San Jose State blocks interview requests for Blaire Fleming, others before conference tournament

The Mountain West Conference Women’s Volleyball Tournament is acceptable to statesman connected Wednesday nether a shroud of controversy, and San Jose State did not look to marque matters better.

A national justice ruled connected Monday that transgender women’s volleyball prima Blaire Fleming volition beryllium allowed to vie successful the tourney arsenic helium dismissed a question to artifact the subordinate from the tournament, person the forfeits rescinded and the standings adjusted. An emergency appeal was denied connected Tuesday.

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Blaire Fleming, #3 of the San Jose State Spartans, waits to service during the archetypal acceptable against the Air Force Falcons astatine Falcon Court astatine East Gym connected Oct. 19, 2024 successful Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

OutKick reported it had requested interviews with Spartans players Fleming, Brooke Slusser and Chandler Manusky, and caput manager Todd Kress and athletics manager Jeff Konya astatine immoderate constituent during the league tournament. However, OutKick was denied.

"We bash not expect facilitating immoderate interviews with players oregon coaches during the Mountain West Tournament," a schoolhouse spokesperson told the outlet.

San Jose State is the No. 2 effect successful the league tourney and person a bye close into the semifinals. The Spartans finished the play 14-6 wide and 12-6 against Mountain West opponents. Six of their wins came arsenic forfeits arsenic teams decided against playing San Jose State.

San Jose State University Spartans caput manager Todd Kress speaks with members of the quality media pursuing their nonaccomplishment successful an NCAA Mountain West women’s volleyball crippled against the Colorado State University Rams successful Fort Collins, Colorado, connected Thursday, Oct. 03, 2024. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

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Two of those teams could extremity up playing San Jose State successful the tournament. Utah State faces Boise State successful the quarterfinals. The victor volition play San Jose State but could extremity up forfeiting the match. Neither squad played San Jose State this season, apt implicit Fleming’s inclusion connected the team.

"The squad looks guardant to starting Mountain West Conference tourney contention connected Friday," San Jose State said successful a connection connected Tuesday pursuing the appeals court’s determination to disregard a question against the school. "The assemblage maintains an unwavering committedness to the participation, information and privateness of each students astatine San Jose State and ensuring they are capable to vie successful an inclusive, just and respectful environment."

Neither schoolhouse commented connected the anticipation of forfeiting the San Jose State game, according to The Associated Press.

The Mountain West Conference logo is seen. (David Becker/Getty Images)

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The league champion receives an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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