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volleyball PAGE 7 Nm State vs utep: the miners defeat rival nm state 3-2, sept. 26 at memorial gym. it’s the first time since 2004 that utep defeats the aggies.

September 27, 2012 editor sports Daniel Ornelas, 747-7445 Football Miners open C-USA against Pirates Confident bunch takes 1-3 record on the road against East Carolina By Edwin Delgado passes, so we have to be ready for whatever they got.” The Prospector The Pirates (2-2) opened their sea- The UTEP Miners will take on the son with a 35-13 victory over Football East Carolina Pirates to open their Championship Subdivision, Appa- Conference USA schedule as they lachian State, followed by three con- search for their first road win of the secutive road games. season Sept. 29 in Greenville, N.C. They fell to both North and South “It’s huge, it’s our very first confer- Carolina while defeating C-USA foe, ence game, we have to come out, we Southern Miss. have to do a great job,” linebackers “I like a lot of things about them. coach Robert Rodriguez said. “We The four-hour flight isn’t one of need to win a lot of conference games them,” UTEP Mike Price to get to a bowl game this season.” said jokingly. “They’re really well The Miners hold a 1-3 record af- coached. Ruffin McNeill is a real ter their non-conference schedule. A good (head) coach, a great person win can be crucial if they hope to be and recruiter. He is (also) an excel- a championship contender in C-USA, lent defensive coach, they run the 3-4 but they know East Carolina will be stacked defense. That’s a hard defense no cake-walk. to attack. You don’t know where guys are coming from.” Junior Rio Johnson was the starter for the Pirates the first “Everything to this two games, before the sophomore point was preseason Shane Carden took over in the sec- football. The conference ond half against the South Carolina Gamecoks on Sept. 8. season is what it’s all He will be the starting quarterback about. This game is what against the Miners. Both Johnson ECU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS /Special The Prospector it’s all about.” and Carden have 435 yards passing and two touchdowns, the difference East Carolina sophomore wide receiver Justin Hardy leads the Pirates with 322 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns. is the four interceptions that Johnson - Mike Price, UTEP head coach. Lamaison is their veteran starting make sure we are ready to face pres- alties and a fumble trumped UTEP in has so far against two for Carden. quarterback. UTEP uses a commit- sure similar to what we felt last week the end. McNeill, in his third year with the tee of running backs in (sophomore) Aside from losing the game, senior Pirates, is confident about his team’s against North Carolina.” Nathan Jeffery, (freshmen) Autrey safety Richard Spencer suffered a knee chances against the Miners. The Miners are coming off a 37-26 injury and will be out for the remain- Golden and Xay Williams,” McNeill “UTEP has an explosive offense der of the season. Price said they will “They stretch you out and they like said. “On defense, they have an at- loss at Wisconsin, where they man- to run the ball,” senior linebacker A.J. that returns most of the starters from tacking front seven that emphasizes aged to get within three points of the Ropati said. “They also take quick last year’s team. They are going to try to spread the football. (Senior) Nick movement and blitzing. We have to Badgers in the fourth quarter, but pen- see PIRATES on page 8 Volleyball Horton boosting team’s expectations By Herman Delgado the time, so if I can get over Jacque- line, I can get over anybody in the The Prospector conference.” Junior outside hitter Jeane Horton Horton said that she and her team- has been displaying a dominant effort mates were shooting for a 20-game on the volleyball court. winning season. Now, they have a She currently ranks 21st in the na- whole different agenda and a much tion and second in Conference USA bigger goal. in kills per set. “I see it happening, but we’re still Horton was a key piece in the 3-1 taking it one game at a time and victory against Southern Miss on we’re just going to take each game Sept. 23 at Memorial Gym. and hopefully we can get that mark,” “She was pretty much unstoppable Horton said. “But our main goal is to in that match,” UTEP coach Ken go to the conference tournament and Murphy said. “Every now and then win it all.” they would try to make a little adjust- Horton has made an impression ment and she would see it really fast on her teammates and they are very and she would immediately adjust much in agreement as to the qual- and be effective.” ity of player and level that she is at. Horton, along side teammate, ju- Senior outside hitter Bridget Logan nior Malia Patterson, were named complimented Horton. C-USA athletes of the week after their “She is a player that has really grown win against Southern Miss. in the past three years that she’s been Horton said her teammates moti- here, and she’s become quite a good vate her and help her in practice to offensive weapon,” Logan said. prepare for every game, using that as Horton also said that the commu- a competitive drive. nity support and fan base in El Paso “I don’t think I’ll go against any is what motivates her and her team- harder ballplayer than Jacqueline mates to work hard and take it to the JUSTIN STENE / The Prospector Cason,” Horton said. “Me and her next level. Junior outside hitter Jeane Horton was named Conference USA athlete of the week on Sept. 24. go at it every day, she blocks me all see HORTON on page 8