University of Nevada Reno finally canceled a women’s volleyball match after members refused to play against a team with a trans-identifying male player.
“Due to not having enough players to compete, the University of Nevada women’s volleyball team will not play its scheduled Mountain West Conference match at San José State,” a statement from UNR read, ahead of the match on Tuesday, October 29. “Per Mountain West Conference policy, the match will be recorded as a loss for Nevada.”
The game was originally set to take place on Oct. 26th, but both schools had agreed to move the game to the 29th and to the Spartans’ home “in the best interest of both programs,” after UNR’s women’s team refused to play against SJSU and its trans-identifying male player.
Initially, the UNR women’s volleyball team released a statement making it the fifth school to forfeit a match…
