The Charlotte 49ers (16-5, 3-2) took on the UTEP Miners in a Friday night showdown in Halton arena. The 49ers would collect their third conference win in a 3-1 victory lead by Janell Sparks. Sparks led the Niner charge on Friday night, putting up 19 kills, 12 digs and four spikes. Charlotte came out the gate slow, but was able to build energy towards the end of the set, putting away UTEP for another confernce victory.
The 49ers approached the second set with high energy. Coming in, Charlotte was quickly able to put down 15 kills off of 25 total attempts.