Frosh Dons Storms Back for a ‘W’ Against Northgate In what can only be described as an intense battle, the Freshman girls volleyball team overwhelmed Northgate to take the win on Thursday afternoon. After losing the first set 21-25, the Dons fought their way to victory in overtime for the second set, winning 27-25. Acalanes won the tiebreaker handily 15-7…
Following disappointing losses to Davis and cross-town rival Campolindo at the Acalanes Invitational, the Acalanes Girls Varsity Water Polo Team hosted the Monte Vista girls Tuesday. Acalanes got off to a fast start, ending the 1st period at 4-1. Monte Vista kept the game close in the 2nd and 3rd periods, each team scoring 2 goals in each period for…
Congratulations Heidi! Acalanes Dons water polo player Heidi Heffelfinger has confirmed that she has committed to playing water polo for Harvard next season! Heidi was a part of two Northern California Acalanes WP championship teams and has provided invaluable leadership to the program this year. Everyone is excited for Heidi and we want to congratulate her for getting into such…
On Tuesday, the Freshman girls were victorious in their first League game, defeating Las Lomas 2-1. Eliza Gullberg set the stage with some formidable serves at the outset. Las Lomas then chipped away at that lead and Acalanes was down 7-10 until Fiona Roux went on her first of several serving streaks, until the team lead 12-11. The girls demonstrated some fantastic team play…
Led by a pair of 42s from Freshman Haley Chelemedos and Junior Emmi Cronin, and Makena and Hana Chelemedos 45s, the Lady Don golfers prevailed against Campo 223-236. Freshman Hana Chelemedos recorded her best score of the year beating her senior opponent by three strokes on a challenging Moraga Country Club course. Rounding out the scoring were very good performances…
Dons win 8-1 vs Northgate. So many players competed well today from line 1 singles down to EXO doubles matches. It was a great TEAM effort out there and Coach Drew is really proud of everyone. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHIPLEY DUFF! The cupcakes worked their magic to help capture the victory. Kayli Harley and Emily Berkowitz picked up the Dons…
The Women’s JV Volleyball team took on the Las Lomas Knights in their 2nd league game of the year. The powerhouse defender Mika Bocobo got on a serving run in the 1st set that set the tone and got the Dons to a 7-3 lead. Next server up “Frostie” Jasmine Foster who served a rocket that flew low over the net and…
Time for hoops! Conditioning workouts for girls basketball are being held every Monday & Wednesday from now through the end of October 330-5pm (meet in the weight room). Any girls potentially interested in playing on the Acalanes teams this year are welcome to join! Also, there is Open Gym on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 (meet in small gym) – everyone…
Last week it was Pittsburg & Tonight The Lady Dons are ready to ‘bump, set, spike & DONinate’ the Las Lomas Knights at home at 6pm Last Thursday, in their final non-conference game before league play begins, the Acalanes Girls Varsity volleyball team hosted Pittsburg High School. In the first game, junior Hanna Hageboeck started the Dons’ scoring with a…
This Saturday, the Freshman Volleyball Team participated in the Stockton Classic Invitational, finishing an impressive 6th out of 16 – the highest rank of any of the participating public school teams. They started out the morning breezily winning their first set 2-0. In round two, their skills were no match for the tournament’s dominant team, and they lost 0-2. In…
