In a home game against the Miramonte Matadors, the Acalanes Boys Varsity Water Polo team lead through the first half but came up a goal short at the end, losing 8-9 in a close contest. The Dons led 2-1 after the first quarter, and 5-3 at the half. Outscored 4-0 in the third quarter, the Dons came back to within…
Today might have been the swiftest victory we’ve seen since coaching at Acalanes. Dons go 9-0 vs College Park. Singles lines 1-4 (Eliza Bates, Analese Ruczynski, Jasmine Toni, Martha Burns) and 6 (Lauren Williams) won rather quickly today with Ruczynski bringing home the first win for the Dons in record time at line 2. Line 5 singles, Anna Scheirer brought…
Wednesday saw the Lady Dons’ most anticipated game of the season as local rivals, the Matadors of Miramonte, visited the Heaston Aquatic Center. Miramonte, like the Dons, boasted an unbeaten record coming into the game and brought a strong, experienced team. Over the last two seasons the Mats had given the Dons some of their toughest games and expectations were…
All home matches streaming live (and free) on YouTube Dons Girls Volleyball is finally back. The program is coming off a historic season way back in the Fall of 2019, when they finished in 2nd place in the NCS Division III, and qualified for the CIF State playoffs. Although there are no playoffs this year, coaches Haley Glass, Alan Go…
The Dons picked up their 2nd win of the year, undetterred by unfavorable windy conditions. Five lines of singles ( Eliza Bates, Analese Ruczynksi, JasmineToni, Martha Burns, Lauren Williams) swept with 2 set victories. While Anna Scheirer took down her opponent in a hard fought 3 setter. In Doubles, lines 2 (Ashley Donner & Marcela Wisniewska) and line 3 (Olivia…
In their first home game, the Dons Varsity Boys Water Polo team jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, and beat the Northgate Broncos by a final score of 8-6 on Saturday. Jay Mills led the scoring with 5 goals, and Eli Berkowitz, Liam Stevenson and Warren Cooper each added one, while Andrew Sappal had a team-high four assists.
The Lady Dons continued their 2+ year winning streak today in comfortable fashion, beating Northgate 13-4. The Broncos looked outmatched from the beginning as the Dons ran out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. 3 goals from Claire Rowell and single goals by Alana McCartney, Caroline Schirmer, Maizie O’Hare and Alexa Carter set the team up for the…
The Lady Dons had their second game in two days and this time they made the trip east, down Highway 4, to play Heritage High School in Brentwood. Heritage has a relatively new Women’s program but based on the size of their JV and Varsity squads, the excellent facilities and the enthusiastic efforts in the pool, it will not be…
Game three and next up for the Lady Dons was a visit to fierce rivals Campolindo High School. The Cougars never give Acalanes an easy game and once again they proved to be a tough opponent. The Dons started strongly and went in front when Heidi Heffelfinger passed crisply for Claire Rowell to tuck away her first goal of the…
Short and sweet season this year, but Senior Lauren Williams didn’t wait long to make her mark. In the girls’ opening scrimmage against Miramonte, Lauren made her singles debut having only played doubles for the Varsity team last year. Normally the match format is 6 lines of singles take the courts followed by three lines of doubles. However sometimes the…
