A detail image of the Duke Blue Devils flag during the national anthem before the game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Villanova Wildcats during the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal at Caesars Superdome on April 2, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 2022 Women's Volleyball Schedule Opens in new window Choose A Location: Go Season Go Add To Calendar Print Grid Text Season Records Overall 31-4 .000 Conf 17-1 .000 Streak L1 Home 15-1 Away 12-1 Neutral 4-2 Scheduled Games Blue vs Gold Aug 20 (Sat) Exhibition Pittsburgh, PA Fitzgerald Field House Gallery Texas A&M Invitational #25 San Diego I want the very best for them and the entire Duke team.. She said the heckling grew into threats and that the B.Y.U. The Duke Series East Carolina leads the series with Duke 42-13-1 and has won 22 of the last 23 meetings. . Duke University volleyball player Rachel Richardson went viral after she claimed that a fan from Brigham Young University (BYU) hurled the n-word at her "throughout the entirety of the match" between the two schools on August 26. Following extremely unfortunate circumstances at Friday nights match at BYU, we are compelled to shift todays match against Rider to a different location to afford both teams the safest atmosphere for competition. A BYU spokesperson told Fox News Digital what they can confirm about the incident at Smith Fieldhouse last Friday: - Right before the start of the third game, Duke first brought up that a racial slur had been heard. I wanted to say that. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. A police officer had to be put by their bench," Pamplin tweeted. Head Coach. Fox News reached out to ABC News for comment and received no response. As a result of our investigation, we have lifted the ban on the fan who was identified as having uttered racial slurs during the match, the university said in a statement. The fan, who was not a student, was sitting in the BYU student section, and was identified by Duke during the game, according to BYU. UNLV 77, Duke 79, Kentucky 103, Duke 104, Notre Dame 91, UConn 89, Texas A&M 63, Stanford 62 NCAA Tournament 1988 Men's NCAA , 2019 Women's NCAA , 1940 Men's NCAA , 2006 Women's NCAA , 1981 Men's NCAA A school official indicated Olmstead was on the phone with Duke coach Jolene Nagel addressing the issue long after Fridays match concluded. Richardsons godmother Lesa Pamplin initially tweeted about the incident and stated, My Goddaughter is the only black starter for Dukes volleyball team. BYU and Duke were competing in the doTERRA Classic on Friday and Saturday, which was a four-team round robin tournament in Provo that also included Rider and Washington State University. Why wasnt the fan removed? It breaks my heart, he said, when cases like Smolletts arise because racist people will use this as ammo to diminish the Black experience and the Black struggle., Social progress is made not in the extremes, but in the middle, Johnson said. Weekend anchor Jim Acosta invited on former NAACP president Cornell William Brooks, who spent the interview lambasting BYU's handling of the alleged incident. Duke University volleyball player Rachel Richardson went viral after she claimed that a fan from Brigham Young University (BYU) hurled the n-word at her "throughout the entirety of the match . In fact, it was discredited. People who want to believe BYU is a hotbed of festering racial animus despite evidence to the contrary see something monstrous in the messiness surrounding this story. Specifically, the use of a racial slur at any of our athletic events is absolutely unacceptable and BYU Athletics holds a zero-tolerance approach to this behavior. "The way she handled the BYU situation at 19 years old, I just want to say you keep doing your thing," Wlliams told the young athlete. "It's not that you're just a terrible person because you made that mistake the one time, it's that you're ignorant and that you need to be educated," Richardson said. Despite BYU security and event managements efforts, they were not able to identify a perpetrator of racial slurs, BYU said in a statement. Staff Roster Volleyball Coaching Staff. And that's not what I want to happen in this moment," Richardson said. We want BYU athletic events to provide a safe environment for all, and there is no place for behaviors like this in our venues.. You know, it starts with one place and then it spreads. ", Some people had criticized Olmstead, accusing her of refusing to meet with Richardson. In a three-part video on Twitter, Batchlor Johnson IV talked about his experience with racism while playing football in Utah. ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith without evidence accused BYU of dereliction of duty.. ", DUKE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYER'S RACIAL-SLUR CLAIM COMES UNDER SCRUTINY. The official Facebook page of Duke University Volleyball. Holmoe, who met with Richardson and the Duke volleyball coach, addressed the incident ahead of Saturday's game against Washington State, where he called the conduct "egregious.". "As a result, my teammates and I had to struggle just to get through the rest of the game, instead of just being able to focus on our playing so that we could compete at the highest level possible," the statement reads in part. The Bears fell victim to a handful of crooked numbers as the Blue Devils pulled away with 18 unanswered runs from the fifth inning on. "This is an opportunity to dig deep into closed cultures which tolerate amoral racist acts, such as those exhibited Friday night, and change them for the better," Richardson said Sunday. ET by Kalyn Womack (?). B.Y.U. No athlete, regardless of their race should ever be subject to such hostile conditions. But she said that after game, Tom Holmoe, athletic director for BYU, was quick to act in a very respectful and genuine matter, and said that he is taking steps to better educate his staff and student-athletes on ways to handle inappropriate behavior from fans in the future. On Sunday, Olmstead released her own statement: Racism in any form has no place at BYU, or anywhere else. