Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and a coach who sued the institution in federal court, alleging employment discrimination, have reached a $200,000 settlement, The Patriot-News, in Harrisburg, Pa., reported this morning.

Patricia Rudy, who has coached field hockey at Lock Haven since 1996, asserted that she and 119 other female coaches in the state’s higher-education system had been paid less than male coaches had, the newspaper said. Ms. Rudy, who said she had been paid $15,000 less than some of her male counterparts, contended that female coaches in the state system also had received fewer resources in the areas of scholarships, facilities, and recruiting money.

Lock Haven denied the allegations.

The athletics director, Sharon Taylor, told The Patriot-News that she had proposed ways to resolve salary disparities among coaches before Ms. Rudy filed her lawsuit, but that the administration had not accepted them.

Under the terms of the settlement, Ms. Rudy, whose won-lost record as a coach is 220-53, agreed not to be a party to any future lawsuits brought by coaches against the state or its higher-education system regarding the issues settled in her lawsuit. She also received a pay raise: Her salary was increased on July 1, to $89,074, up from $83,942. —Libby Sander