Multiple teams elected not to play against San Jose State this season amid claims the team had a transgender player. Mountain West schools Utah State, Nevada, Boise State and Wyoming refused to play the Spartans, resulting in forfeits. Nonconference opponent Southern Utah also elected to forfeit.

Several collegiate women's volleyball teams forfeited matches against San José State this season amid the controversy.

U.S. District Judge S. Kato Crews said temporary injunctive relief is intended to preserve the status quo pending the outcome of a trial, but that an order to remove San Jose State University player Blaire Fleming would disrupt it.

The ruling ensures that any forfeit by the opposing team would mean an automatic win for the San Jose State volleyball team.

A transgender volleyball player has been given the green light by a federal judge to participate in an upcoming women's tournament in the United States.

San Jose State volleyball players Blaire Fleming and Brooke Slusser were listed as Mountain West all-conference honorable mention performers amid an ongoing controversy.

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