California volleyball team with trans player stays undefeated in league play, in first place after forfeits

California high school athletes stepped away from their volleyball team to file a lawsuit over the state's transgender athlete policies after spending the previous three years sharing a locker room with a biological male.

A transgender volleyball player in California has helped lead a girls high school team to an undefeated start in league play and first place after multiple opponents forfeited matches.

Jurupa Valley High School's girls volleyball team improved to 6-0 in league play to cement its place at the top of the River Valley League standings with a win Friday over Rubidoux. 

The win also pushed the team's overall record to 14-8 on the season. 

However, eight of the team's wins, including one of its six league wins, came via forfeit. The eight teams that have forfeited games to Jurupa Valley this season have not provided a reason, but it is believed they are in response to trans athlete AB Hernandez. 

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The most recent team to forfeit was Patriot High School, which was the one league rival to forfeit against JVHS and also the first team within the same school district to do so. 

Jurupa Valley is scheduled to face Patriot again Oct. 13. 

Meanwhile, two of Hernandez's teammates have also stepped away from the team this season in protest and have filed a lawsuit against the Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD) over their experience playing with Hernandez over the last three years. 

Jurupa has just five games left in the regular season, including the second Patriot meeting, before the postseason starts. 

Last November, while Jurupa Valley went on to win its league, another high school in California saw a postseason match forfeited. Stone Ridge Christian High School