Lock Haven University has been hit with a class action by eight female athletes claiming the school treats men's and women's sports teams unequally and does not provide enough opportunities for women to join teams. The women's team members allege in their Title IX lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, that Lock Haven violates Title IX by only seeking to demote the only Division I women's team – field hockey – and leaving the men's only Division I team – wrestling- to continue without any threat of demotion or demands to comply with to keep it from being demoted.

In addition to the team changes, the athletes claim Lock Haven has been discriminating against women's teams for decades and has refused do anything about it.

“Despite its continuing failure to provide equal athletic participation opportunities to its female student body or otherwise to comply with Title IX's athletic participation requirements, LHU recently initiated a series of discriminatory actions that will exacerbate its existing sex discrimination,” the complaint said.