The UTEP Miners volleyball team, playing in its second consecutive NCAA tournament, is looking for its first-ever victory when it takes on North Carolina in Madison, Wisconsin.

UTEP's 25-4 record and regular-season Conference USA championship earned it a No. 6 seed and the right to play the 21-8 Tar Heels . The NCAA deemed North Carolina one of the last four teams in. It finished fifth in the ACC, a Power 4 conference, with a 14-6 league record.

This is the first of two games Thursday at the Wisconsin Field House, as host No. 3 Wisconsin takes on Eastern Illinois in the second game of the doubleheader. The winner of that match will take on the winner of UTEP/North Carolina at 6 p.m. Friday.

All matches in the first and second rounds are on ESPN+. Check here for live updates.

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