Boise State women’s volleyball forfeits upcoming match against SJSU amid controversy surrounding trans player

The Boise State women’s volleyball squad forfeited its crippled against San Jose State University Saturday amid contention surrounding a transgender subordinate of the Spartans' roster. 

It's the 2nd squad this period to opt retired of playing against SJSU.

Boise State Athletics released a connection exclusively to OutKick little than 24 hours earlier the Mountain West Conference match.

A volleyball connected a tribunal earlier the Division I men's volleyball title May 6, 2023, successful Fairfax, Va. (Scott Taetsch/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

The connection did not supply an mentation for the forfeiture. 

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"Boise State volleyball volition not play its scheduled lucifer astatine San José State connected Saturday, Sept. 28," the connection said. "Per Mountain West Conference policy, the Conference volition grounds the lucifer arsenic a forfeit and a nonaccomplishment for Boise State. The Broncos volition adjacent vie connected Oct. 3 against Air Force."

The NCAA besides provided OutKick with a connection successful effect to Boise State’s decision. 

"College sports are the premier signifier for women’s sports successful America, and the NCAA members volition proceed to beforehand Title IX, marque unprecedented investments successful women’s sports and guarantee just contention for each student-athletes successful each NCAA championships."

Friday’s quality follows contention surrounding SJSU’s women’s volleyball squad aft a existent subordinate joined respective different pistillate athletes successful suing the NCAA for Title IX violations. 

Blaire Fleming, a redshirt inferior astatine San Jose State University, plays arsenic an extracurricular and right-side hitter connected the women’s volleyball team. Fleming, a transgender athlete, has played 2 seasons astatine SJSU aft antecedently playing astatine Coastal Carolina. 

A volleyball nett during the Division III women's volleyball title astatine the U.S. Cellular Center Nov. 23, 2019, successful Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  (Jack Dempsey/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

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Earlier this week, Fleming’s teammate, Brooke Slusser, joined erstwhile NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines and respective different pistillate athletes successful suing the NCAA implicit its policies regarding transgender athletes that they assertion compromise the fairness and integrity of women’s competitory sports portion besides putting women astatine risk.

"I commend Boise State’s diversion section and everyone progressive successful the determination to forfeit their lucifer against undefeated San Jose State," Gaines said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. 

"Some principles transcend winning connected the court, and the information and well-being of pistillate athletes is 1 of them. It's encouraging to witnesser a increasing fig of institutions prioritizing fairness and jock information implicit forced inclusion. I anticipation to spot much universities travel the pb of Boise State and Southern Utah, lasting up for what’s close and protecting the integrity of women’s sports."

According to the complaint, Slusser claimed she was not alert that Fleming was transgender contempt sharing rooms unneurotic connected squad trips. Slusser besides expressed information concerns for opponents playing against Fleming. 

"Brooke estimates that Fleming’s spikes were traveling upward of 80 mph, which was faster than she had ever seen a pistillate deed a volleyball," Slusser’s ailment said, via the Cowboy State Daily. "The girls were doing everything they could to dodge Fleming’s spikes but inactive could not afloat support themselves."

"One happening that's important successful this lawsuit is truly the carnal information issues successful volleyball," Slusser's attorney, Bill Bock, told OutKick. "And that's what they're facing successful signifier each day. So, it's conscionable a crazy, misguided argumentation that steals diversion dreams from women and gives them to men, and, astatine the aforesaid time, puts women's wellness and information successful danger."

Volleyballs astatine the Division I men's volleyball title astatine the Walter Pyramid May 4, 2019, successful Long Beach, Calif. (John W. McDonough/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

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Boise State is the 2nd squad to opt retired of playing against SJSU. Earlier this month, Southern Utah was participating successful the Santa Clara Tournament but lone played against 2 of 3 opponents, choosing not to play against SJSU. 

"The Southern Utah University volleyball squad has opted to vie successful conscionable 2 non-conference games astatine the Santa Clara Tournament this weekend," the schoolhouse said successful a connection to OutKick astatine the time. 

"The Thunderbirds are anxious to marque the astir of these matches and proceed gathering momentum for a palmy season. Southern Utah has informed the tourney directors and opposing teams of this decision, and we privation them good with the remainder of their respective seasons." 

The Spartans stay undefeated this play with a 9-0 record. In their latest triumph implicit Fresno State, Fleming led the squad with 16 kills. 

A spokesperson with the assemblage said successful a statement: "San José State volleyball volition not play its scheduled location lucifer against Boise State connected Saturday, Sept. 28. Per Mountain West Conference policy, the Conference volition grounds the lucifer arsenic a forfeit." 

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