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Tennis starts off season with win

Junior Erandi Martinez dashes to return serve in win versus Eastern New Mexico University Saturday Jan. 25, 2019.

UTEP tennis shut out the University of Western New Mexico Mustangs for the third straight year by a score of 7-0.

Coming off a 7-14 season, the Miners have eight new faces on the tennis roster after losing three players to transfer, including all-conference selection freshman standout Kristen Prelle to Arizona. The only holdovers from the previous team are senior Vanessa Valdez, junior Erandi Martinez and sophomore Kathleen Percegona.

The day started off shaky for the Miners with the No.