MONARCHS TAME LIONS IN FINALE: The @jserra.softball team fell short in its’ quest to win the program’s first ever Trinity League title, as the Lions fell to the Mater Dei Monarchs by a score of 9-5 in Tuesday’s regular season finale at the Fountain Valley Sports Park in Fountain Valley.
JSerra ends the regular season with an overall record of 20-8 and finishes second in league with a 5-4 mark.
The Lions tallied the first run of the game in the top of the first inning, as junior Brooklyn Lamb stole home.
Mater Dei surged into the lead with a six-run bottom of the first inning.
Senior Zena Edwards cut the Lions’ deficit to 6-3 in top of the third inning with a booming two-run homerun to left field, her sixth homerun of the season.
Sophomore Annabel Raftery blasted her ninth homerun of the year well over the wall in left center field in the top of the fifth inning to narrow the Monarchs’ lead to 6-4.
Mater Dei tallied a run in the bottom of the inning, but the Lions answered in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single to right field off the bat of junior Allie Haupt to make it 7-5.
The Monarchs sealed the victory with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
JSerra will officially learn its’ postseason pathway on Saturday, when the CIF-SS Softball playoff brackets are expected to be released.
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