LIONS DUOS ADVANCE AT CIF-SS PAIRS TOURNEY: It was a successful opening day for the senior duos of Sara Moynihan and Emma Champagne, along with Presley Johnson and Skylar Noble of the JSerra Girls Beach Volleyball team on the opening day of the CIF-SS Individual Pairs Tournament at the Southside Pier Beach Volleyball Courts in Huntington Beach.

Moynihan and Champagne started the day by winning their Pool 2 battles with Charlotte Booth and Emery Heal of Pacifica Christian (28-11), Abby McIntyre and Stella Shandalove of Estancia (28-9), and Audrey Copeland and Breanna Rushlow of Great Oak (28-10).

Moynihan and Champagne (the No. 2 seeded duo in the 32-team Division 1 bracket) defeated Makenzie Granum and Kylie Smart of San Clemente (21-9, 21-7), and Kira Elliott and Lola Heckman of Santa Barbara (21-14, 21-12) to start single elimination bracket play.

Johnson and Noble also posted an unblemished 3-0 record to win Pool 10, defeating Daphne Logan and Scarlett Mohajeri Azar of Wildwood (28-16), Addie Kimmel and Jane Law of West Torrance (28-17), and Sierra Hitchcock and Jade Morgan of Notre Dame (28-10).

Johnson and Noble (seeded No. 10 in Division 1) completed their day with wins against Payton Durante and Sofia Shine of El Dorado (21-13, 21-10) and Cora Loomer and Evyn Miller of San Marcos High of Santa Barbara (21-13, 21-16) in the first two rounds.

The Lions duos will kick off the quarterfinals round with a match-up against each other, which is scheduled to begin on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.

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Girls Beach Volleyball Match Day: Seniors Sara Moynihan, Emma Champagne, Presley Johnson, and Skylar Noble of the @jserra.beachvolleyball team hit the sand on Wednesday to start play at the CIF-SS Individual Pairs Tournament at the Southside Pier Beach Volleyball Courts in Huntington Beach.

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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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PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: Get to know junior Michael Geffre of the @jserra.boys_tennis team in this Player Spotlight produced by senior Scarlett Vukich.

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