Lewisburg, Pa. (September 19, 2008)--The doubles tandem of Emily Bolchoz (Tequesta, Fla./Kolbe Academy) and Emma Haley (Tiffin, Ohio/Calvert) earned an 8-6 win in the opening round of the Flight A Doubles at the Bucknell Invitational. Freshman Lauren Clark (Colts Neck, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) advanced in the Flight C Singles as well for the Mount.

Bolchoz and Haley earned an 8-6 win over the duo of Jess DeCarlos and Chernyshova of NEC rival Fairleigh Dickinson in the Flight A Doubles. The Mount's tandem of Chelsea Johnson (Downingtown, Pa./21st Century Cyber School) and Kaitlin Hallahan (Naples, Fla./Gulf Coast) were downed by a pair from Loyola, 8-4, in Flight A doubles as well.

In flight B Doubles, Taylor Hamlet (Long Beach, N.Y./Sacred Heart) and Samantha Dupaya (Severna Park, Md./Archbishop Spalding) were defeated by Alexandra Harding and Natasha Stone of Villanova by the score of 8-2.

In Flight C singles, Clark was the Mount's lone winner in the opening round with a 2-6, 6-2, 10-5 score over Megan Lee of Bucknell. Alissa Thayer (Finksburg, Md./Westminster), Dupaya and Hamlet each lost their opening round match in Flight C.

In Flight A singles, Bolchoz was defeated by Bucknell's Lauren Lucido, 6-3, 7-5, in her opening round match while Johnson fell to Courtney Reed of Villanova, 6-4, 6-2. In Flight B singles, Haley lost to Harding of Villanova, 3-6, 6-3, 10-4 while Emily Grugan (Wilmington, Del./Padua Academy) was downed in straight sets as well.

The tournament continues Saturday and Sunday.