Blanks Softball at Mardi Gras Classic

EL PASO, Texas - UTEP suffered their fourth loss in a row on Sunday as they fell to Louisiana Tech in the conclusion of the 8th annual Mardi Gras Classic in Lafayette, La. The Miners (4-4) managed only three hits in the 5-0 l...
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Pitchers Colleen Hohman and Joanna Krienitz work with co-head coach Kathleen Rodriguez in the bullpen. (Image: Chris Avila)

Softball Drops Two Games at Mardi Gras Classic

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP softball team (4-3) lost to North Carolina and tournament host #20 Louisiana-Lafayette in their first two games at the 8th Annual Mardi Gras Classic. The Tar Heels (5-0) trumped UTEP on a walk-o...
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File photo of Cami Carrera. (Image: Brian Kanof)

Softball Dealt First Loss Of Season At NMSU

El Paso, Texas - The UTEP softball team (4-1) suffered their first loss of the season in Las Cruces, N.M. against New Mexico State on Tuesday. The Aggies (5-0) run-ruled the Miners in a six inning 13-3 affair. NMSU never looke...
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Chelsea Troupe’s two-run home run in the top of the first inning helped propel the Miners to a win over Bradley Sunday afternoon, 15-7, at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex. (Image: Jeff Taylor)

Softball Wins Season Opener, 11-3, Over Santa Clara

EL PASO, Texas - The UTEP softball team opened their season with a victory against Santa Clara in a five-inning game.  The Miners run-ruled the Broncos, 11-3, winning on a run scoring single from Camilla Carrera in the botto...
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Chelsea Troupe has been named

Troupe Named To Preseason All C-USA Softball Team

El Paso, Texas – With the beginning of the 2012 season in two weeks, Chelsea Troupe earned a place on the Preseason All-Conference USA Softball Team, which was announced by the league office Wednesday afternoon. A senior ...
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Senior Chelsea Troope, seen here against Marist in the 2011 season, returns to lead the Miners as they march towards the C-USA championship in May 2012. (Image: Brian Kanof)

Softball Announces 2012 Schedule

El Paso, Texas – UTEP softball co-head coach James Rodriguez announced the 2012 spring schedule on Monday. The Miners are set to participate in four tournaments and their full slate includes 18 home and 18 away dates. T...
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Softball Signs Two Local Players

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball co-head coach James Rodriguez has announced the addition of El Paso’s McKenzey Finley and Ashley Eldridge to the incoming class.
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Troupe Garners NFCA All-Region Accolades

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball’s Chelsea Troupe has been selected to the 2011 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region First Team as voted by the organization’s coaches. The juni...
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Player Profile: Courtney Auger

After spending last year in Stacie Townsend’s shadow, pitcher Courtney Auger has found herself leading the Miners softball team through a rough season. Auger, who transferred in from Seward County Community College, only made...
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Player Profile: Becky Smith

To say Becky Smith is strong would be an understatement. Senior outfielder Smith may be the very definition of strength, particularly for the UTEP softball team. Smith joined the team after transferring from Tallahassee Communi...
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Player Profile: Kia Moore

There are players that come as transfers that don’t produce, and then are players like senior outfielder Kia Moore. Moore has brought a wealth of experience and hitting ability to the Miner softball team that has needed stren...
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Softball Loses to ECU, Drops Series

EL PASO, Texas – What started out to be another pitcher’s duel between East Carolina’s Toni Paisley and UTEP’s Coutney Auger turned out to be another loss for the Miners not because they didn’t fight throughout the ga...
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