The JV Girls Tennis team continued their strong season last week, earning wins against both Northgate and Las Lomas. The week before, they also defeated Miramonte High School, improving on the draw we had with the Mats earlier this season. On Tuesday, the team traveled to Las Lomas High School to take on the Knights. We won 10 matches…
The Girls Varsity Tennis team had two rematches again this week. On Tuesday, the Dons defeated the Las Lomas Knights, matching their 6-3 victory against them on September 24th. On Thursday, the Dons lost to the Northgate Broncos 5-4, but narrowed the gap after falling 7-2 against them on September 26th. Las Lomas Knights On Tuesday, the girls defeated the…
The Girls Varsity Tennis team had rematches against two very tough opponents this week who are both 17-3 on the season. Although the Dons were ultimately swept 9-0 in both contests, the team was able to secure one win in the extra matches against the Matadors and two wins against the Cougars. Miramonte On the singles side, the lineup was…
The Girls Varsity Tennis team travelled to College Park on Thursday. The girls were originally supposed to play on Tuesday, but the match was postponed due to high temperatures. It was a bit like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire as the temperature on Thursday also cracked 3 digits with no shade in sight for the…
The Girls Varsity Tennis team split their matches for the week, winning 6-3 over Las Lomas on Tuesday on the road, and falling 7-2 against Northgate on Thursday at home. Both opponents came into the matches with winning records as Las Lomas was 5-3 and Northgate was 8-3. Despite the challenge, the girls fought hard, pushing 6 of the 18…
Welcome to Homecoming Weekend! On Thursday, the Girls Varsity Tennis team hosted the team that starts with a “C” from Moraga. Not only had the Cougars played way more matches than the Dons in this young season, but they also came into the contest sporting an impressive 14-2 record, with most of the wins coming in blowout fashion. Despite the…
On the day when the senior banners went up, the Girls Varsity Tennis team hosted cross town rival Miramonte. The Matadors came into the contest sporting a 9-2 record on the season, having won exactly 75% of their matches on the season (51 wins vs. 17 losses). And here is another fun stat. The Dons and Mats had combined to…
The JV Girls Tennis team faced Miramonte Tuesday afternoon in their first league match and continued the strong play they have shown so far this season! Overall, the match ended up tied at 6-6, but the Dons had the edge, taking 2 of the 4 singles matches and the first three lines of doubles matches. In singles, our lineup was…
On Saturday, the Varsity girls tennis team traveled to Freedom High School in Oakley. Although the calendar read September 14, it felt more like July 4. The game was played at Freedom High School (editor’s note: the phrase “Let Freedom Ring” comes from it’s use in the Song “America” written by Samuel Francis Smith in 1831, which Dr. Martin Luther…
Following the last girls varsity tennis article, I was deluged with angry comments that I broke with my usual “creative” writing style from last year to just report what happened. Ok, I realize that only a couple people actually read these articles, so it would be hard to consider that a “deluge”, but trust me, they were upset. So I…