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.…
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…
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…
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…
Our well regarded Girls and Boys tennis team Coach Drew has been busy on the courts helping students improve their tennis game. The clinics provide a small group setting to get lots of coaching attention for technical stroke work, point playing tactics and lots of muscle memory drill work to fine tune your game. Contact him to inquire about availability…
Girls Tennis: Eliza Bates wins historic NCS Singles Championship, a first for Acalanes Girls Tennis!
Eliza and her teammate Jasmine Toni qualified to compete in the NCS championships for singles. The 2 day tournament was played at Mill Valley Tennis Club. Jasmine won her opening round 6-2 7-6 , but fell to the# 3 seed in her second round. Eliza competed at a very high level to win her semi-final match 6-3 7-5 against senior…
The Dons beat San Ramon Valley 5-2 last Thursday to advance to the Semi-Finals. Eliza Bates, Jasmine Toni, Analese Ruczynski, and Martha Burns all won their singles matches. Zoe Cate and Michelle Goll teamed up to win doubles. Celebration hot chocolates to round out the evening, THANKS Coach Drew! Saturday brought a semi-final match up against league rival Miramonte. Unfortunately,…
The Dons took the courts under the lights for their first night match. 3 Doubles and 3 Singles started the match and the Dons took early control. Jasmine Toni played some of her best tennis of the season and defeated a tough opponent to be the first court completed and earn Don of the Day award. Analese Ruczynski won singles…
Show up and cheer for the Dons today as Girls Tennis faces off against Mission San Jose at home, NCS match at 5pm. 4 lines of singles and 3 lines of doubles will play, first team to score 4 wins moves on to Round 2 of TEAM NCS play. LET”S GO DONS! t