A Duke volleyball player who was subject to racial slurs and heckling during the Blue Devils’ match at BYU on Friday said that officials at the game and BYU officials were far too slow to help them after being made aware of what was happening.
Rachel Richardson, a sophomore outside hitter for Duke, confirmed that she and her Black teammates were heckled during the game by BYU fans. Richardson’s godmother said Saturday that Richardson was called a racial slur every time she served, was threatened by a white male and told to “watch her back” and more.