The Colorado State women's volleyball team was willing to play San José State, which has a transgender player, in the Mountain West Conference tournament final, and it ended the Spartans' season.

The San Jose State women’s team, which has a transgender player, lost to the tournament favorite Colorado State, concluding a season that transcended sports.

Amid protests, lawsuits, and forfeitures, San José State’s volleyball team ends its season with a hard-fought loss to Colorado State in the Mountain West championship.

The full 2024 bracket, led by No. 1 seeds Pitt, Penn State, Nebraska, and Louisville, is listed below. As a reminder, 31 of these teams qualified automatically by winning their conference, while 33 received at-large bids.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen scored perhaps the most spectacular touchdown of his career on Sunday night when he completed a short pass to Amari Cooper, then ran behind Cooper, got a lateral from him and raced leapt the goal line, sticking the ball over the pylon in the process.

San Jose State transgender volleyball player Blaire Fleming probably played the athlete's final college volleyball game in a loss to Colorado State.

California remains one of 24 states that allow transgender collegiate athletes to play for teams that don’t correspond to their biological sex.

The collegiate volleyball career of Blaire Fleming has likely concluded, but the controversy surrounding the transgender athlete’s participation in women’s sports continues to fuel national debate.