JSerra Division II Champions! It’s Not Over, Up Next Regional Playoffs!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>JSerra Lions are the Division II CIF Southern Section High School Girls Volleyball Champions! They played a great game hosted at Cerritos College in Cerritos California on Saturday, November 4, 2023. Coached by Mike Murphy and Andrea Coury, the Lady Lions showed up and defeated the Orange Lutheran Lancers. J Serra took care of business by winning in three sets, with scores of 25-22, 25-23 and 25-17. This is their first ever CIF-SS title and they will be going to regional playoffs. Their next game is at home on November 7th at 6 p.m. against Edison High School. Congratulations [player_tooltip player_id='393712' first='Helen' last='Beary'], [player_tooltip player_id='471054' first='Presley' last='Johnson'], [player_tooltip player_id='367805' first='Mikaela' last='Brennan'], [player_tooltip player_id='391100' first='Skylar' last='Noble'], Catherine Beadles and the following: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["391097"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":475718,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"[player_tooltip player_id='391097' first='Charlotte' last='Nowak'] gets high in the air, attacking or tipping to score. 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