WINTER PARK, Fla- Palm Beach Atlantic baseball got the win against Eckerd College on Thursday night in game one of the Rollins College Tournament. The Sailfish (7-7) used a couple of stout-hearted performances on the hill to defeat the Tritons (6-9) by the score of 2-0.

Seniors Matt Leslie and Brad VanAsdlen twirled a gem for the Sailfish tonight combining to only give up four hit, all of which were singles, and no runs. Leslie's performance earned him the win to put his record at 1-0 on the season. Leslie tossed five innings of shutout baseball while only giving up two hits. VanAsdlen came in to start the sixth and went 3.2 innings in relief giving up only two hits of his own. 

The lone runs of the game came in the top of the first inning. With one out, Sean Houck singled to left field. The next batter was Brandon Seltzer who hit his fourth home run of the season. The two-run blast put the Sailfish up 2-0 and would end up being the only runs PBA would need in the contest.

With the Tritons threatening with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Brandon Smith came in for the Sailfish and closed the door with a strikeout to end the game and give the 'Fish a 2-0 win. 

Houck had two hits in the contest and scored a run. Seltzer, Louis Zayas, and Ramon Machado all had hits in the game as well. 

The Sailfish will continue the Rollins College Tournament on Friday, March 6 against host team Rollins College at 3 p.m. in Winter Park.