Bethlehem, Pa. (February 16, 2014) – The Mount women's tennis team was handed a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Lehigh in the spring season opener on Sunday at the Lewis Tennis Center.

The Mount (3-2) dug itself an early 1-0 deficit as Lehigh (2-3) swept the three doubles matches before picking up wins in all six singles matches on the day.

At No. 2 doubles, seniors Liz Rossi and Samantha Pinchoff played a highly-competitive match before falling to Lehigh's Cassidy Cruz and Taylor Hampshire by an 8-6 final.

Pinchoff also played a strong No. 1 singles match against the Mountain Hawks' top player, Jenai Bilimoria. Dropping the first set, 6-0, Pinchoff bounced back with a better second set before Bilimoria pulled out a 7-6 (7-2) victory to pick up the win. Lehigh won all of the singles matches in straight sets on the day.

The Mount continues the spring by playing five matches in a six-day span in Florida beginning Feb. 23.

Doubles
No. 1: Bilimoria/ Farrell (Lehigh) def. K. Smith/J. Smith (Mount), 8-1
No. 2: Cruz/Hampshire (Lehigh) def. Rossi/Pinchoff (Mount), 8-6
No. 3: Prim/Sloand (Lehigh) def. D'Agostino/Benefiel (Mount), 8-2

Singles
No. 1: Bilimoria (Lehigh) def. Pinchoff (Mount), 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)
No. 2: Farrell (Lehigh) def. Rossi (Mount), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: Cruz (Lehigh) def. K. Smith (Mount), 6-3, 6-2
No. 4: Graham (Lehigh) def. D'Agostino (Mount), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5: Kaminetsky (Lehigh) def. Benefiel (Mount), 6-3, 6-0
No. 6: Larraza (Lehigh) def. Nguyen (Mount), 6-0, 7-5