LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Bellarmine University women's tennis team competed at the Big Blue Invite, hosted by the University of Kentucky, Sept. 18-20, earning four singles victories and four doubles wins over the three-day tournament.

Freshman Sloan Proffitt led the Knights in singles play, picking up a pair of straight set victories over Ball State's Noa Maj Kosman, 6-1, 7-5, and Kentucky's Avery Pope, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). Junior Alice Brook and senior Lillie Willis also recorded singles victories. Brook defeated East Tennessee State's Alessandra Caceres, 6-0, 6-3, while Willis earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ball State's Anya Tkachyk.

In doubles play, Brook and senior Nikola Kollaritsch secured two victories, defeating Virginia Tech's Sirena Waas and Alston Myatt, 6-2, and Ball State's Sydney Hrehor and Priyanka Rana, 6-2. The pairing of sophomore Lilly Muraske and freshman Katarzyna Kliber added a 6-2 win over Ball State, while Willis and Proffitt teamed up for a 6-4 victory against the Cardinals.

The Knights will continue their fall schedule at the hidden dual against Lipscomb and Belmont.