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Saturday, October 4
El Paso, Texas
3:00 PM ET/1:00 PM MT
Liberty University
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Miners Sweep Lady Flames 3-0
10/4/2025 5:09:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
EL PASO, Texas - UTEP completed a weekend sweep of the visiting Liberty Lady Flames, with the Miners winning in straight sets (25-23, 25-21, 25-12), Saturday at Memorial Gymnasium.
UTEP (14-2) maintains a perfect 4-0 record in Conference USA play and is tied atop CUSA standings with New Mexico State and WKU after two conference weekends. The Lady Flames fall to 14-3, 2-2 in conference play. Liberty brought a 10-match winning streak into the weekend.
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Notable Numbers
The Lady Flames will host Kennesaw State at Liberty Arena, Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Liberty will honor its volleyball alumni during the weekend. Â Â
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UTEP (14-2) maintains a perfect 4-0 record in Conference USA play and is tied atop CUSA standings with New Mexico State and WKU after two conference weekends. The Lady Flames fall to 14-3, 2-2 in conference play. Liberty brought a 10-match winning streak into the weekend.
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Notable Numbers
- UTEP outhit Liberty .333-.106. The Miners also led in kills (41-31), aces (4-2), digs (31-27) and blocks (11-4).
- Kaya Weaver led the Miners with 11 kills and match-high three aces, hitting .562. Luvina Oguntimehin registered eight kills (.417) and registered four blocks. Danika Washington posted a match-leading six blocks. Mattie Gantt dished out a match-high 19 assists, while Fuka Sekita collected 10 digs to lead all players.
- Jenna Otts sent down a match-high 13 kills for Liberty, followed by nine kills by Carly O'Brien. Paige Overcash posted a team-high three blocks, while Alison Bierwagen recorded one kill, 18 assists and five digs.
- The Lady Flames tied set one, 22-22, after a 4-0 Liberty run which featured three O'Brien kills. However, service errors on each of Liberty's next two serves sealed the 25-23 set in UTEP's favor.
- The Miners pulled away to win both set two (25-21) and set three (25-12) to complete the sweep.Â
- UTEP is now 8-0 all-time against Liberty in volleyball, with all seven wins coming since Liberty joined CUSA prior to the 2023 season.
- Liberty and UTEP both came into this weekend's action with 2-0 records in CUSA play. Liberty-UTEP was the only Conference USA matchup this weekend where both teams entered with unbeaten conference records.
- Otts has reached double figures in kills a team-high 14 times this season in just 17 matches. She has scored 10 or more kills in 10 out of the last 11 contests.Â
The Lady Flames will host Kennesaw State at Liberty Arena, Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Liberty will honor its volleyball alumni during the weekend. Â Â
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Team Stats
Lib
UTEP
Kills
31
41
Errors
21
12
Attempts
101
90
Hitting %
.099
.322
Points
37.0
56.0
Assists
30
38
Aces
2
4
Blocks
4
11
Game Leaders
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
2
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
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