FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A 16-year-old club volleyball player and her family are suing after they say her coaches spiked her playing time, telling her she didn’t have the skills to compete with her Virginia team, and her league blocked a transfer to another club.Audrey Dimitrew and her family sued the Chesapeake Region Volleyball Association on March 10. The lawsuit, which seeks to let Audrey transfer teams and asks for attorney fees, says that when Audrey accepted a spot on the under-16 Chantilly Juniors in November she was led to believe she would get playing time.Coaches told her she had the potential to play college volleyball, the lawsuit says, and that she would get “significant tournament game experience” as one of two setters on the team.But things changed after the season began, her attorney Robert J. Cunningham said, and she was told she didn’t have the skills to compete with the team. Audrey, a 10th grader at Woodgrove High School in Purcellville, Virginia, was told by her coaches that she could transfer to another club team in the league if she wanted, the lawsuit says.
Player serves sues over playing time