A last-minute appeal by a San Jose State University women’s volleyball player to get her transgender teammate banned from a regional championship series starting Wednesday has been denied. A two-judge panel in Colorado federal appeals court on Tuesday morning rejected the emergency appeal by San Jose co-captain Brooke Slusser and others to prevent a transgender woman from playing for the

San Jose State University’s volleyball team is the latest flash point in a dispute about transgender players in women’s sports.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that allows a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member to play in the Mountain West Conference tournament after complaints said she should be ineligible on grounds that she’s transgender.