Dons played their last match of the regular season at Northgate narrowly defeating the Broncos 5 to 4. 4 year starting Senior Sydney Bell was the last court to finish as the team score was all tied at 4 apiece. Playing at line 2 singles Sydney prevailed over a strong left handed opponent to clinch the VICTORY! Sydney played consistently from the…
DONS LOSE 2 -7 The match was much closer than the score reflects as all of the doubles matches went to tiebreakers and could have gone either way.( swing of 3 points) The Mats brought the same strong singles line up as last time but the Dons won at line #3 Jasmine Toni ( 6-0, 6-1), and line #4 Zoe…
The JV Lady Dons met the Campo Cougars in their second league match ending in a close loss of 6-8. Props go to Freshman Ella Morris who beat Campo’s #1 singles player and sophomore Lindsey Campbell and Junior Alyssa Armanino who pulled out an exciting 7-5 win in their doubles match. Said Coach Ninette Bittner, “Exciting points to watch all…
HOME OF THE DONS! Acalanes wins 6 to 3 vs. Las Lomas. After splitting 3-3 in the singles vs. the Knights, the Dons needed at least 2 wins from the doubles. Fortunately, the team stepped up at all of the doubles lines and WON ALL 3 !!! At line 3 doubles, Kristen Campbell and Aly Sweeney were fired up and played with their usual…
Acalanes JV Women’s Tennis took Las Lomas today for the second time in league play, winning all 8 lines! All are welcome to come support the ladies at their next match this Thursday, October 11th away at Campolindo High School.
Congratulations to the Dons for bringing home another League win last Thursday against the Falcons! With a brand new 8 court facility, College Park was psyched and ready to go today! But , so were the Dons! Our team had a focus and intensity today that was commendable and the Dons didn’t let up, though there were times they could have.…
HOME OF THE DONS! As the final score already shows, this match was close, right up until the last 2 doubles matches. The singles split 3-3 which left it up to the doubles to pick up the necessary 2 wins to bring it home. With some great team cheering and a focus on everyone being involved even if they were off…
The Ladies’ JV Dons served up a big win of 8-3 over Northgate today! Come watch them in action again next week on Tuesday, October 9th at home as they battle Las Lomas!
The JV Ladies were up and down this week following their loss to Campo on Tuesday. Wednesday brought a huge win against College Park, 8 – 2 despite the hot courts and full-sun play. Then last night it didn’t go their way with a significant loss to Miramonte, 2-12. Said Coach Ninette Bittner, “We were just outplayed against more experienced…
Dons lose 2-7 vs. Miramonte. It was not the day of the Dons over in Orinda but the level of tennis was high on both sides. In singles, Zoe Cate and Jasmine Toni, secured the 2 match wins for the Dons with Zoe winning O and O at line 4, and Jasmine winning 3 and 2 at line 3. Jasmine played some of her finest tennis this season,…