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. All Rights Reserved, Perspective: The BYU-Duke volleyball story became a national Rorschach test, BYU police report details what happened during BYU-Duke volleyball match, Perspective: Im Black, and I bleed blue. The fan who allegedly used the slur has been banned from BYU athletics. BYU officials said that several athletic employees have been going through footage of the game and have yet to find any evidence of racial slurs being shouted. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Duke volleyball head coach Jolene Nagel, center, yells instructions to her team during the Blue Devils' game against East Tennessee State University in the Duke Invitational at Cameron Indoor. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Big Ten Release; INDIANAPOLIS - Purdue Wrestling's Thomas Penola was chosen as one of the two 2023 Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award recipients for his achievements in academics, athletics, extracurricular activities and leadership, the Big Ten announced on Wednesday. As far as Im concerned, the coach is the first administrator on the scene. I have been able to have productive conversations with the student-athlete who was impacted the most Friday night, Rachel Richardson, the Duke volleyball team captain and the Duke volleyball head coach. 10 Duke (11-2, 1-1 ACC) with a 4-3 win on Sunday afternoon at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar's Head Resort. The official 2021 Volleyball schedule for the University of North Carolina Heels . We have worked to understand and follow-up on Rachels experience with sincere commitment and ongoing concern. "Hopefully, that person can also meet you with compassion, open their heart, and be willing to learn and be willing to share what they've learned, because that's how it happens. Uncategorized. The bottom line is that we are going to have to do more. 2022 BYU Cougars Roster Defensive Specialist/Libero. Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson was interviewed on "Good Morning America" about the alleged racial slur incident. His comments were later posted to Twitter by BYU Women's Volleyball. The officer suspected the fan in question had special needs and kept shouting about the players hitting the ball into the net. Sep 12 (Sun) There is no additional information to display. All 14 conference institutions were asked to nominate one female and one male student-athlete for the 2023 school year . Aug 27 (Reuters) - Duke University women's volleyball match on Saturday was moved to an alternate location in Provo, Utah, after racial slurs were hurled at a Black player from the crowd during. "By allowing this to happen and not addressing expeditiously, not addressing it with a level of quickness and speed that you should've addresses this with.". Pamplin also tweeted that Richardson was threatened by a white male that told her to "watch her back going to the team bus.". Richardson heard the slur "every time she served," according to former Texas county prosecutor Lesa Pamplin, who is running for county judge and said Richardson is her goddaughter in a tweet posted on Saturday. Lesa Pamplin, Richardsons godmother, said every time Richardson served the ball during the match between Duke and BYU, a fan in the BYU student section shouted the racial slur. 2021 Duke Women's Volleyball Schedule. The Duke volleyball team - including starter Rachel Richardson, a sophomore from Ellicott City, Md. Rachel Richardson, Outside Hitter for Duke University Women's Volleyball is pictured in an official team roster portrait for the 2022 season. Her story doesn't add up, BYU banned an innocent man to appease the mob and make their PR mess go away. View Full Bio. The slurs and comments grew into threats which caused us to feel unsafe, Richardson wrote. Both the officials and BYU coaching staff were made aware of the incident during the game but failed to take the necessary steps to stop the unacceptable behavior and create a safe environment. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. You can have enormous respect for Rachel Richardson as a player and as a person, and believe she is telling the truth about what she believes she heard, and yet wonder if the truth is still out there, unaccounted for. We fell very short. However, BYUs investigation of the incident (which should have been handled outside the school) did not find any evidence of the alleged heckling, according to CNN. September 9, 2022. "Good Morning America" has made no mention of the incident since that broadcast. There is no additional information to display: 20 Orange welcome their first top five opponent of the season to the JMA Wireless Dome, taking on No. ", General view of LaVell Edwards Stadium prior to the game between the Utah Utes and the Brigham Young Cougars on Sept. 9, 2017 in Provo, Utah. ESPN host and Duke alum Jay Williams wore a Blue Devils sweatshirt on-air in solidarity with Richardson and gave her a shoutout. Others have likened this case to that of Jussie Smollett, the actor who was found to have lied about being the victim of a hate crime. Head Coach. Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital. 115 Whitford Dr, Durham, NC 27708 Duke Men's Club Volleyball | Durham NC The coach, for whatever reason, did not appear, the father said. Director of Volleyball Operations. "The 18 members of the Duke University volleyball team are exceptionally strong women who represent themselves, their families, and Duke University with the utmost integrity," she said after. I stand with my coach in this difficult situation as we continue to move forward. Nina King, Duke University Vice President & Director of Athletics, said Friday's alleged incident is unacceptable and all players should be able to compete in a safe environment. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Main Navigation Menu. The Rider players wrote Richardsons No. All rights reserved. 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