Emmitsburg, Md. (October 8, 2014) – After winning the doubles point, the Mount women's tennis team could not maintain its momentum into singles play in a 6-1 home loss to Towson at the Mount Tennis Courts on Wednesday afternoon.

The Mount (1-1) earned the doubles point with wins in two of the three doubles matches, but the Tigers (1-0) were able to respond with wins in the six singles matches.

The Mount's all-rookie duo of Sruthi Kamprath and Cassandra Powell continued their strong freshmen seasons with a convincing 8-2 doubles victory over Cailey Easdale and A.J. Gomer at the No. 2 slot. At No. 3 doubles, sophomore Erin Benefiel and senior Danielle Nguyen were also victorious with a hard-fought 9-8 (7-3) win in their matchup with Towson's Barbora Vasilkova and Ayana Dow.

Moving into singles, the Tigers picked up wins in straight sets in the six matches to notch the victory.

Next up, the Mount hosts La Salle on Saturday, Oct. 11, at noon.

DOUBLES
No. 1: Shakhnazarova/Williams (TOW) def. J. Smith/K. Smith (MOUNT), 8-3
No. 2: Kamprath/Powell (MOUNT) def. Easdale/Gomer (TOW), 8-2
No. 3: Benefiel/Nguyen (MOUNT) def. Vasilkova/Dow (TOW), 9-8 (7-3)

SINGLES
No. 1: Sophie Lesage (TOW) def. Erin Benefiel (MOUNT) 6-2, 6-0
No. 2: Lucy Williams (TOW) def. Kelly Smith (MOUNT) 6-0, 6-0
No. 3: Nicole Shakhnazarova (TOW) def. Sruthi Kamprath (MOUNT) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4: A.J. Gomer (TOW) def. Cassandra Powell (MOUNT) 6-2, 6-4
No. 5: Barbora Vasilkova (TOW) def. Danielle Nguyen (MOUNT) 7-5, 6-3
No. 6: Cailey Easdale (TOW) def. Jennifer Smith (MOUNT) 6-2, 6-2