No. 2 seed San Jose State lost to No. 1 seed Colorado State in the Mountain West Conference volleyball final on Saturday at the COX Pavilion in Las Vegas amid an ongoing gender controversy surrounding a Spartans player.

Earlier this month, 11 female volleyball players, led by San Jose State co-captain Brooke Slusser, and an assistant coach sued the Mountain West Conference and San Jose State University, alleging the defendants violated the U.S. Constitution and Title IX by allowing a transgender athlete to play for a women’s sports team.

Colorado State women’s volleyball will play in the Mountain West conference championship game against San Jose State University on Saturday amid a national controversy that has engulfed the Spartan’s team over a transgender athlete.

A look at key dates before and during the San Jose State women’s volleyball season. The Spartans are 14-6, plus six wins via forfeit by four schools in Mountain West Conference regular-season play.

A judge on Monday rejected a request to block a San Jose State women's volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she is transgender.

The CSU volleyball team will play in the NCAA Tournament after the Rams beat San Jose State to win the Mountain West title.

San Jose State's season was marked by forfeits, limited protests and the topic of gender identity becoming a political issue in an election year. The Spartans were 14-6. The controversy didn't end during the Mountain West tournament.

San Jose State's volleyball team, the subject of a national debate about women in sports, was beaten by Colorado State 27-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 in Saturday's Mountain West Conference tournament final.