LIONS TAKE DOWN LANCERS TO GRAB A SHARE OF FIRST PLACE: The @jserra.softball team moved into a tie for first place with Orange Lutheran in the Trinity League on Friday with a 3-1 victory over the Lancers at JSerra Catholic High School.
The Lions are now 20-7 overall and 5-3 in league play.
After two scoreless innings, the Lions jumped into the lead in the bottom of the third inning.
Sophomore Annabel Raftery slapped a double of the wall in left center field with one out, which was followed an out later by a walk to senior Zena Edwards.
Facing a 2-2 count, freshman Magenta De Arte blasted a two-run double over the head of the Lancers left fielder that bounced to wall to score senior pitch runner Ava Geoghegan and Edwards to give the Lions a 2-0 lead.
Senior Liliana Escobar once again excelled in the circle, striking out 10 batters through the first five innings and allowing only one hit.
JSerra added its final run of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning, as Geoghegan (who pitch-ran for Raftery after she led off the inning with a double to left center field) scored on a wild pitch.
Orange Lutheran scratched out a run with two hits in the top of the sixth inning, but Escobar recorded the final four outs to complete the Lions’ fourth straight victory.
Escobar finished the game allowing only three hits while striking out 13 batters.
JSerra, which has never won the Trinity League title, can clinch the league outright on Tuesday with a win over Mater Dei and a Lancers’ loss to Santa Margarita.
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