SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Mountain West Conference has concluded there was insufficient evidence to determine misconduct between women's volleyball players from the Colorado State and San Jose State programs ahead of a match last month after a coach filed a Title IX complaint alleging the student-athletes were attempting to manipulate the contest. San Jose State associate head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose brought her allegations to the conference on Oct. 29, the Mountain West said Saturday through the release of a letter dated Friday from Deputy Commissioner Bret Gilliland to the two university athletic directors sharing findings of an investigation.
“Upon receipt of this information, the Mountain West Conference office, in coordination with both member institutions, immediately initiated a thorough investigation into these serious assertions,” Gilliland wrote. San Jose State on Saturday said Batie-Smoose is currently away from the team. She alleged that players from each team had “conspired to engage in manipulation of the competition” during the match on Oct.
3 in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to Gilliland's letter sent by email, which was shared with The Associated Press by San Jose State. “We appreciate the thorough and impartial investigation conducted by the Mountain West Conference," the school said Saturday in a release. "The report is consistent with our internal conclusions.
” The conference said the investigation included conversations with players an.
