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A San Diego State women�s volleyball player was hit in the face during
a match against San Jose State University on Thursday night in a play
involving redshirt senior Blaire Fleming, a transgender athlete at the
center of a recent controversy that has seen several schools forfeit
matches against the team.

The incident took place during the second set with the Aztecs leading
22-12.

In a video shared on social media, Fleming spiked the ball, which then
hit SDSU junior Keira Herron in the face.

Herron was knocked down after the hit, and the crowd audibly gasped.

She quickly got back up to her feet to resume play.

�Keira Herron has some pink in her hair and her face is starting to
look like she�s matching that as obviously she took the contact,� the
broadcast announcer said in the video.

SJSU would go on to lose the match in straight sets as their record
dropped to 9-2.

The incident comes amid controversy surrounding the school�s program.

Four schools have forfeited matches against San Jose State, including
Boise State, Southern Utah, Wyoming and Utah State, this season.

The forfeitures follow Brooke Slusser, Fleming�s teammate, who just
last month joined former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines and several other
female athletes in suing the NCAA over its policies regarding
transgender athletes that they claim compromise the fairness and
integrity of women�s competitive sports while also putting women at
risk.

According to the complaint, Slusser claimed she was not aware that
Fleming was transgender despite sharing rooms together on team trips.

Slusser also expressed safety concerns for opponents playing against
Fleming.

�Brooke estimates that Fleming�s spikes were traveling upward of 80
mph, which was faster than she had ever seen a woman hit a volleyball,� Slusser�s complaint said, via the Cowboy State Daily.

�The girls were doing everything they could to dodge Fleming�s spikes
but still could not fully protect themselves.�

�One thing that�s important in this case is really the physical safety
issues in volleyball,� Slusser�s attorney, Bill Bock, told OutKick.

�And that�s what they�re facing in practice every day. So, it�s just a
crazy, misguided policy that steals athletic dreams from women and
gives them to men, and, at the same time, puts women�s health and
safety in danger.�

A spokesperson from San Jose State University told Fox News Digital on
Thursday that no upcoming opponents have informed the team of plans to
forfeit upcoming matches.

�We have no notifications of cancelations at this time. We are
scheduled to play home games tonight against San Diego State and
Saturday against UNLV,� the spokesperson said.

The team has 13 regular season games remaining, including a rematch
with San Diego State.

The schedule also includes second matches against three of the four
teams that have already forfeited their first match against the
Spartans.

https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/sports/transgender-san-jose-state- volleyball-player-whos-provoked-forfeits-spikes-ball-in-opponents-face/

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