Colorado State Rams ladies’s volleyball coach Emily Kohan known as the staff’s Mountain West Match Championship win over San Jose State on Saturday a “statement” victory.
The Rams earned an automated bid to the NCAA Match with the four-set win over the Spartans. San Jose State competed within the match below a shroud of controversy over the eligibility of transgender participant Blaire Fleming. San Jose State had a bye within the first spherical and Boise State forfeited its match to permit the Spartans to play within the finals.
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CSU volleyball coach Emily Kohan coaches Malaya Jones in opposition to No. 10 Kentucky on Aug. 25, 2023, at Moby Enviornment in Fort Collins, Colorado. (Cris Tiller/USA In the present day Community)
Kohan credited her staff for staying the course.
“We stuck together through a lot, against a lot of odds and a lot of negative energy, and we controlled our own destiny,” Kohan stated, by way of the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal. “I think we made a statement in the process.”
Colorado State was one of many Mountain West groups that did find yourself taking part in San Jose State through the common season. The Spartans had 5 convention opponents forfeit matches in opposition to them. They have been 1-1.
Colorado State’s head coach Emily Kohan watches a house sport in opposition to Colorado at Moby Enviornment on Sept. 19, 2024, in Fort Collins. (Logan Newell/The Coloradoan/USA In the present day Community by way of Imagn Photos)
“No one from (Colorado State) was negative in this whole thing,” Kohan added. “Nobody came and blamed anyone else, and nobody tried to point fingers. We’ve tried to make this really difficult situation as neutral or as controlled on our side as possible. It’s been a dynamic that we’ve handled really well… and not be nasty humans in the process.”
For Fleming, the convention finals will seemingly be the ultimate match of the participant’s profession.
Colorado State athletic director Joe Parker introduces CSU volleyball head coach Emily Kohan as her hiring is introduced on Dec. 16, 2022, at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins. (Chris Abshire/The Coloradoan/USA In the present day Community)
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Fleming led the Spartans on a run to the championship match in a senior season overshadowed by lawsuits from a teammate and a nationwide controversy over Fleming being transgender. Fleming led the staff in spikes and prompted 4 Mountain West rivals to forfeit a complete of seven convention video games, together with a match semifinal.
Fox Information’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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