NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt women’s tennis is set to host the annual June Stewart Invitational Friday through Sunday, with Belmont, Lipscomb, Mississippi State, Missouri, Rice and Western Kentucky making up the six visiting teams for the event.
It will be the 14th straight year the Dores have hosted the June Stewart Invitational, named in honor of Vanderbilt athletics trailblazer June Stewart. Stewart, a member of the Vanderbilt athletics hall of fame class of 2008, served as the Commodores’ sports information director from 1979-90 and spent over 30 years total at Vanderbilt. She helped bring publicity to the growing popularity of women’s collegiate athletics and was at the forefront of introducing influential changes to sports marketing and technology usage.