The University of California, Davis and three current or former students have agreed to a legal settlement that will promote women’s sports at the Sacramento-area campus.

The agreement requires UC Davis to reach specific proportions of male and female athletes by the 2019-20 school year. The university can do that by adding women’s intercollegiate teams or taking other steps to provide equal opportunities for male and female students to participate in varsity sports.

The settlement, which needs approval from a federal judge, also requires the university to contribute $110,000 to promote intramural sports.The lawsuit was filed in July 2007 by three student athletes: Kelsey Brust, Jessica Bulala and Laura Ludwig. Brust is still a UC Davis student. Bulala and Ludwig graduated last year.

Sourse:sfgate.com