On a foggy evening in Lafayette, the Varsity Girls Soccer team ground out a hard-fought 2–0 victory over the visiting Maria Carrillo Panthers, improving to 2–0 on the young season. The Panthers’ sideline brought plenty of energy with their chants of “Let’s go Pumas!”, but the Dons composure and steady pressure ultimately tipped the match. The opening half was a…
Welcome to the 2025-26 Varsity Girls Soccer Season! Coming off a 10-4-6 season last year highlighted by a road NCS Playoff victory over perennial powerhouse Carondelet, this years team has a mix of familiar faces from last year and a group of new players looking to fill the big shoes of the seniors who graduated. Against that backdrop, the team…
The Varsity Girls Tennis participated in NCS for the first time in several years, competing in D1 as the #15 seed and taking on #2 seed Irvington High School from Fremont. A few of the Irvington players had impressive 6.0 Universal Tennis Ratings (UTR), a global tennis player rating system that rates all players on a single 16-point scale, without…
The Varsity Girls Tennis participated in the DAL Tournament on Tuesday at Northgate high school, taking on opponents from a number of different local schools including Northgate, Miramonte, Campolindo, Las Lomas, and College Park in a single elimination single pro-set style tournament. The girls played well compared to the past two years, increasing the number of players who won their…
Varsity Girls Tennis Closes out Regular Season with 9-0 Victory over College Park as Seniors Honored
The Varsity Girls Tennis wrapped up the season on Tuesday, taking on College Park on Senior Night. After recognizing the seniors with speeches and cupcakes, the Dons cruised to a 9-0 victory. On the singles side, Elisabetta Sokolova won 6-1, 6-2 at Line 1, Aamena Shipchandler won 6-2, 6-0 at Line 2, Grace Colaco won 6-4, 6-3 at Line 3,…
The Varsity Girls Tennis team hit the road Tuesday afternoon, taking on Northgate High School in a rematch. The Dons were ultimately defeated 7-2. Coach Langtry was not able to get all of the scores because there was a big switch-around with the carpool drivers, and then when that was settled Northgate was busy doing their senior night activity. Audrey…
The Varsity Girls Tennis team returned home on Thursday to host a rematch against Las Lomas High School. After winning the first contest 8-1, the team completed the season sweep with an impressive 7-2 victory. On the singles side, Elisabetta Sokolova lost 6-4, 6-2 at Line 1. Aamena Shipchandler won 7-6, 6-2 at Line 2 against a strong opponent, winning…
The Varsity Girls Tennis team continued the road trip on Wednesday afternoon, taking on rival Campo after the rain caused the matches to be postponed. Although the team lost by what appeared to be a lopsided score 9-0, the Dons lost a couple very close matches in tiebreakers. In addition, the #2 singles player on the Dons, Aamena Shipchandler, was…
The Varsity Girls Tennis team hit the road on Tuesday afternoon, taking on 10-4 Las Lomas High School. The girls played some very long, touch matches with 4 tiebreakers and pulled out the great 8-1 victory as night fell in Walnut Creek. On the singles side, Elisabetta Sokolova won 6-4, 0-6, 10-8 in the tiebreaker at Line 1, Aamena Shipchandler…
As the weather slowly turns to fall, the Varsity Girls Tennis team hit the road on Thursday afternoon to take on undefeated Miramonte. In fact, Miramonte came into the contest 6-0 having only dropped 6 matches along the way, and unfortunately for the Dons, they weren’t able to add any matches to that total, falling 9-0. On the singles side,…