As San Jose State College’s ladies’s volleyball staff has been wrapped up in controversy, Colorado State wasn’t afraid.
The Spartans have a transgender participant, Blaire Fleming, on the roster, which has resulted in 4 groups forfeiting or canceling their matches in opposition to the varsity.
Colorado State opted to play in opposition to the college, and it is easy to see why, as they received their match on Thursday, three units to none (25-18, 25-20, 25-20).
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Colorado State’s womens’ volleyball staff enters the court docket throughout a house recreation in opposition to Colorado at Moby Area on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Fort Collins, Colo. (Logan Newell/The Coloradoan / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Pictures)
It was an up-and-down night time for Fleming, who recorded a match-high 14 kills – nevertheless, Fleming additionally recorded 10 errors. Fleming’s kill share was simply 9.5%, however Fleming was arrange for the kill 42 instances, by far probably the most out of anybody within the match.
The loss marked the primary for San Jose State this season.
Thursday’s match got here roughly 48 hours after Utah State grew to become the fourth program to resolve to not face Fleming and San Jose state.
A San Jose State spokeperson additionally confirmed to Fox Information Digital that the Aggies knowledgeable the staff the match has been canceled, and Utah State can be assessed a loss attributable to forfeit.
Blaire Fleming, a redshirt senior at San Jose State College, performs as an outdoor and right-side hitter on the ladies’s volleyball staff (San Jose State College)
Southern Utah, Boise State and the College of Wyoming all did so. Not one of the three colleges beforehand offered a purpose behind the forfeit apart from understanding the implications to their win-loss data.
When Boise State forfeited its match with SJSU, the NCAA offered OutKick with a press release in response.
“College sports are the premier stage for women’s sports in America, and the NCAA members will continue to promote Title IX, make unprecedented investments in women’s sports and ensure fair competition for all student-athletes in all NCAA championships.”
The 6-foot-1 Fleming has contributed to the Spartans’ success – Fleming’s 139.5 factors and 119 kills each rank second on the staff.
San Jose State was slated to play Wyoming subsequent, however they’re one of many 4 packages to decide out of taking part in.
A volleyball web pictured throughout the Division III Girls’s Volleyball Championship held on the U.S. Mobile Middle on November 23, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jack Dempsey/NCAA Images by way of Getty Pictures)
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Macy Petty, a Involved Girls of America legislative assistant and NCAA volleyball participant, spoke with Fox Information Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten about how gamers are feeling “blindsided” as a result of the NCAA has not knowledgeable groups of the presence of transgender gamers on opposing squads.
“There’s no informed consent for the schools or for the female athletes here. They’re totally blindsided when they walk up to the court, and they see that there’s a male athlete on the other side,” Petty stated.
Fox Information’ Scott Thompson and Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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