YOUR Acalanes Dons Volleyball hosted the Northgate Broncos for Senior Night, the final League tilt of the season. So as tradition dictates, your highlights are simply all Seniors, all the time. Congrats Seniors!

 

First Set:

2-0:      All five Seniors are on the court, as Senior Setter Rachel Go sets up Senior Captain and Middle Blocker Elsa Clever for a kill as the Dons go up early in front of a large, raucous crowd. Sco Dons!

3-1:      Beautiful dig from Senior Libero Cailey McVay and the Dons finish with a kill.

4-1:      Senior Outside Hitter Roxy Cummings drills a line kill off of a sweet Go backset. Wooo! Early timeout Broncos.

7-5:      Senior Outside Hitter Hayes Hollar with a roll shot kill.

8-5:      Hollar follows up that kill with an Ace!

10-7:    Clever unleashes a thunderous kill off the middle blocker.

13-11:  Clever rolls a “Dirty Ace” over the net. Score.

14-13:  McVay steps in to help R-Go and sets it. A pipe kill results.

18-14:  Hollar Ace! Yah! Go Seniors!

19-14:  Hollar again with a winning hit.

20-14:  Hollar pipe kill. Senior dominance.

21-14:  Hollar Ace! Are you kidding me? What a run!

22-15:  Super Senior set from Go…Kaboom! goes the kill.

24-16:  Set point for the Dons!

24-18:  Timeout Coach Ernie after two cracks at set closeout don’t pan out. Clever demands team re-focus in the huddle. Senior Leadership. Don’s Armada is on fire in the stands. Let’s go!!!

24-21:  Timeout Dons again…still hunting for that set winner.

25-22:  Wow. Dons hold on and win the first set after a six-point Bronco stampede. Better late than never!

 

Second Set:

1-0:      Clever stuffs one at the net.

6-1:      Hollar flushes a sloppy overpass. Yummy. Broncos meandering aimlessly around the corral right now.

11-8:    Hollar deep corner kill. Broncos definitely more focused.

15-10:  Go Ace! R-Gooooooooo!

17-13:  Roooooof! Cleverrrrrrrr!

18-13:  And then Clever piles on an Ace! Timeout Northgate.

20-15: McVay pass…Go sets pipe…kill! Dons in control.

23-18:  Clever rips a kill…

24-18: Go drill an Ace…Set point!

25-18:  Cummings fires a set-winning kill to the back line. Boom! Dons up 2 sets.

 

Third Set:

1s:        Cummings picks up where she left off with another kill.

3-2:      Cummings again. This time off a buttery McVay set. Seniors are really leading the charge tonight for the Dons.

3-7:      Cummings again. This time off a Go set.

7-13:    Spectacular Hollar dig as it’s the Dons turn to hunt for their focus in this set.

10-17:  Hollar pounds one off a blocker for a score, but the Dons are falling further behind.

12-22:  Go sets a slide job for a kill, but time is running out.

15-25: Dons get bucked off the horse in that set, but we ride again in the fourth.

 

Fourth Set:

3-2:      Clever Roof once again.

7-5:      Go pushes a high set to the outside. You know what happens.

8-5:      Timeout Northgate.

10-6:    Oh my goodness! Go skys up high at the net and with arms outstretched and perfect timing she blocks the Broncos best hitter! Roof from Rachel! (Ok so that didn’t really happen).

12-6:    Dons front row blocks it again. Timeout Northgate once again.

13-8:    Clever finds a hole in the defense and places the ball perfectly into it.

15-8:    Go Ace!

17-10:  Cummings drills another winner down the line. Yeah Rox!

18-10:  Clever Ace! Huge!

19-10:  Clever double Aces!

20-10:  Northgate illegal attack penalty. This thing is close to over! Oh, wait, no. Call is reversed after a long, long argument. Coach Ernie is displeased. Back to 19-10.

19-11…19-12…19-13…Broncos rallying…19-14…19-15…Dons struggling and don’t look comfortable…19-16…19-17…oh no!

20-17: Dons kill the Go pipe set after a really rough patch.

22-21: Hollar Ace and the Dons re-gain the lead after an incredible Northgate comeback to tie it up at 21s. Senior Savvy.

24-22:  Couple of huge Dons kills! Not Seniors, but Match Point!

24-23:  Broncos kill. Still match point…

25-23:  Thank you Elsa Clever! (who says to Go “set me and let’s go home”). After a sweet McVay serve that confounds the Broncos offense, Go sets the middle and Clever finishes off an incredible Senior Night win for the Dons in 4 sets! Dons finish the difficult DAL “A” League at 4-6 with a three-match winning streak. Bring on the NCS tournament!