Women’s Basketball Team University of Vancouver Island lost in the first round Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association National Tournament on Mohawk College on Wednesday.
The loss marked the end of the controversial championship for the program after a seasonal quarrel with rival Columbia Bible College over VIU’s transgender player, Harriette Mackenzie. He will continue to play in the tournament despite the loss, competing in the losing carrier.
Mackenzie played a prominent role in an attempt to remain hoping for VIU on Wednesday, leading a team with 20 points and 17 rebounds. No other player on the VIU list recorded more than eight points or five rebounds.
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Mackenzie’s Instagram account also seemed to be deactivated after loss. He was active on Wednesday morning.
Mackenzie and Viu refused to comment on the request of Fox News Digital.
Mackenzie was recently named All-Kanadica for the second time and led Viu to the victory of the Pacwest tournament tournament over CBC, the winning MVP tournament. Mackenzie was a player of the year of the 2023 conference.
Mackenzie can return to another college season as CCAA gives athletes five years of eligibility.
VIU’s quarrel with CBC began during the October 25th match between two teams, which won 69-56 after Mackenzie scored 19 points. Five days after that match, the athlete posted a video on Instagram claiming that CBC’s main coach “Taylor Claggett” instilled one of our athletic staff and went on a tyrad of how I should not be allowed to play. “
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Also reportedly Mackenzie deliberately violated the CBC player to Earth. In response, Claggett posted his own Instagram statement, claiming that Mackenzie’s statements were incorrect.
“My intention has nothing to do with specific athletes, but instead, the safety of athletes in their sport,” Claggett wrote.
He then filed a formal complaint with Pacwst, encouraging an investigation against VIU. When two teams were supposed to play each other again in two games on January 10 to January 11, Viu refused to play because of the alleged incident from their first meetings.
“Int heritage, harassment and discrimination have no place in athletics,” he said in a statement to Fox News Digital in January regarding the decision not to play. “Viu fully supports our students and confirms the right of all athletes to compete in the environment, which prioritize their safety and well-being.”
Viu requested that the two of them do not count as losses in the team records, which was approved by Pacwest.
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The CBC made a statement to Fox News Digital that weekend stating “accusations that CBC, his coaches, players and fans are a security threat simply untrue and mis -informed.”
The CBC players then condemned Mackenzie in a letter sent to Fox News Digital.
CBC players blamed Mackenzie for “personal attacks”, “defamation comments” and even “comments that encourage violence” against their coach.
“Videos and letters published by members of the Women’s Basketball Team ViU for the last three months have been directly violated by several rules listed in Article 17.2 Manuals. Different posts include” personal attacks “,” defamation comments “,” lack of respect for Pacwest “and led to” comments that stimulated “.
“Any and all the allegations made by players Viu -A in connection with our team and coach should have been directly communicated to Pacwest officials, they did not need to be transmitted publicly to social media.”
Pacwest suspended Claggett in early February, and CBC lost the right to host Pacwest championship after the conference investigation.
Starting in June 2017, it was ordered that all the places in Canada were ordered to follow Canadian Law on Human Rightsequal opportunities and/or legislation against discrimination that prohibits discrimination of gender identity or expression of gender identity. This law protects the involvement of all trans athletes in women’s and maiden sports.
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