Emmitsburg, Md. (September 23, 2008)--Towson defeated Mount St. Mary's, 6-1, in women's tennis action at the Mount St. Mary's Tennis Courts on Tuesday afternoon on campus.

Sophomore Emily Bolchoz (Tequesta, Fla./Kolbe Academy) earned a straight-set victory, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 1 singles over Towson's Caitlin White to earn the victory. With the win, Bolchoz improves to 29-10 in singles action in her career at the Mount.

At No. 2 singles, junior Chelsea Johnson (Downingtown, Pa./21st Century Cyber School) lost a tough three-set match to Lauren Cloonan, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2. At No. 3 singles, senior Kaitlin Hallahan (Naples, Fla./Gulf Coast) was defeated by Anastasia Butcovscaia, 6-3, 6-7 (7-3), 10-6, in another hard-fought match.

Aandria Carr earned a 6-2, 7-5 win over the Mount's Emily Grugan (Wilmington, Del./Padua Academy) at No. 4 singles, Emma Haley (Tiffin, Ohio/Calvert) lost at No. 5 singles to Towson's Evelyn Izaguirre, 6-1, 6-1 while freshman Lauren Clark (Colts Neck, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) lost by the same score at No. 6 singles to Cassandra Ng.

The Tigers (1-0) swept the doubles matches to earn the doubles point. White and Izaguirre earned an 8-6 win over Bolchoz and Haley at the No. 1 doubles spot while Cloonan and Butcovscaia downed Johnson and Hallahan, 8-4, at No. 2 doubles. Carr and Beth Daub defeated the Mount's Grugan and Alissa Thayer (Finksburg, Md./Westminster), 8-1, at No. 3 doubles.

The Mount (1-1) returns to action on Saturday with a noon match at home against Northeast Conference foe Saint Francis (Pa.).