utah state aggies The women’s volleyball team is the latest to decide not to participate in a scheduled match against San Jose State University due to a biological male playing on the women’s team.
The university issued a statement saying it would not participate in the volleyball match scheduled for October 23 at SJSU.
“The university will follow Mountain West Conference policy regarding how to record this match,” The statement said.
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A volleyball net during the Division III women’s volleyball championship at the US Cellular Center on November 23, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jack Dempsey/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
A spokesperson for San Jose State also confirmed to Fox News Digital that the Aggies have informed the team that the match has been canceled, and that Utah State will be assessed damages caused by the forfeiture.
If this is made official, Utah State will be the fourth team to lose a matchup with SJSU. Southern Utah, Boise State and the University of Wyoming all did so. None of the three schools had previously given any reason behind the forfeiture other than understanding the consequences of their win-loss records.
When? boise state After losing its match with SJSU, the NCAA issued a statement to OutKick in response.
“College sports are the premier stage for women’s sports in America, and NCAA members will continue to promote Title IX, make unprecedented investments in women’s sports and ensure fair competition for all student-athletes at all NCAA championships.”
Blair Fleming, a transgender redshirt senior at SJSU, has been at the center of the controversial seizure. SJSU is undefeated this season, and the 6-foot-1 Fleming has helped the Spartans in their efforts.
Fleming’s teammate Brooke Slusser joined former NCAA swimmer Riley Goins and other female athletes who are suing the NCAA over policies related to transgender athletes, claiming the current system detracts from the fairness and integrity of women’s sports. Is compromising and putting women at risk.
Goins said he appreciated Boise State’s athletic department and everyone involved in the decision to cancel its match, and he praised Utah State upon seeing the statement before it was removed.
Blair Fleming, a redshirt senior at San Jose State University, plays as an outside and right-side hitter on the women’s volleyball team. (San Jose State University)
“This is the kind of unity I (and many others who have worked much longer than me) have been pushing for over the past two years.” Gaines tweeted“The house of gender ideology is collapsing, and it’s a spectacular sight.”
Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives Mike Schultz also praised the Utah State and Southern Utah women’s volleyball teams.
“We’re standing behind you and cheering you on!” She wrote on the Take action. Thank you athletes and universities for doing what is right!”
Concerned Women of America legislative aide and NCAA volleyball player Macy Petty spoke to Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten about how players are feeling “blindsided” by the NCAA notifying teams about the presence of transgender players on opposing teams. Have not done.
“There’s no informed consent here for the schools or the female athletes. They’re completely taken aback when they walk on the court and see there’s a male athlete on the other side,” Petty said.
“Female athletes were put in this strange position of coming on the court and looking at the other side and realizing that there was something different about this game. I had never seen an athlete play like this before, who considered What happened makes complete sense.” The athlete, first of all, is not a woman, but the net is seven inches shorter than the male players.”
NCAA Volleyball at the Division I Men’s Volleyball Championships at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California on May 4, 2019. (John W. McDonough/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Slusser said she joined the lawsuit against Gaines and others NCAA Because she had no idea Fleming was transgender, despite sharing rooms together on team trips.
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Slusser’s complaint, via Cowboy State Daily, states, “Brooke estimated that Fleming’s spikes were hitting upwards of 80 mph, which is the fastest she’s ever seen a woman hit a volleyball. ” “The girls were doing everything they could to avoid Fleming’s spikes but still could not completely protect themselves.”
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson and Paulina Dedaz contributed to this report.
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