On Thursday the Acalanes Girls Varsity volleyball team traveled to Northgate -Varsity Team Bucks the Broncos for the WIN
The Dons came ready to play in game 1:
1-0 Senior Rachel Zhang ace
2-0
3-0 Zhang ace again
4-0
5-4 Junior Hanna Hageboeck kill stops the Northgate rally
8-6 Junior KatelynOlin ace
9-6 Hageboeck Kill
11-7 Senior Aly Kirke block
12-8 Kirke kill
13-8 freshman Maelin Mason kill…SHE’S A FRESHMAN!
14-8 incredible dive kill by Libero Georgia Winkles
15-8 kill by Mason timeout Northgate!
17-14 Hageboeck kill after Acalanes drought
18-14 Sophomore Jade Profilio’s ace silences the Broncos’ student section
19-14
21-17 junior Ryann Jones monster kill!
22-17 Kirke kill on the overpass timeout Northgate
23-17 Sophomore Monica Dikova ace, a boisterous Broncos student body can’t rattle the Dons sophomores. Fear the BLUE!
23-20 Timeout Dons
24-20 Kirke tip!
25-20 Jones ace for win!
The Dons picked up where they left off in Game 2:
1-0 Hageboeck kill into 2 blocks
2-0 Olin kill
3-0
4-0
5-0 Zhang dig out of net leads to point
6-1 Hageboeck kill
7-4 Kirke kill thwarts the Bronco rally
10-6 Winkles ace
11-6 Mason kill
12-8 Mason diving dig for a point
14-10 Profilio ace
15-12
15-16 timeout dons
16-17 Jones kill
17s Jones again
17-18
17-19
18-20
19-21 Long rally, then a Mason kill
19-25 Broncos pull away
The Dons regrouped for the start of Game 3:
1-0 Zhang ace
3-0 Mason kill
4-2
4-8 Northgate run
6-9 Kirke kill
7-9 Jones kill
8-9 Dikova Ace
9-9 ace Dikova
10-9 Ace Dikova again!
11-10 Kirke stuff
12-10
13-12
14-12 Winkles ace
15-14 Junior Apple Walton kill
18-17 Olin ace
19-18 Jones kill
20-18 Kirke kill
20-19
21-20 Walton clutch kill
22-20 Mason kill! timeout Broncos!
23-20 Kirke tip
24-20 Mason kill
25-20 Mason for win!
Game 4 was a long, exciting nailbiter:
1-0 Hageboeck block!
2-0 Olin tip
3-1 Kirke block!
6-3 Kirke block
8-5 Kirke block
10-6
11-10 Broncos go into the net
12-11 Broncos serve out
13-11 Jones clever tip
14-11 Libero Winkles kill
15-12 Jones kill
16-13 Kirke block
17-14 Kirke/Jones block
19-14 Kirke kill
19-17 Timeout Dons
20-17
20-18
21-18 Olin big kill!
21-22 Timeout Dons
22-22 Olin with the kill out of the timeout
23-22
25-25 Kirke kill thwarts Broncos’ game point
26-26
27-26 the senior Kirke for the kill and the lead
28-26 and the freshman Mason kill for match win! The Dons bench clears for celebration on the court!
The Dons will are building on their momentum next week when they travel to Alhambra on Tuesday and to Campolindo on Thursday.