This past Thursday evening, February 6, the Varsity Women Dons traveled to Campolindo for their second time this season for their first official league game against the Cougars. We parent fans were incredibly grateful for the sturdy pop-ups set up in the bleachers by fellow parents Brian Houston and Wendy Cerruti (apparently when you each have 2 players per family…
This past Thursday evening, January 30th, the Acalanes Women’s Soccer team traveled to Las Lomas to face the Knights on their home pitch. Since our resounding victory over the Alameda Hornets on Monday night, even more of our players succumbed to nasty circulating respiratory bugs. With only 2 subs, including Grace Eppinger, who graciously agreed to step up from JV to support…
Nicole Nguyen and Alex Salazar each had a pair of goals and an assist and the Acalanes girls soccer team cruised to a 5-1 victory over visiting Alameda on Monday night. Salazar got the scoring going in the first minute, breaking free from a cluster of players and neatly slotting home the game’s first goal. Nguyen followed not long after,…
Saturday night, January 25, the Acalanes Varsity Women’s soccer team traveled to Moraga to face the Cougars at Campolindo. The Dons came on strong, dominating possession and attacks from the get go. Reese Tierney sent a pass to Alex Salazar in the corner, but the cross was disrupted by the Campo defense. Our defensive back line, Tatum Keely, Edie Berzansky, Cassidy Smith and Tori Hiatt kept up…
This past Thursday night, January 23rd, the Varsity Women took on the Miramonte Matadors on our home pitch. Before most of us had even settled in for another frigid night on the bleachers, Alex Salazar sent a clean pass to Nicole Nguyen for a shot and goal #1 for ACA, just over 2 minutes into the match! Our defense was ready for Miramontes’ response, with Reese Tierney and Tatum Keely taking…
Friday night, January 17th, the Dons traveled to Northgate for a very chilly and challenging night of Varsity Women’s soccer. We knew going into this match-up that the Broncos had beaten Campo 5-1 and shut out College Park 2-0, and of course we had just shut out both Clayton Valley 2-0 and Benicia 4-0. The Broncos came out strong with…
Tuesday January 14, the Acalanes Women’s Varsity welcomed the Benicia High Panthers to our home pitch for a chilly night of soccer. The Dons came out fighting, with defenders Tori Hiatt and Tatum Keely breaking up an early attack by Benicia. Soon after, Keely passed to Nicole Nguyen, who sent the ball to Lucca Debiasse, leading to a Dons’ corner – ultimately resulting in goal #1 by Alex Salazar, just under the 8…
On Saturday January 11th the Varsity Women traveled to San Ramon to face the Grizzlies at Cal High. This was a physical game from the get-go with these well-matched teams! The Dons defense was ready with Reese Tierney and Cassidy Smith breaking up two early Grizzly runs. Our offense responded with Nicole Nguyen sending a through ball to Taylor Mikalis, then later Mikalis passing to Nguyen for a shot, both…
Thursday January 9, the Dons headed north to face Clayton Valley High School on their home turf for the first official league game of the 2024-2025 Women’s Varsity soccer season. The Ugly Eagles came out fighting with an early shot just wide of the goal, followed by a cross caught by keeper Melisa Adatepe. Nicole Nguyen followed with a deflection of a Clayton…
After controlling the possession for the first 15 minutes, Maria Carrillo High School opened the scoring with a great cross. Acalanes senior Alex Salazar soon answered with a rocket shot from the center of the box after 2 perfectly set up passes from seniors Nicole Nguyen and Taylor Mikalis. The first half ended in a 1-1 tie. Once again, 15…