Oct. 22, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 2015 National Champion Vanderbilt women’s tennis team returns to Nashville this weekend, hosting the annual June Stewart Invitational. Competition will feature four other institutions in Auburn, Indiana, Ole Miss and Wichita State.
Tournament play will take place Oct. 23rd -25th with teams taking the courts at 9:00 am CT every morning. Singles and doubles action will be played no-ad. In no-ad scoring, a competitor only has to win by one point. Therefore, when the score is 40-40 (Deuce), the next point wins the game. The winner of each singles match will be determined from the best of three sets.
While Friday’s action begins at 9:00 am, the Commodores will take the courts in competition since last season’s regionals no earlier then 11:30 for doubles, with singles following immediately after.
Admission for all tennis events is free to the public, with matches taking place at the Currey Tennis Center. For tournament updates and scores follow @VandyWTennis on Twitter.
June Stewart
June Stewart began her career in the Vanderbilt sports information office in 1973 and was named assistant SID in 1977. From 1979-90, she served as Vanderbilt’s women’s sports information director and in 1990, Stewart was promoted to women’s sports program director and assistant athletics director for future revenue sports.
In 1993, Stewart was named associate athletics director at Vanderbilt and remained in that position until her retirement. She was the first woman at Vanderbilt to serve as assistant SID for men’s sports, and was a member of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee from 1990-96.
Stewart served as president of CoSIDA in 1990-91 and was the first of only three female presidents in the organization’s history. She was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 1997 and received the CoSIDA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
