BAKER BRINGS SPEED AT CIF-SS PRELIMINARIES: Senior Nolan Baker of the @jserra.swimmingdiving Boys Swimming team enjoyed a stellar start to the postseason on Thursday at the CIF-SS Division 1 Preliminaries at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.

Baker set the pace as the fastest qualifier in the 100 Free, as he touched the wall in a time of 44.45.

Senior Connor Colman will join Baker in the championship finals, as he swam to the eighth best qualifying time of 46.21.

Baker also shined in the 50 Free, clocking a time of 20.40 (the second fastest in the Division).

Colman finished 11th and will swim in the consolation finals.

Baker and Colman will also swim collectively on two relays in the finals.

The duo joined forces with junior Joe Wraith and Lars Knepper to record a time of 1:23.94 in the 200 Free Relay, the third best time performance of the qualifying round.

Baker, Colman, Knepper, and sophomore Ronan Keane teamed up to clock a time of 3:03.99 in the 400 Free Relay, the second-best overall time of the day.

Senior Maddie Weston, along with freshmen Mia Vasile, Skylar Shim, and Malia Offenberg swam to a time of 3:39.51 in the Girls 400 Free Relay and will compete in the consolation finals.

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LIONS POSTMATCH: Seniors Sara Moynihan and Emma Champagne of the @jserra.beachvolleyball team capped off their storied careers by finishing as the runner-ups in Division 1 at the CIF-SS Individual Pairs Tournament on Thursday at the Southside Pier Beach Volleyball Courts in Huntington Beach.

The duo detailed their high-stakes showdown with their fellow senior teammates Skylar Noble and Presley Johnson, becoming the first pair in school history to advance to the finals, and their impressive legacy of accomplishments.

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MOYNIHAN AND CHAMPAGNE FINISH RUNNER-UP AT CIF-SS PAIRS TOURNEY: Seniors Sara Moynihan and Emma Champagne of the @jserra.beachvolleyball team put the finishing touches on their decorated careers with a Division 1 runner-up finish at the CIF-SS Individual Pairs Tournament on Thursday at the Southside Pier Beach Volleyball Courts in Huntington Beach.

Moynihan and Champagne (the No. 2 seeded team in the Division) began their day of competition with a spirited quarterfinals showdown against senior teammates Skylar Noble and Presley Johnson (the No. 10 seeded duo).

Moynihan and Champagne claimed the first set 21-10, but Noble and Johnson fought back in an entertaining, high-level second set.

Moynihan and Champagne fought off three set point chances, but Noble and Johnson closed out the fourth opportunity for a 25-23 win to tie the match at 1-1.

The third and deciding set was tied three times early, but a kill from Moynihan and an subsequent ace from Champagne opened up a four-point lead that helped spur the duo to a 15-8 set triumph and match victory.

Moynihan and Champagne then defeated Redondo Union’s third-seeded pair of Sienna Castillo and Linnaea Nielsen (26-24, 21-18) in the semifinals to set up a championship battle with defending champions and the No. 1 seeded team Addison and Avery Junk also from Redondo Union.

After trailing 10-17, Moynihan and Champagne rallied back to take a 19-18 lead, but the Sea Hawks duo answered back to win the set 22-20.

The two teams battled through a high-intensity second set that was tied eight times before the Junk sister pulled out a 23-21 triumph for the title.

Despite the narrow defeat, Moynihan and Champagne became the first players in school history to advance to the individual championship round.

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