San Jose State volleyball coach defends players from ‘outside forces’ amid transgender lawsuit firestorm

SAN JOSE – After an hour and a half inside San Jose State’s sweltering gymnasium on Thursday night, the host Spartans lost a rather mundane women’s volleyball match 3-0 to San Diego State.

The crowd cheered for SJSU kills, groaned at missed serve receptions and politely applauded at the end of the match. The players bounced around to mid-2000s pop hits before the match, huddled up after points and then went through the handshake line after the result went final.

Nothing – absolutely nothing ...