Rancho Santa Margarita, CA — JSerra traveled to SM for their 2nd Trinity League match of the year and lost a tight match 8 - 10. Kaley Houshmand picked up our lone singles point in round 3, and we had a valiant effort by Olivia McHenry in a round 1 loss. Liv fought for over an hour, but came up short 5-7; most of the other 2nd round matches were almost finished at this point. Kaley's match vs SM's line 2 player was a great effort, best tennis of the day from a purist outlook. Her match vs SM's freshman, phenom, in round 1 was just too tough. Coach Kirk believes this athlete will most likely be the Trinity singles champion this year, [if Newsom let's us have a tournament]. Delara Gitibin and Juliana Calo both got 'fed to the lions' as they were subbed in vs the Eagles top 2 players in round 3. They did their best and had fun, which is all we ask. Olivia Morris was awesome today picking up games in a 3-6 loss at line 2 singles. This opponent is a very seasoned, formidable player. Olivia played hard til the last point! Doubles was our bright spot again with Sophia and Elise sweeping all 3 SM teams, Gabbi and Victoria taking 2 of the 3 sets played and Kiley with Anna picking up 2 sets as well. Their 3rd round set was a come form behind thriller as the upset SM's line 2 in a well-played tiebreaker, with everyone watching. Had the lions been able to pick up the 9th set, the game count would have gone to the Eagles, but, we are looking forward to the rematch with SM at home in the future!