PHOENIX, Md. - Autumn Serruta (Avon, Conn./Avon) finished 13th to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's golf team a seventh-place standing after the first round of the Towson Invitational on Monday. The two-event is the squad's first event of the year.

Serruta posted a 40 on the front nine and a 41 on the final nine holes for a score of 81 and a 13th-place standing, nine strokes behind the current leader.

Christina Hall (Wall, N.J./Wall) (19th place, 83), Megan Corbett (Danbury, Conn./Danbury (22nd place, 84), Sarah Roe (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial) (34th place, 88) and Abbey Fry (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) (41st place, 98) rounded out the Mount's five competitors.

Fairleigh Dickinson leads the two-day event with a score of 314, three strokes ahead of Towson (317) while Fairfield (32), St. John's (327), Hampton (331) and Long Island (331) round out the Top- teams. The Mount sits in seventh place with a score of 336.

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