ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.- As Elsa Brenner won her first collegiate match, the Palm Beach Atlantic women's tennis team lost on Friday afternoon to Flagler College by a score of 6-1.  

In doubles, Simona Hantzis Karlsson and Cecilia Peroni fell 6-4 in the first matchup. Valeria Lopez and Alina Hoermann also suffered defeat via a 6-4 score. In the third and final match of the doubles session, Anarella Brito and Elsa Brenner fought hard but ultimately lost 7-5.  

Alina Hoermann dropped the match playing in the first position of the singles session by a score of 2-6, 2-6. Simona Hantzis Karlsson, playing in position number two, lost 3-6, 1-6. Virginia Borja lost in position number three by a score of 2-6, 2-6. Cecilia Peroni fought hard in the first set but couldn't quite get past her opponent and fell 5-7, 0-6. Allesia Passerini dropped her match 4-6, 3-6.  

In the fifth position for the Sailfish was Elsa Brenner. Brenner, a freshman playing in the final match to finish on the courts, took the first set 6-1. Brenner dropped the second set 4-6. However, she would take the tiebreaker by a score of 10-6 to win her first ever collegiate tennis match.  

The Sailfish return to action next Thursday when they host the Keiser Seahawks at 2:00 p.m. at the Mitch Gornto Tennis Center on the Rinker Athletic Campus.