Fourth team forfeits against SJSU and trans athlete

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  • Source: Outsports
  • 10/05/2024
Head in the game by Stephen Baker is licensed under unsplash.com
The San Jose State women’s volleyball team has two more wins coming before they even get to play, as the University of Wyoming and Utah State have both announced their women’s teams will forfeit their matches this month against SJSU.
 

There are now four teams in just two weeks to announce they would rather forfeit the match than play against the Spartans and the athlete it seems everyone believes is transgender, Blaire Fleming. Utah State would be the fourth team to forfeit a match with SJSU if it's made official. Southern Utah, Boise State and the University of Wyoming all did so.

The Wyoming Cowboys did play against SJSU and Fleming in 2022, losing both matches. There were no reported incidents in regards to the match. While at least one media outlet called Fleming “towering,” she is the second tallest player on the team. The tallest is a cisgender woman.

San Jose State sits atop the Mountain West Conference right now, undefeated. They play the conference No. 2, Colorado State, on Thursday in, ironically, the Rams’ “inclusive excellence game,” focused on promoting the universities Principles of Community and on campus resource centers.

If SJSU wins that, they will be 11-0. In the NCAA Division I top 25, only two teams are undefeated.

The Spartans still have two games against teams that have already forfeited against them.

 
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