The University of Wyoming will forgo a volleyball game against San Jose State because of transgender opponent Blaire Fleming

The University of Wyoming women's volleyball team became the third in the country to lose a game to San Jose State this season.

Wyoming joined Boise State and Southern Utah, none of which gave a specific reason for the loss.

“After a lengthy discussion, the University of Wyoming will not play its scheduled conference game against San Jose State University,” the volleyball program said in a statement Tuesday. “Per Mountain West Conference policy, the conference will record the game as a forfeit and a loss for Wyoming.”

Blaire Fleming, a transgender woman, competes on the San Jose State team.

Fleming is a redshirt junior at San Jose State University who plays outside and right-side hitter and played two seasons at SJSU after previously playing at Coastal Carolina.

San Jose State responded in a statement to OutKick on Tuesday.

“It is disappointing that our SJSU student-athletes, who are in full compliance with NCAA and Mountain West rules and regulations, are being denied participation in competition. We are committed to supporting our student-athletes through these challenges and in their ability to compete in an inclusive, fair, safe and respectful environment,” the statement said.

Brooke Slusser, a member of the San Jose women's volleyball team, joined 18 other athletes in suing the NCAA over its current gender identity policies.

The lawsuit alleged that Slusser, who transferred to San Jose, was concerned for her safety after realizing one of her new teammates was transgender.

According to court documents, Slusser claimed she did not know Fleming was transgender, even though she shared a room on team trips.

Slusser also expressed safety concerns about opponents playing against Fleming.

“Brooke estimated that Fleming's spines were moving at speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour, which was faster than she had ever seen a woman hit a volleyball,” Slusser's complaint read. “The girls did everything they could to avoid Fleming's spikes, but still couldn't fully protect themselves.”

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, who is also embroiled in a lawsuit against the NCAA for having to compete and share a locker room with transgender biological male opponent Lia Thomas, praised Boise State as the second program to refuse to face San Jose State statement to Fox News Digital on September 27th.

“I commend the Boise State athletic department and everyone involved in the decision to forfeit their game against undefeated San Jose State,” Gaines said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Some principles go beyond winning on the field, and the safety and well-being of female athletes is part of them. It is encouraging to see more institutions prioritizing fairness and athlete safety over forced inclusion. I hope more universities follow the lead of Boise State and Southern Utah and stand up for what is right and protect the integrity of women’s sports.”

Idaho Gov. Brad Little also praised Boise State for its decision. Little's Idaho State has been one of the most proactive states in the country in addressing transgender inclusion in women's sports.

On August 28, Little signed an executive order enforcing the Defending Women's Sports Act, which enacted new public school protocols in the state to promote the exclusion of transgender people in women's sports.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on August 30, Little did not rule out conducting gender readiness testing for all girls and women's sports teams, but added that “I would need to see really good evidence that that is necessary.”

“From a national perspective, there are radical small groups who want to implement changes to the rules we already have in place. I am confident in what we have, and as the state of Idaho we will act aggressively, both legally and legislatively, to protect female athletes and the great strides they have made because of Title IX.”

In April, the Biden administration issued a sweeping rule clarifying that Title IX's ban on “sex” discrimination in schools also covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, and “pregnancy or related medical conditions.”

The rule came into force on August 1st, and was stipulated in law for the first time that gender discrimination also includes conduct that relates to a person's behavior Gender identity.

The Biden administration insisted the regulation did not affect athletic fitness.

However, several experts presented evidence to Fox News Digital in June that Biden's claims that this would not result in biological men participating in women's sports were untrue and that the proposal would ultimately include more biological men in women's sports.

But the current administration's efforts have been met with fierce resistance from Republican lawmakers like Little, and now even individual schools and teams are taking a stand.

On August 16, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to reject an emergency request from the Biden administration to enforce portions of this new rule, which includes anti-discrimination protections for transgender students under Title IX.

Now Wyoming, southern Utah and Boise State have increased that resistance.