On Thursday, October 24, the Acalanes Dons traveled to Northgate to take on the Broncos. It was Senior Night and the Broncos had a large and boisterous crowd cheering them on. The Broncos came out fired up in a competitive first game:
1-0 Mackenzie Sauer kill
2-5 Sauer kill
4-6 Madi Risch tip
6-6 Kylie Wood kill
7-6 Risch kill
9-9 Risch kill
10-10 Wood kill
12-11 Sauer kill
12-12 Risch with awesome back row kill
15-13 Sauer kill
16-15 Risch kill
18-17 Wood tip
20-19 Sauer kill after Sowarby awesome dig off the ceiling
21-20 Risch ace!
Timeout Northgate!
22-22 Sauer tip
23-22 Kennedy Cornish kill
24-22 Cornish tip
25-23 Cornish kill! KC’s hat trick finishes off Northgate!
Game 2 was another nail biter:
1-0 Lane Webster ace
2-0 Webster again!
3-1 Cornish kill
4-4 Another kill for Cornish! KC having a great match
5-7 Risch takes charge with powerful hit
6-9 Risch again trying to keep dons in game
8-9 Risch ace
9-9 Wood block
10-10 Sauer kill
13-10 Risch awesome left handed dig Sauer kill Timeout Northgate
14-10 Sydney Sowarby ace
15-11 Sauer kill
18-12 Cornish kill
20-18 Olivia Elliott with kill to stop run
21-19 Risch kill after Sowarby pass and perfect Webster set
22-20 Wood kill
23-21 Cornish tip
26-25 Northgate in net
27-25 who else but Risch for game winning kill!
—
In Game 3, Northgate continued to battle:
1-2 Cornish tip
5-6 Risch kill
6-7 Risch again
6-8 Sauer kill
8-8 Webster kill
10-8 Sowarby ace
12-12 Cornish kill
12-16 Timeout acalanes
13-16 Cornish kill
14-17 Wood tip
15-19
16-20 Wood kill
17-20 Webster kill!
18-20 Olson kill
19-20 Cornish block
20-20 Timeout Northgate
22-21 Another Olson kill
22-23 Timeout Acalanes
24-24 Cornish clutch to turn back Northgate on Northgate’s set point
26-24 and of course Risch kill to win the set and match!
—
The Dons now head to the NCS playoffs and will learn their seeding and opponent on Sunday.
The Dons ended the season 16-6 overall and 7-3 in league and finish in sole possession of second place. The Dons will start NCS playoff play next week with the schedule to be determined on Sunday.