Well the Dons showed up today and took home their 2nd DAL League victory against College Park. In singles, lines 1-5 (Ruczysnski, Burns, Morris, Condy, and Donner) picked up wins. Condy takes home another Dons Player of the Match Award for hanging tough at line 4. Cate pulled out a nice win 7-6(5), 6-2! Shipley Duff battled hard at line 6 against a…
Dons win 8-1 vs Northgate. So many players competed well today from line 1 singles down to EXO doubles matches. It was a great TEAM effort out there and Coach Drew is really proud of everyone. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHIPLEY DUFF! The cupcakes worked their magic to help capture the victory. Kayli Harley and Emily Berkowitz picked up the Dons…
Varsity girls tennis team squared off against Mission San Jose High School from Fremont. The last time these two teams met was in the team NCS Championships a few years back. Unfortunately, this time the Warriors came away with the win. Final score, Dons 2, Warriors 7. In singles, sophomore Lindsay Kim, played in the number 1 spot for the first…
Girls Varsity Tennis has gotten off to a valiant start with their non league pre season matches in the past two weeks. Veteran coach Drew Diefenbach has reached out to several new schools to get challenging matches on tap for his relatively young Varsity lineup. ( Three 2021 graduated seniors have left open opportunities for younger players in the current…
Yesterday Acalanes students, staff and Acalanes Boosters celebrated the 2021 senior athletes and artists that have been recruited by colleges and universities to play and perform at the next level. Thanks to all who came out to support and to the student athletes who expressed gratitude to the entire Acalanes community. Congratulations to all 11 recruited athletes going on to…
It came down to the last match of the league season to determine who would be the DAL League Champions for Girls Varsity Tennis! Both the Miramonte and the Acalanes were tied 4-0 going into the match! DONS WIN 6-3 VS. THE MATS! DONS GO UNDEFEATED IN LEAGUE AND WIN THE DAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE 2ND SEASON IN A ROW!…
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…
