Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson recounted how a series of racial slurs during a match last week at BYU turned into a national news story and reflected on how it's changed her life in an interview with sportsiren.
She said she told her coaches about the incident between games, and the teams switched ends of the floor. She said she saw her coaches talking with BYU officials, who she thought acted on the incident."We were told someone was speaking to the student section and I was all right, so, and that was the end of it," Richardson said."And we played our third set on the opposite side of the net from them.
Richardson praised BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe, who she said came to talk with her at the team's hotel the next morning. BYU has implemented changes to its fan code of conduct, starting with a soccer match Monday. Volleyball fans also will not be seated behind the opponent on the baseline going forward.
She knows that many will look at the Duke basketball student section, the Cameron Crazies, who are known to be among the toughest home crowds in sports. But she said things would be different at Duke.
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