Orange Lutheran Division II! It’s Not Over, Going to Regional Playoffs!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Orange Lutheran Lancers Lions battled against JSerra in the Division II CIF Southern Section High School Girls Volleyball Finals! They played a great game hosted at Cerritos College in Cerritos California on Saturday, November 4, 2023. Coached by Henry Valiente and Cami Iwata, the Lady Lancers came in second place. The scores were 22-25, 23-25, and 17-25. This is their third CIF-SS finals appearance. Despite the loss, the Lancers will be going to regional playoffs. Their next game is at home on November 7th at 6 p.m. against San Marcos High School. They had a roster of 23 players for finals. Congratulations Alexa Wilde, Clairissa Taylor, [player_tooltip player_id='536147' first='Lily' last='Underwood'], Makalin Goehring, Riya Roy, Jordan Bowen, Kayla Spencer, Kate Dalton, Malia Yehya, Sydney Lee, Caitlyn Fuehrer, Kaley Houser, Amber Yoon, Kaitlyn Gonzales, Kinzie Houston, Meah Eggert, Jayden Santos and the following: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":475810,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='481402' first='Marley' last='Robinson']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2027","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'7u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32561","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Orange Lutheran High School","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Forza1 North","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cstrongu003e[player_tooltip player_id='481402' first='Marley' last='Robinson'] u003c/strongu003eis a freshman on varsity and runs her offense with complete confidence. 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