An official volleyball court is 18 m × 9 m, but must be positioned in a much larger area to accommodate the referee, serving the ball and safely allowing the players to chase after misplaced passes.

In a Colorado court Thursday, a lawsuit brought by a SJSU volleyball co-captain against the Mountain West Conference challenged a policy that allows transgender students to play.

In its first year as a member of Conference USA things didn’t play out the way everybody was hoping for on the volleyball ...