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…
Monday December 9, the Acalanes Women’s soccer team welcomed Bishop O’Dowd High School to the Dons’ home pitch. The Dragons were coming off a 3-game win streak and play was fast and furious between these well-matched teams from the start. Our defense came out strong with Edie Berzansky and Tori Hiatt, with Lily Polkinhorn and Dani Green working in the midfield. Livi Foster sent a nice through ball to Nicole…
The Varsity Girls Soccer team traveled to Cardinal Newman HS in Santa Rosa for a rare Saturday match. The Dons were missing 12 players due to prior commitments or injuries, so Coach Alex invited some fantastic JV players to the pitch. This was a match that had feelings of the movie “300”… where the outnumbered Spartan warriors battled bravely against…
Wednesday December 12th marked the much anticipated opening of the Acalanes Women’s soccer season with the Varsity Dons facing Windsor at home. Our opponents came out strong, but right from the start keeper Sara Tarnai fended off a goal attempt, backed by ready defense from Edie Berzansky, Sisi Houston, Cassidy Smith, and Tori Hiatt. An impressive header by Berzansky cleared out a Windsor challenge. Downfield, Nicole Nguyen made a solid…
The Dons were back to their winning ways on Tuesday night against the visiting Petaluma Trojans in the first round of the NCS playoffs. But, of course, the Dons needed some time at the beginning of the first quarter to get the jitters out and settle in. Piedmont got on the board first, but the Dons responded when Grace Imrie…
In the second of two games against Campo this season, the Dons were hoping for a better showing than their first match up earlier in the season and to play spoiler for Campo’s Senior Night. The good news is that the Dons looked much stronger than the first match up and played with heart all game long, but the bad…
The Dons returned from Spring Break ready to take on San Francisco University High School on the road Tuesday afternoon. Two players in particular, midfielder Lucca DeBiasse and goalie Addie Martin, looked rested and refreshed throughout the game. DeBiasse scored so many goals that we had to research the nicknames for various numbers of goals (more on that later) and…
If the Dons could go back in time and erase the first quarter of their game against Campo on Friday night, Acalanes would be celebrating an 8-7 victory over the Cougs. Sadly, time travel hasn’t been invented yet. It wasn’t that the Dons’ offense didn’t get any shots off in the first quarter, they just couldn’t get any past Campo…
The Girls Varsity Lacrosse team hosted the Northgate Broncos on Friday night. The Dons showed some nerves early in the game, allowing the Broncos to score in the first minute. From there both teams traded possession multiple times with turnovers back and forth. The Dons finally broke through with senior Grace Imrie scoring off of a nice pass by fellow…
Congratulations to the following Dons for being selected to the DAL All-League teams: First Team for Junior Nicole Nguyen and Sophomore Tori Hiatt, Second Team for Junior Lucca DeBiasse, Third Team for Sophomore Tatum Keely and Honorable Mention for Senior Ella Thomason. Ella Thomason was named Acalanes Team MVP, Nicole Nguyen was named Acalanes Offensive Player of the Year and…