Suit Spurs Eastern Michigan to Revive Women's Tennis

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Eastern Michigan University announced it will reinstate women's tennis in spring following a conference call Tuesday between EMU lawyers and two students who sued the university in June claiming it violated the spirit of Title IX with its decision last year to drop women's tennis and softball and men's wrestling and swimming and diving.

Tennis player Marie Mayerova and softball player Ariana Chretien saw their case reach the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan in Ypsilanti, where EMU is located. Judge George Caram Steeh wrote in late September that financial hardships weren't an excuse to limit athletic opportunities for female student-athletes and ordered the university and the two student litigants to work toward a resolution. Tuesday's conference session was the second since Steeh granted a preliminary injunction in October.

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