Moment hulking trans athlete smashes volleyball into rival's face, sending her tumbling to floor

The assemblage volleyball play was further plunged into the statement implicit transgender athletes this week arsenic video emerged of San Jose State University's Blaire Fleming sending a ferocious spike disconnected an opponent's face.

Fleming, a redshirt elder who is reportedly transgender, has been cited arsenic the crushed 4 schools person forfeited matches against San Jose State this play owed to reported information concerns.

The incidental took spot connected the SJSU field with the San Diego State Aztecs starring the Spartans 22-12 successful the 2nd set. It was past that Fleming was acceptable up by teammate Brooke Slusser earlier rocketing a spike disconnected the look of San Diego State's Keira Herron.

'Keira Herron has immoderate pinkish successful her hairsbreadth and her look is starting to look similar she's matching that arsenic evidently she took the contact,' one  announcer said successful the video, which has since gone viral.

Remarkably, Herron kept the play alive, albeit lone momentarily earlier the constituent yet went to the Spartans. And what's more, she was adjacent laughing afterwards portion appearing to archer a teammate that she was 'fine.'

'Gotta consciousness a small embarrassed arsenic she tries to laughter disconnected that past ball,' the announcer added.

San Jose State would spell connected to suffer successful consecutive sets (25-21, 25-18, 25-19), falling to 9-2 connected the season.

But it's not the Spartans descent successful the Mountain West standings that sparked outrage online. Instead it was the beingness of Fleming, who continues to look online criticism. 

'SJSU's antheral player, Blaire Fleming blasts different onslaught to the look of a pistillate hostile successful tonight's lucifer up with [San Diego State],' work a station from the Independent Council connected Women's Sports (ICONS).

'Come connected NCAA, Ban the Man from women's volleyball,' work 1 comment, of which determination were hundreds.

'Taking the spots and scholarships of women isn't benignant and if they win, it is rather meaningless due to the fact that of the advantages,' different commenter wrote. 'Don't confuse kindness and fairness.'

SJSU manager Todd Kress addressed the contention aft Thursday's loss, revealing that the squad has received a important magnitude of hatred mail.

'Concentrating connected what we tin bash connected the tribunal has, rather frankly, been precise pugnacious lately,' helium said, arsenic quoted by mynbc15.com. 'There person been extracurricular forces who person sought to disagreement our team, our university, our league and our sport. I cognize it's been weighing connected the players successful our locker country who person enactment successful years of hard work.'

Asked astir the hatred mail, Kress said 'some of it, to beryllium honest, is disgusting.'

'I'm much disquieted astir our student-athletes and what they person and however that's impacting their intelligence health,' helium continued.

'We person an unthinkable radical of young women who are trying to enactment the contention aside. I conscionable person religion that we'll yet beryllium capable to enactment the extracurricular sound speech and beryllium capable to play for each different and find emotion for 1 different again.'

ICONS has been cardinal to the contention surrounding Blaire, who was outed arsenic transgender successful a September nonfiction by OutKick.com. Fleming has been cleared by San Jose State to play for the SJSU women's volleyball squad for 3 seasons, joining successful 2022.

The Mountain West Conference has been notified by ICONS astir athletes' information concerns regarding Fleming, who was named successful a national suit filed by the organization. Slusser, the SJSU subordinate who acceptable Fleming up for the aforementioned spike, has since joined that lawsuit.

One question obtained by DailyMail.com claims that Slusser voiced concerns astir information to schoolhouse officials. Furthermore, Slusser says she was told by the schoolhouse to refrain from speaking astir the sex individuality of teammates.

San Jose State has frankincense acold declined to code the sex individuality of immoderate of its players. 

'We are operating our programme nether the regulations of some the NCAA and the Mountain West Conference,' work a connection provided to DailyMail.com past month. 'Our pupil athletes are successful afloat compliance with NCAA rules and regulations.

'We volition not code the sex individuality of immoderate pupil arsenic they are protected nether the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).'

Fleming, who stands 6-foot-1, presently ranks 3rd successful the Mountain West successful kills and 2nd successful wide points.