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…
Welcome to the Girls JV Tennis Team! Under the leadership of our wonderful coach Lee Ann Gove, we have an energetic team with a large number of incoming freshman. To start our season, we hosted Bishop O’Dowd at Acalanes on August 27 for a preseason match. It was a strong showing for the Dons, winning 13-1. On the singles side,…
Welcome to the 2024 Girls Varsity Tennis Team! After having a relatively young team last year, this year’s team has high hopes for a successful season as many of the girls are returning, and the team also welcomed a number of seasoned players from last year’s JV team along with one new frosh player, Sadie Moise. The dedicated coaching staff…
On Tuesday, the Varsity Girls Tennis team traveled to Northgate High School for the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Division Championship tournament. It was a record turnout as 16 Dons participated, two in singles and 14 in doubles (7 teams). Sophomore Aamena Shipchandler was seeded #6 on the singles side and advanced to the third round, and some of the other…
Although Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patented a hourglass shaped court in 1874 as part of his “New and Improved Court for Playing the Ancient Game of Tennis”, most tennis courts throughout history have been rectangular, measuring 78 feet long, 36 feet wide (27 feet for singles), with service lines 21 feet from the net. Grass courts are the most traditional tennis…