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MOUNT UPDATE: The Mount St. Mary's women's tennis team makes its home debut with the Mount St. Mary's Invitational scheduled for Sept. 13-15. The Mount will be competing for the second time this fall after kicking off the 2013-14 season at the Tiger Classic last weekend.  

INVITATIONAL DETAILS: The women's field includes competitors from Bucknell, Coppin State, Dickinson, Loyola (Md.) and the Mount. There will be two flights of doubles rounds as well as five flights of singles competition. Action will take place at the Mount Tennis Courts as well as Catoctin High School beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. 

LAST TIME OUT: Last weekend, the Mount opened the season at the Tiger Classic hosted by Towson. The Mount faced George Mason and IUP on the first day before competing against Towson and Delaware. Individually, freshman Elizabeth Milano and junior Jennifer Smith won singles matches, while Milano and Erin Benefiel combined for a doubles victory in their Mount debuts.  

AT LAST YEAR'S EVENT: The 2012 Mount St. Mary's Invitational concluded with a pair of championships for the Mount. On the final day of action on Sept. 16, Jennifer Smith clinched the Flight C championship in singles and Carly Landini and Liz Rossi teamed up to win the Flight B doubles championship. Last year's field included Loyola (Md.), Bucknell, Morgan State and the Mount.  

WELCOME BACK: Half of the team's starters for singles are back with another year of experience. Samantha Pinchoff, the Mount's No. 2 singles player from last season, is back for her senior season after winning 10 singles matches in 2012-13. No. 5 singles player Liz Rossi, who tied for second on the team with 17 singles wins and Jennifer Smith, the Mount's No. 6 singles player from last year, is also returning. The Mount will look to replace starters Kelly Conroy, Renee Deane and Carly Landini, who all graduated.

NEW TO THE MOUNT: Phil Hammond found talent from around the nation to complete this year's recruiting class. Four freshmen including Kelly Smith from Davenport, Wash., Elizabeth Milano from Marietta, Ga., Erin Benefiel from Lake Mary, Fla. and Kayla Barrett from Orange, Conn. made their collegiate debuts at the Tiger Classic. 

COACHING STAFF: Head Coach Phil Hammond is entering his 10th season at the helm for the Mount. In his first nine seasons, Hammond has built both the men's and women's programs into perennial contenders in the Northeast Conference. On the women's side, Hammond's coaching record is 117-83, while putting together an 88-103 mark with the men's team.

UP NEXT: Next weekend, the Mount will compete in the Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa. The three-day competition will begin on Friday, Sept. 20, and run through Sunday, Sept. 22.