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NEWPORT BEACH – JSerra came up short of winning the Trinity League girls tennis title last year, losing both of its matches against Santa Margarita.

With standout freshman Jadie Acidera leading the charge, JSerra coach Kirk Orahood thinks his team will pose a strong challenge for the defending league champions later this season.

The Lions won their fourth consecutive match to start the season, defeating Sage Hill, 14-4, in a nonleague match at The Tennis Club in Newport Beach on Tuesday.

Acidera lost only one game while sweeping her three sets at No. 1 singles. Mary Kaffen also swept her three sets in singles, and the Lions’ No. 1 doubles tandem of Zoe Kaffen and Natalie Wek won all three of their sets.

Orahood said he thought Tuesday was a strong performance and believes the Lions (4-0) have a chance to unseat Santa Margarita later this season.

“I think we’re pretty solid,” said Orahood, who believes the match between the top two teams in league from last season will come down to doubles when they meet Oct. 8. Acidera has yet to lose a set this season.

“There’s always something to improve on,” said Acidera, who said she felt she made too many unforced errors against the Lightning (1-2).

Sage Hill has lost matches against Woodbridge and beat Edison this season.

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No. 4 Edison 218, Marina 218 (Edison wins on the sixth player score): The Chargers remained undefeated with their victory at Meadowlark Golf Course.

That’s not much of a surprise to Coach Paul Harrell. He expected a lot out of the Chargers this season as they returned their top six players from last year.

What’s kind of unexpected though is how they have won all three of their matches this season. Against Marina, only one Edison player broke 40. Jennifer Yu led Edison with a 3-over par 39, which put her two strokes behind medalist Brittney Do, who carded a 1-over 37 to lead Marina.

“To be perfectly honest, it’s going bad so far,” Harrell said. “We have not shown any improvement from last year. … It’s not that 218 is bad, but we should be shooting 200.”

Marina’s Sarah Wolff holed her first ace, on the par-3, 126-yard No.7. She was using a 5-iron because she was playing into a bit of a headwind.

DAMIAN DOTTORE