The Lady Dons Seniors enjoyed their senior night with stellar performances across the board. Having won the first 2 NCS Championships in Acalanes history as well as a State Championship, they are continuing to build their legend. Las Lomas came in with a team much improved from years past, but they were no match for the Dons and the game…
The Volleyball Dons visited the Las Lomas Knights for their first road match of the year. The teams played a best-of-3 set match and both squads were ready to compete. In set one, the Dons came out looking more like themselves after two setbacks to start the season. With senior libero Sydney Sowarby back to full health, and the return…
Pictured above: Left to right, Parker Tompkins, Loic Picard, Peter Archer, Jay Mills, Liam Stephenson, Ethan Del Rosario, Ethan Walker, and Jon Davis Wednesday May 5 was Senior Night for the Acalanes Boys Water Polo team, and they were victorious in a game at home against Las Lomas. After a slow start, the Dons pulled away and held a commanding…
The Acalanes Junior Varsity Women’s Volleyball team delivered a strong performance on Wednesday, May 5, leading to a 25-10, 25-8 win over the Las Lomas Knights on their home turf in Walnut Creek. Acalanes played confidently and consistently throughout the whole match and sailed to victory. Here are some key statistics from the match: Sofie Foster – 6 kills; Jasmine Frost…
The moment you walked into the Las Lomas gym, you realized the futility of your mask against the intensity wafting from the visitors’ side of the net. Well before the match even began, the Las Lomas Knights—not unlike the Northgate Broncos and Campolindo Cougars before them—would fall victim to the cool, confident, machinelike pregame ritual of the Acalanes Freshman Lady…
Thanks to everyone for coming out to senior day and supporting our 3 seniors who are graduating this year!! Jasmine Toni has played Varsity singles all four years and will attend UC Santa Barbara next year. Eliza Bates has played the top line of Varsity singles all four years, she was recruited to play tennis / study at Cal Poly.…
In the first match of the 2020-2021 season, the Acalanes Junior Varsity Women’s Volleyball team beat Campolindo at home by a razor thin margin over the two-set match. Campo won the first set 19-25 and Acalanes won the second set 25-18. This year, we are playing two sets per match, and the winner is determined by the overall point differential. …
In their second game of the season on Thursday, the Junior Varsity Dons eked out a 4-point victory against the visiting Miramonte Matadors, splitting the sets at 25-18 and 22-25. The Dons started the first set with a 4-0 serving run by Mara Korzeniowska, and held onto their lead, which they finished with a well-placed bump set by Maddie Bacon…
The games are coming thick and fast for the Lady Dons and Saturday saw Davis High School visit the Heaston Aquatic Center. After their first loss in two years the Dons needed to get back on the bike and show a return to winning ways. Davis proved to be an ideal opponent, tough and feisty with more than a little…
On Saturday the Freshman Lady Dons faced the Campolindo Cougars on their court. The Cougars jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead, which included a couple of ‘tape’ serves that fell Campo’s way. Coach Roman called a strategic timeout to successfully freeze out the Campo server. Julia Mannering’s serving helped change the momentum of the set, and narrowed the score…
