It's part of a lawsuit filed earlier this month by current San Jose State volleyball player Brooke Slusser, San Jose State associate head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose and 10 more current or former Mountain West Conference volleyball players brought against the Mountain West Conference and San Jose State challenging the NCAA's Title IX protections for transgender athletes in women's sports.

That’s despite securing a spot in the semifinals against the Spartans. San Jose State, which received six forfeit victories because of boycotts from MW opponents, is seeded second in the conference tournament and received a first-round bye.

The women’s volleyball team at the center of a national debate over gender and sports advanced to the conference championship after Boise State refused to play.

Boise State withdrew rather than play San Jose State, which received six forfeit victories because of boycotts from Mountain West opponents.

Boise State’s women’s volleyball team has withdrawn from its Mountain West Conference Championship tournament match against San Jose State University (SJSU) amid an ongoing, unfounded gender controversy surrounding an SJSU player.

Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San Jose State, pulled out of the Mountain West women's volleyball tournament Wednesday night even after securing a spot in the semifinals against the Spartans.

The presence of the transgender player — whom this news organization is not naming because they have not publicly declared their status — has launched San Jose State into a nation-wide

A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that allows a San Jose State women's volleyball team member to play in this week's Mountain West tournament.