DURHAM, N.H. (AP) – A University of New Hampshire student organization that hosts a summer retreat for incoming freshmen could face a two-year moratorium after an underage drinking incident involving some of its counselors.

Leaders of Freshman Camp are saying the move could dismantle their organization that goes back 72 years and that the group is being unfairly targeted by the university.

The program involves taking about 200 freshmen on a retreat with 65 counselors and an executive staff before school starts to help make the freshmen’s transition into college easier.

The university’s judicial office is in the appeals process and a final decision is expected by the end of the week, UNH spokeswoman Kim Billings said.

This summer, three counselors allegedly served alcohol to freshmen were not authorized to do so, said Brian Swingly, the groups co-director. A party of about 150 people took place in August at several apartments, including one belonging to the three counselors.

UNH police broke up the party and David Zamansky, assistant director of the schools Memorial Union Building, filed charges with the university, Swingly said. That was after a male student said he was offered access to alcohol and was invited to the party by the three counselors.

The organizations leaders say the off-campus party was not sponsored by Freshman Camp, but the university disagrees.

Billings said the party happened during the second night of Freshmen Week. That’s when freshmen receive training on not only their academic but social responsibilities at the university, including the rules on underage drinking.

Billings said a final decision will be released once the schools appellate board hears the appeal.

Swingly does not contest what happened that night in August, except the party was not sponsored by Freshman Camp.

In a statement released by the organization, they call the recommendation “arbitrary in nature, inappropriately harsh and (the punishment) should not be handed down to the entire organization.”