OCTOBER 15, 2026
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1. Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Requiring Hanover College to Continue Women’s Swimming Team
“U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker has issued a 23-page order granting a preliminary injunction to bar Hanover College from “eliminating its women’s swimming team for the 2026-2027 academic year.”
The NCAA Division III school in Hanover, Indiana announced in March that it would cut its men’s and women’s swimming programs, citing facility concerns, rising operational costs, and a declining roster size. That led to four members of the women’s team to file a Title IX lawsuit accusing the school of shirking requirements of equitable access for men’s and women’s athletics for decades.
The injunction does not impact the men’s team.”
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