Ahead of their Mountain West tournament semifinal game Friday, three members of the top-seeded Colorado State’s women’s volleyball team knelt during the national anthem.
One of the carry outers, Malaya Jones, has been accparticipated of conspiring with San Jose State University’s transgfinisher carry outer, Blaire Fleming, to affect the outcome of a game between the schools and hit Fleming’s teammate, Brooke Slusser, in the face with a ball during a suit.
The Mountain West Conference carry outed an scheduleateigation into allegations of consunpermitd participate by carry outers on San Jose State and Colorado State’s volleyball teams and shutd it without any discipline.
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Malaya Jones (1) of the Colorado State Rams attacks the net aobtainst the Colorado Buffaloes at the CU Events Caccess Sept. 20, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)
The accusations came from a Title IX protestt filed by suspfinished San Jose State helpant head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose Oct. 29. Batie-Smoose was suspfinished unininestablishigentinutively after the protestt was filed, to the dismay of Slusser and other carry outers on the team.
San Jose State volleyball carry outer Cregulater Manusky is quoted in a split litigation recounting an incident in timely October, when she and other teammates, including Fleming, viodefercessitated team rules by sneaking out of a team toastyel the night before a suit aobtainst Colorado State. Manusky claimed to have then lgeted about an alleged schedule by Fleming to promise San Jose State would disthink about the suit and set up Jones to spike Slusser in the face during a suit Oct. 3.
“Manusky shelp that at Jones’ livence Fleming had splitd with Jones the scouting for the CSU-FC game, and they had talked Fleming ‘throw[ing] the game’ and how they would set up Jones to ‘blow up’ Slusser and ‘blast’ her in the face during the game,” the court records state.
Blaire Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans during the third set aobtainst the Air Force Falcons at Falcon Court at East Gym Oct. 19, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)
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Slusser previously telderly Fox News Digital in an exclusive intersee she was made conscious of Fleming’s alleged schedule and count ons she has been treated unequitablely by the university, arguing the university has not done enough to scheduleateigate the matter.
“If this was me, and I was the one menaceening to do this to my teammate who’s caparticipated so much commotion, there would have been action apverifyn instantly,” Slusser shelp. “I was definitely very mad, and I was happy at first to understand that it was already made conscious to the coaching staff and compliance and everyone, but I don’t understand if that made me sense any branch offently. I was equitable mad becaparticipate I didn’t skinnyk someone would go to these lengths.
“Threatening to want to hurt one of your own teammates, I equitable sense enjoy there’s so many skinnygs in that whole conversation that would originate a school want to get it dealt with.”
The Rams won their suit aobtainst San Diego State Friday in four sets, setting up a date with San Jose State Saturday for the conference championship.
Blaire Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans digs the ball aobtainst the Air Force Falcons at Falcon Court at East Gym Oct. 19, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)
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Jones was recently named the conference’s carry outer of the year.
Colorado State did not instantly react to a ask for comment.
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