MIAMI, Fla. - The Palm Beach Atlantic beach volleyball team was back in action today as they started play at the Surf N' Turf hosted by FIU. The Sailfish started the day by falling to North Florida 5-0 before bouncing back to take down Erskine 5-0. Going 1-1 on the day moves PBA's record to 9-9 on the season.
Match 1: PBA - 0 | UNF - 5
The Sailfish opened tournament play against an Osprey side that has been receiving votes in the national ranking the majority of the season and they looked like it as they defeated PBA in a sweep.
Ashleigh Holweger and
Rebekah Machovec at the No. 2 position were the first Sailfish team to fall against UNF as they went down 21-19, 21-13.
Gabriella Aziz and
Savannah DeCarlo fell at the No. 3 match 21-13, 21-17 while
Julia Golichowski and
Natalie Skopalova suffered the same fate at the No. 4 position 21-16, 21-16.
Karla Cantero and
Abigail Mason dropped their No. 5 match 21-15, 21-17 and PBA's top pair of
Lunden Evans and
Mya Krystosek had the most competitive match but fell in three sets 21-19, 20-22, 15-8.
Match 2: PBA - 5 | Erskine - 0
PBA faired much better in their second match of the day as they took down Erskine easily to move to 2-0 all-time against the Flying Fleet. Evans and Krystosek came out on top as they remained at the No. 1 position 21-16, 21-15 as they move their record to 6-4 together on the season. Holweger and Machovec cruised at the No. 2 position 21-13, 21-15 while Aziz and DeCarlo rolled 21-16, 21-10. Both PBA pairs move their records to 4-3 on the season as tandems. Golichowski and Sopalova came out on the wrong end of some close matches earlier this week but they got the victory as they won their No. 4 match 21-12, 21-10 to go to 3-4 on the year. Cantero and Mason closed out the sweep as took down the No. 5 team from Erskine 21-13, 21-18 and take their record to 5-5.
PBA continues play tomorrow as they battle two tough teams in Jacksonville and Florida Gulf Coast. PBA fell to JU 4-1 earlier this season and FGCU is the No. 21 ranked team in the country. Â