SJSU going to Mountain West volleyball final as Boise State forfeits semifinals amid trans player controversy

A shocking determination came successful the Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball tourney arsenic Boise State announced it volition beryllium forfeiting its semifinal lucifer against San Jose State connected Friday.

The determination is congruent to its regular-season forfeitures to the Spartans, and though nary circumstantial crushed was fixed for this move, it much than apt has to bash with the Spartans having Blaire Fleming, a trans athlete, connected its roster. 

The Broncos forfeited doubly to the Spartans during the regular season, but aft defeating Utah State successful the quarterfinals connected Wednesday, they had them connected the docket yet again. This time, though, a spot successful the league finals was astatine stake. 

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From beforehand near to right, San Jose State setter Brooke Slusser celebrates aft scoring a constituent with libero Randilyn Reeves, extracurricular hitter Blaire Fleming and libero Alessia Buffagni during the archetypal acceptable of an NCAA assemblage volleyball lucifer against Colorado State, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, successful Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

After deliberation, Boise State decided erstwhile again that they won’t beryllium taking the tribunal against SJSU, and their play volition extremity due to the fact that of it.

"The determination to not proceed to play successful the 2024 Mountain West Volleyball Championship tourney was not an casual one," Boise State Athletics wrote successful a statement, per OutKick. "Our squad overcame forfeitures to gain a spot successful the tourney tract and fought for the triumph implicit Utah State successful the archetypal circular connected Wednesday.

"They should not person to forgo this accidental portion waiting for a much thoughtful and amended strategy that serves each athletes."

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The Broncos and Aggies, a squad that besides forfeited against SJSU this season, ever knew the Spartans were waiting for the victor of their matchup connected Wednesday nighttime owed to their bye arsenic the No. 2 seed. Boise State defeated Utah State successful 4 sets. 

SJSU, which received six wins by forfeit to assistance gain their precocious effect successful the tournament, volition present determination connected to the league title connected Saturday contempt ne'er having to measurement connected the court. 

They are acceptable to look the victor of San Diego State-Colorado State, which volition beryllium determined connected Friday. Both teams played their matches against SJSU this season. 

Blaire Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans looks connected during the 3rd acceptable against the Air Force Falcons astatine Falcon Court astatine East Gym connected October 19, 2024, successful Colorado Springs, Colorado.  (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

The victor of the Mountain West volition beryllium heading to the NCAA Division I Women’s volleyball tournament, which is expected to beryllium the lone mode a squad retired of the league makes it. 

Earlier this week, Federal Judge Kato Crews successful Colorado, appointed by President Biden successful January, denied a question for injunctive alleviation successful a suit by assemblage volleyball players against the conference.

A twelve women jointly filed the suit against the Mountain West and its commissioner, alleging violations of Title IX and their First Amendment rights. Among the women are SJSU co-volleyball skipper Brooke Slusser and 2 erstwhile Spartans arsenic good arsenic athletes from other Mountain West schools. 

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Crews, however, wrote that the plaintiffs’ petition for an exigency hold "was not reasonable" and "would hazard disorder and upend months of readying and would prejudice, astatine a minimum, (San Jose State) and different teams participating successful the tournament."

"The movants person failed to conscionable their load to amusement irreparable harm, a likelihood of occurrence connected the merits, oregon that the equilibrium of harms oregon equities is successful their favor," Crews wrote successful his decision. 

The players were looking to person their forfeits for refusing to play against Fleming and the Spartans rescinded, which would, successful turn, displacement the standings heading into the tournament. They besides wanted Fleming banned from the tournament. 

Boise State, Wyoming, Utah State and Nevada were among the league teams to cancel games against the Spartans owed to Fleming’s beingness connected the team. They were alert the forfeiture would effect successful a nonaccomplishment connected their records, which yet helped SJSU unafraid their precocious seed. 

NCAA Volleyballs pictured astatine the Division I Men's Volleyball Championship held astatine the Walter Pyramid connected May 4, 2019, successful Long Beach, California. (John W. McDonough/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

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"San Jose State University volition proceed to enactment its student-athletes and cull favoritism successful each forms. All San Jose State University student-athletes are eligible to enactment successful their sports nether NCAA and Mountain West Conference rules," the schoolhouse said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.  

"We are gratified that the Court rejected an eleventh-hour effort to alteration those rules. Our squad looks guardant to competing successful the Mountain West volleyball tourney this week."

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