The Division II Men's and Women's Tennis Committee is taking steps to ensure more equity in the championships and in the challenge procedure for contested line-ups.

The committee conducted its annual meeting July 6-9 in Indianapolis.

The committee is recommending that the first and second rounds be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, rather than the current Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This would allow additional time and more options for the host, and permit more time for teams that are advancing to the round of 16. Also, since many schools hold their graduation ceremonies around the time of the championships, this would ease the challenge of finding hotels close to campus for the event.

This recommendation must be approved by the Division II Championships Committee.

The committee also is proposing a new system of seeding for the championships. The group wants to seed four regions at the event and allow the remaining four regions to be drawn randomly. The four top regions will be selected based on comparing the No. 1 seeds in each region. Each No. 1 seed will be selected based on the committee's selection criteria. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings also are used as a guide.

This proposal also must go before the Championships Committee.

In other action, the tennis committee decided to change the challenge procedure for contested line-ups to put more structure into the system. Currently, anyone can e-mail the regional advisory committee to challenge a line-up without giving any reasons for the challenge. The new system requires challenge-makers to provide reasons why they are doing so. Also, the new system allows the institution being challenged to rebut the challenge before the committee makes its decision.

A maximum fine of up to $300 has been recommended by the committee for those institutions who have their line-ups overturned.