Slusser and the others sued San Jose State officials, the conference and other defendants in Colorado federal court Nov. 13. For courts, temporary injunctions like those sought in this case are intended to “preserve the status quo” until a trial can provide a legal resolution, Crews said.

A bid by the co-captain of San Jose State University’s women’s volleyball team to get a purportedly transgender teammate banned from the Mountain West Conference Championship has failed. Co-captain Brooke Slusser and her co-plaintiffs waited too long to seek an emergency court order barring the player from the tournament,

Nine current players had filed a lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference challenging the league’s policies that allow transgender players to participate.

A federal judge in Denver has rejected a request to ban a college volleyball player who is alleged to be transgender from competing with her team in a conference tournament beginning this week. Earlier this month,

A federal judge denied emergency injunctive relief despite complaints from competitors who object to the Spartans player's participation on the grounds that she is transgender.

San Jose State’s volleyball team is currently guaranteed to face a team in the upcoming Mountain West Tournament that has already forfeited to it during the regular season.

The plaintiffs sued the Mountain West and its commissioner over the participation of a player who they say is transgender.

A transgender player on the San Jose State women’s volleyball team will be allowed to compete in the Mountain West Championship this week.

Suspended San Jose State Spartans women’s volleyball associate head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose says she has no regrets about risking her career to fight the inclusion of biological males into women’s sports.