POOLER, Ga. - Christina Hall (Wall, N.J./Wall) finished third to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's golf team to a third-place standing after the first round of the Lonnie Barton Invitational on Monday.

Hall posted a 39 on the front nine and a 46 on the back nine to finish with an 85, six strokes behind the current leader in the Mount's first competition of the spring.

Christina Koerper (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Mount St. Joseph Academy) and Autumn Serruta (Avon, Conn./Avon) also finished in the Top-10 after the first day. Koerper finished tied for fifth with a round of 87 while Serruta was ninth after posting a round of 89.

Megan Corbett (Danbury, Conn./Danbury) (18th place, 95) and Sarah Roe (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memoral) (19th place, 96) rounded out the Mount's five competitors. Corbett, who finished eighth at last year's NEC Championships, makes her 2009-10 debut in the event after studying abroad in the fall.

Long Island leads its own event with a score of 345, 10 strokes ahead of Fairfield (355) while the Mount (356), Laval (369) and Monmouth (394) round out the participating schools.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Tuesday in the final round of the Lonnie Barton Invitational.