EAGLES OUTLAST LIONS IN TIE BREAKER: The jserra.girlsvb team and Santa Margarita produced a marathon thriller on Wednesday, with the Eagles slipping past the Lions 33-31, 23-25, 25-20, 22-25, 16-14 in a Trinity League tie-breaker match at Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita. The Eagles secured the final automatic Trinity League playoff berth with the win, while JSerra will seek an at-large postseason berth when the CIF-SS playoff brackets are revealed on Saturday. Eight days after going the distance on the Eagles home hardwood, the two teams renewed acquaintances in another back-and-forth battle. The opening set featured 21 ties and a combined nine set point opportunities before the Eagles pulled out a two-point triumph. The teams were deadlocked at 21-21 in the second set, but junior Makayla Ziegler put the Lions ahead for good with a kill and then sealed a two-point set win with a crosscourt kill. The third set was knotted at 18-18 before Santa Margari...