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The San Jose State women’s volleyball team finds itself at the center of a storm as the Spartans make a run toward their first NCAA Tournament appearance in more than two decades. Overshadowing the program’s strong season are national talk-show hosts and politicians weighing in on one of its players.
“It breaks my heart because they’re human beings, young people, student-athletes on both sides of this issue that are getting a lot of national negative attention,” Nevarez said. “It just doesn’t feel right to me.” How do some opposing players feel? Gaines posted a photo on social media of female volleyball players wearing T-shirts at Utah State that read, “BOYcott.” The Aggies forfeited Wednesday’s game.
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