Astralis' women's team is set to replace Marie "maliTy" Holm with 16-year-old Isabella "Ismo" Ferslev, who joins the team immediately. "Ismo" joins Astralis W from Sørby Esport, where she has been a regular part of Sørby Sigma in the Danish Powerliga tournament.

Jan Ø. Jørgensen, Performance Manager:

- First of all, I would like to thank Marie "maliTy" for her efforts, who has been part of our Danish women's team from day 1. She is a very skilled player and has made an important contribution both to the team and to the Astralis organization, and we wish best of luck to her in the future!

- Next, I am incredibly happy that we can present one of Denmark's biggest young talents, who we already had in our sights before we set up our first Danish team. Isabella undoubtedly has great potential, which she has already demonstrated on her now former team in Sørby and as a stand-in on our team in the qualification for the Nordic championships.

- With Isabella on the team, we increasing our efforts around young Danish talent, and we look forward to helping her in her further development. What we do on the women’s team is all about development of the individual players and team around our long-term goals, but obviously, our the ambitions on the shorter track have not diminished after today's signing, says Jørgensen.

Isabella "Ismo" Ferslev:

- Astralis has always been an inspiration to me ever since I saw the Counter-Strike team for the first time. I have followed them since the beginning, and when they talked about launching a Danish women's team, it was of course something I would very much like to be a part of in the future. That it is already happening now is a bit of a dream come through, and even though it is a big step, I feel ready.

- I know it's something completely different from what I've tried before, but we've had some really positive conversations and I've already played a bit with the team. It all feels good and right, so I'm just looking forward to getting started. I know we have to be patient, but I just want to get started right away and perform best possible to help the team. I am a fan myself and look forward to wearing the jersey as a player, says Isabella "Ismo" Ferslev.

Jan Ø. Jørgensen rounds up:.

- It is a pleasure to work in an industry where so much is done specifically for talent development and I would like to send a big thank you to Sørby and the people there for their great work and cooperation to make this change a success. There are many positive trends in women’s esports at the moment and I hope we can help push that development even more, says the performance manager.

Jan Ø. Jørgensen is performance manager across Astralis' Counter-Strike team. He works closely with sports director Kasper Straube around the women's team, where he, among other things, has daily responsibility for the players.

Isabella Ferslev has already joined the team, which will play the next match in the Power League's 4th division on 24 October.