Vanderbilt welcomes six teams to Nashville for 14th annual June Stewart Invitational
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.
Three members of the team will compete in the invitational for the Dores: junior Trinetra Vijayakumar as well as freshmen Julie Jirakova and Nicole Weng. The invitational will be played in a round-robin format for singles and doubles, with singles being a first to two of three sets and doubles consisting of one six-game set.
Friday play is slated for a 9 a.m. start. In singles, Vijayakumar and Weng will face opponents from Rice, with the former matching up against Divna Ratkovic and the latter facing Nithesa Selvarai. Jirakova takes on Belmont’s Emmi Kolyszko. The Commodores are set to play Missouri opponents in doubles to follow.
Matches can be viewed online with live stats and final results accessible here. For more information, updates and exclusive content, follow the Vanderbilt women’s tennis team, @VandyWTennis, on Instagram and X.
