EL PASO, Texas – After 25 days of competing on the road, the UTEP softball team (12-28, 2-13 Conference USA) will host Middle Tennessee (18-25, 5-10 C-USA) at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex in a three-game series that runs April 22-24. 
 
Middle Tennessee Series
Friday – 6 p.m. MT
Saturday – 3 p.m. MT
Sunday – 12 p.m. MT
 
Tickets are $8 and can be purchased through the Eisenberg Family Ticket Office by calling (915) 747-UTEP, emailing tickets@utep.edu, visiting www.UTEPMiners.com/Tickets or in person at 201 Glory Road (Brumbelow Building, UTEP Campus, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
The matchup will be streamed on CUSA.tv, with live stats also available.
 
In the Circle
Aalijah Alarcon (7-13) leads the squad with 99.2 innings in 26 appearances and 19 starts, throwing seven complete-game victories and earning three saves.

• 5.20 ERA | 62 K's | 34 BB | 142 H | 74 of 88 runs allowed are earned

 
Notables

• Lexi Morales paces the squad with a .300 batting average on 33 hits. She's slugged .436 with a .417 on-base percentage and 21 walks. 
• UTEP has shredded 20 home runs on the season with Anna Sample and Pate Cathey leading with four each. 
• Cathey sets the pace with 23 RBI. 
• Cathey leads with 54 total bases. 
• The Miners are 23-for-28 in stolen bases. Savannah Favre is 9-for-10.

National Rankings

• UTEP ranks 28^th in double plays per game (0.42, 3^rd C-USA)
• Aalijah Alarcon ranks 15^th with three earned saves (2^nd C-USA)

 
Middle Tennessee

• Middle Tennessee sits at 18-25 on the season. The Blue Raiders are led by Laura Mealer with a .354 batting average on 46 hits. She is slugging .638 with a .440 on-base percentage.

 

• Middle Tennessee has utilized six pitchers through its 43 games, with Gretchen Mead pitching a team-high 71.1 innings with 21 appearances and 10 starts. Mead has a 3.83 ERA with 53 strikeouts and 29 walks, 74 hits and 43 runs allowed (39 earned) and is 4-7. Corrina Dodd has thrown 71.0 innings with a 2.76 ERA and has appeared in 14 games with 12 starts. As a staff, Middle Tennessee carries a 3.89 ERA, allowing 309 hits, 198 runs (163 earned), striking out 177 and walking 109. Middle Tennessee has given up 46 home runs, 49 doubles and nine triples.

 

• The Miners lead the all-time series against the Blue Raiders, 10-6. The Blue Raiders have won the last four contests. The two programs last met in round one of the 2019 C-USA Tournament where the Miners fell, 4-3, at Mary Bowers Field.

 
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