UTEP COVID-19

COVID-19 strikes UTEP again. This time, it's the women's basketball squad that is affected.

Late Monday evening, the UTEP women's basketball team announced that their away game against NM State on Wednesday would be postponed due to multiple positive COVID-19 cases, along with subsequent contact tracing in the program.

Citing the surging cases in El Paso, North Texas elected to postpone their matchup on Saturday against UTEP. Both teams will try to reschedule game, per UNT's athletic department.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, UTEP has announced furloughs, elimination of positions and reduction in pay to their athletic department.

The uncertainty on streaming UTEP football games was resolved on Friday when Conference USA revealed its broadcast schedule for the upcoming season, including ESPN and CBS Sports Network.

After the athletic department gave the full details on the COVID-19 protocols for football game days on Wednesday, UTEP announced plans to release single-game tickets and parking passes for all home games on Monday, Aug. 31.

Almost a week after UTEP President Heather Wilson revealed the UTEP football game day guidelines, the athletic department formally announced the COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming season, which kicks off next Saturday, Sept.5 against Stephen F. Austin in the Sun Bowl.

During a global pandemic and nationwide postponements, how did UTEP manage to schedule a 12-game college football season?

Just a little more than two weeks away until the Miners promptly kick off the 2020 fall football season, as the program announced on Friday two new additions to their home schedule from the Southland Conference (FCS) in Stephen F. Austin and Abilene Christian.

UTEP President Heather Wilson announced updates to the Miner football game day plans for the upcoming season amid the pandemic on Thursday, including limiting stadium attendance to 18 percent capacity.