Acalanes girls varsity soccer beat the Northgate Broncos 3-0. The win moves the Dons into the top 3 in league. The Dons got on the board 25 minutes into the first half off senior Addie Bailey’s perfectly placed blast just between the goalie and right post. Bailey was set up by crisp passes from sophomore Nicole Nguyen and senior Jacque…
Tuesday 1/24, the Dons traveled to Northgate to face the Broncos on their home turf. Though closely matched, fair to say that the Dons dominated possession from the get go. Lots of fancy footwork & ball movement downfield by midfielders Lily Polkinhorn and Elodie Jensen, shots on goal by Elodie, Addie McShane, Zoya Acuna, Sisi Houston, & Livi Foster, and…
The Froshbite Soccer Dons went to Las Lomas for an early morning match on Saturday the 21st. Coming into the game, our Dons had a 6-3-1 record and were looking to take on a physical Knights squad. Early in the match, the Knights controlled the ball and pushed hard to get the early advantage. There were several great saves by…
The Acalanes Varsity Girls Soccer wrapped up the week with a well deserved 2-0 win over Benicia Saturday night on the road after drawing on Tuesday with highly ranked Windsor and Thursday with tough local opponent College Park. 15 minutes into the Benicia game Senior Emmi Cronin scored 20 yards out with a beautiful lob over the Panther’s goalie. Senior…
On Saturday afternoon the Acalanes Dons traveled to Benicia High School down multiple players and faced a very physical Benicia Panthers squad. With only one substitute in the second half of the game, the resilient Dons pulled away for a 3-0 victory. Acalanes opened the scoring with an impressive free kick from Sofia Cerruti that was barely deflected by the…
In a battle of the top two teams in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League, the JV Girls Soccer team lost 1-0 to the College Park Falcons on Thursday night. The teams played to a 1-1 tie in the last affair and were once again evenly matched in the sequel. The Dons saw strong midfield play from Zoya Acuna and Lily…
Tuesday 1/17, the Dons welcomed the Windsor Jaguars to our home pitch. From the start, I am pleased to report that Acalanes dominated possession, but these Jaguars did put up a fight! Off the top I’ll call out some great defense by Lidia Stahl and Sof Cerruti, as well as impressive stops & ball movement by Mollie Schofield and Lily…
On a beautifully dry evening at Acalanes, the Dons took on the girls of Windsor High School in an action packed game featuring multiple shots on goals and near misses by Addie Bailey, Tatum Zuber, and Emmi Cronin. A soaring shot by Addie struck the top post and a face-off between Emmi and an out of position Windsor goalie was…
This past Thursday, 1/12, the JV Girls had a well deserved break from the rain and traveled to Clayton Valley High School to take on the Ugly Eagles (yes, that really is their mascot). From the start, we knew this might be tight competition, given CV had almost as many wins as the Dons going into this game. Just before…
The Acalanes GIrls Varsity Soccer team took on the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles Thursday evening. The Dons battled through a scoreless first half with the defensive line working hard. A penalty in the 2nd half led to a free kick by the Ugly Eagles that was deflected into the back of Dons’ net with 31 minutes to play. Shot…
