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Part of situation: Air Force and UTEP volleyball series (2 clusters)

Air Force volleyball defeats UTEP in five-set match

Air Force volleyball UTEP Miners Mountain West Conference Conference USA college volleyball

The Air Force volleyball team secured a 3-2 victory over UTEP in a five-set match at Memorial Gym in El Paso. The match results were 18-25, 25-23, 22-25, 28-26, and 15-7.

After UTEP took an early lead in the first set, Air Force responded in the second to even the match. UTEP regained control in the third set, but Air Force managed to force a decisive fifth set by winning a closely contested fourth set 28-26. Air Force then dominated the final set with an 8-2 run to close out the win.

With this result, Air Force improves to 8-13 overall and 4-6 in Mountain West action, while UTEP moves to 13-9 overall and 5-5 in Conference USA play.

Entities

Air Force Academy · Memorial Gym · University of Texas at El Paso

Sources

Falcons Drop 3-0 Match to UTEP in Series Opener - Air Force Academy Athletics [goairforcefalcons.com]
UTEP volleyball drops hard-fought five-set match to Air Force [kvia.com]