Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Requiring Hanover College to Continue Women’s Swimming Team

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
James Sutherland contributed to this report.
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 annoucned in March that it would cut its men’s and women’s swimming programs, citing facility concerns, rising operational costs, and a