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UTEP opens ad-lib volleyball season at Texas State on Friday

UTEP is going to play volleyball this fall after all.

The Miners will start a two weekend schedule with Friday and Saturday matches at Texas State, then travel to North Texas for a tournament Oct. 2-4.

Conference USA shut down all fall sports on Aug. 21 and rescheduled them for spring, but UTEP coach Ben Wallis was able to find several teams still going forward with a fall season.

That includes Texas State, an NCAA tournament team in 2019 that features star outside hitter Caitlan Buettner, an Eastwood graduate. Buettner had 39 kills this weekend in a pair of season-opening Bobcat victories.