The forfeit announced on Friday marks the second time this season that Wyoming has canceled a match against San Jose State, as well as the seventh time overall that the Spartans have had a match canceled because of forfeits. The other schools to forfeit are Boise State (twice), Nevada, Utah State and Southern Utah.

Shortly after the University of Wyoming’s decision last month to forfeit a women’s volleyball game against San Jose State due to the presence of a reportedly transgender player, associate head coach Becky Baker expressed concerns that a closely-divided team’s preferences about whether to play were being usurped by outside political pressure,