A female student at the University of Oregon (UO) has filed a lawsuit against the school and its head basketball coach for setting her rape complaint aside in favor of the team.

According to the Huffington Post, the student claims three basketball players raped her in March 2014. One of the attackers, Brandon Austin, was a transfer student-athlete from Providence College, where he was suspended for sexual assault.

Only going by Jane Doe in her lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene, Ore., the woman claims the school and the Ducks head basketball coach Dana Altman knew about Austin's past when accepting his transfer. The issue at heart, the HP previously reportedly, was that colleges do not have to include sexual misconduct on the academic transcripts of transfer students.

After news broke of the woman's complaint, UO dismissed Austin, Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson from the team in June. Despite the timing of her initial complaint, the three players were on the team during the Ducks' NCAA Tournament run.

John Clune, an attorney based in Boulder, Colorado, filed the lawsuit on the woman's behlf with Jennifer Middleton, an attorney in Oregon, the HP reported.

"This is a very important case that needs to be litigated," Clune said a statement. "It is time for athletic departments to stop trading the safety of women on campus for points on a scoreboard. UO is a good school with a great community and they deserve better."

Scott Coltrane, interim president at UO, said the school did not do anything illegal and only accepts transfer students "based on the information made available to us by applicants and our colleagues nationally."

Altman did not wish to comment on the lawsuit, but had previously told the Associated Press Providence officials did not disclose the reason for Austin's suspension.

"The university would prefer not to be in litigation with any student," Coltrane said in a statement. "We have been as respectful and supportive as possible of the student, including immediately implementing support services and appropriately honoring her choice of process, once hearing of her experience."