Quinnipiac University officials can’t get rid of the school’s women’s varsity volleyball team no matter how hard they try.
The Hamden-based school first tried to eliminate the team for budgetary reasons in 2009 and replace it with a competitive cheer squad. But a federal judge said competitive cheer was not a sport and that the move would violate Title IX , the federal law that, among other things, requires colleges that receive federal funds to provide equal athletic participation opportunities for men and women.
