The University of North Dakota may have won a temporary reprieve on the use of its “Fighting Sioux” nickname in postseason tournaments, but the athletics director at Dartmouth College is making it known that she disagrees with that decision. The director, Jo Ann (Josie) Harper, has publicly apologized for inviting the team to participate in a hockey tournament scheduled for next month, the Associated Press reported. In her apology, published in the college newspaper last week, Ms. Harper said officials had not considered North Dakota’s nickname when the scheduling was done nearly two years ago. “I deeply regret that we didn’t,” she wrote.

North Dakota is suing the NCAA over its restrictions on American Indian nicknames and mascots that are considered offensive, and the university recently won a legal order delaying enforcement of those rules until the matter is decided in court.