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"We bit the head off, but, it was a two-headed snake"
In a hard-fought 1st round, the Lions 'bit the head off the snake" but, there were 2 of them! JSerra played their lineup straight up today strength vs strength in round 1. Jazmine Aftabi and Halle Parker jumped out ahead of the league's #1 undefeated doubles team and never looked back. It was an exciting set, decided by a 6-6 tiebreaker in JSerra's favor, 8 to 6. Scarlett fought from a big deficit but was unable to close out her singles match at line #1. None the less, the Lions found themselves down by 2 sets, 2 -4 at the end of round 1. KOach knew we'd pick up all 3 sets vs the Monarch's line 3 dubs and they did. Jazi and Halle's upset victory took the Mater Dei's best player out of the entire match, she had enough! This gave JSerra a glimmer of newfound hope. However, Mater Dei has plenty of depth, subbed in another strong player who was able to carry the line 1 team to 2 close wins. Jazi and Halle went on to sweep their remaining 2 sets in routine fashion for the hat trick!...a real good day at the office. Anna/Aerin and Sophie/Kylie picked up 1 set each for the Lions 4th and fifth tallies.
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