LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Christina Koerper (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Mount St. Joseph Academy) finished fourth after the first round to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's golf team to a fifth-place standing at the Monmouth Invitational on Saturday.

Koerper posted a 42 in the first nine holes and a 38 in the back nine to post a first-round score of 80 to place fourth, two strokes behind the current leader.

Christina Hall (Wall, N.J./Wall) (20th place, 90), Autumn Serruta (Avon, Conn./Avon) (22nd place, 91), Megan Corbett (Danbury, Conn./Danbury) (23rd place, 93) and Sarah Roe (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial (26th place, 95) rounded out the Mount's five competitors.

Fairleigh Dickinson leads the two-day event with a score of 322, 11 strokes behind Monmouth (333) while Central Connecticut State (339), Long Island (340), the Mount (354), Toronto (369) and Wagner (381) also participated in the event.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action in the final round of the Monmouth Invitational on Sunday.