Orange, CA — The Lions improved their effort vs OLu as the first match was 3 - 15. Danny Day was restricted to 1 set only, which he easily won. Brett Batey picked up 2 sets in singles and Jonah Uhmans, a SOP [sit out period] transfer from San Juan Hills picked up his first Trinity League win. Brock Bowman with Sean Delaney added a doubles set point. As far as the boys are concerned, and coach too, the Lancers are the strongest team in the league, although they lost to Santa Margarita by the same score we did, 8-10. JSerra finishes up league play with 3 straight matches next week, tues/wed/thurs; vs. Mater Dei, Mater Dei and SM respectively.

Bellflower, CA — Jserra defeats Bosco in the 2nd portion of their home and away matches this season.

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA — "It's why they play the game!"

San Juan Capistrano, CA — Finally, "Off the Schneid !"

Irvine, CA — Very tight match, came down to last doubles set. Sean Delaney and Brock Bowman fought back from 1-4 deficit to get in to the heart-breaker at 6-6 and came up a couple of shots short, 5-7. This gave us a 4-4 tie, which was broken by the total game count of all 6 sets played... 38 JSerra to 44 Tesoro was the final count. The final scene was set by a comeback wins at #1 doubles, Andrew Antonius with Brett Batey, 7-5 and #3 doubles, Nick Graham with Ashkan Pakshir , 7-5. Brett Batey won a close tibreaker match in the #1 singles slot, 7-6, while Sean Delaney took care of business in the #4 singles slot, 6-3. The Lions were down 2-3 in sets going in to the doubles and the boys really competed well in the duo forum.

Portola, CA — JSerra started round 3 with doubles first again, again our best event. Like the movie, Independence Day, the skies grew dark and ominous, I kept looking around for Tom Cruise! But, the boys battled on! Ashkan and Nick disposed of their opponents quickly, 6-2, their best match of the day! Andrew and Brett dropped their line 1 match, leaving Brock and Sean fighting for the deciding doubles point. The Lions were up 4-3 when the skies opened up and ended the days' play! Since our boys were up 1 game, their perception is a win for JSerra, a view not shared by all!. The boys will regroup and be playing at Portola HS in pool play, deciding13 through 16th place.

Portola, CA — The Lions rebounded after their 0-8 round 1 'experience' and were scheduled to play doubles first in this match. Doubles is our specialty and it showed as the Lions took line 2 and 3 dbls sets. Ashkan Pakshir with Nick Graham were down 4 match points before prevailing 7-5 in a great comeback over Aliso Niguel's #3 team. Brock Bowman with Sean Delaney had a see-saw match in the #2 slot and came up on top, 6-4. There were some great doubles points in this set! Coach Orahood believed that the 1st round match, singles first format, hurt our doubles, as they were kind of down. But, doubles first, is our strong suit and it showed in round 2. However, singles followed and the Lions took only 1 of 5 sets; a 6-2 victory by Nick Graham at line 5 singles. This resulted in a 3-5 loss to Aliso, who we meet again in a dual match in a couple of weeks.