The San Jose State women’s volleyball team is eligible to play in the Mountain West Conference tournament with its full roster, a federal judge in Denver ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge S. Kato Crews denied a motion filed by 12 plaintiffs against the Mountain West that would have rendered one of the SJSU players ineligible and removed wins from the team.
The lawsuit was filed Nov. 13 by SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser, SJSU associate head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, and 10 other current and former Mountain West volleyball players. It asked for emergency injunctive relief to render an SJSU volleyball player, who is alleged to be transgender, ineligible.
The Mountain West tournament is scheduled to start Wednesday in Las Vegas.
“All San Jose State University student-athletes are eligible to participate in their sports under NCAA and Mountain West Conference rules,” the university said in a statement. “We are gratified that the court rejected an eleventh-hour attempt to change those rules. Our team looks forward to competing in the Mountain West volleyball tournament this week.”
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