In Tuesdays action on the tennis courts, Acalanes hosted the College Park Falcons and dominated with an 8-1 overall win. An encouraging home crowd was treated to many great matches. Thank you to all who came to cheer on the Dons! In singles play at Line 1, Sophomore Aamena Shipchandler handled her opponent in two sets 6-2, 6-0. Junior Piper…
On Friday, the Girls Varsity Tennis team travelled to Union City for a 12 team tournament at James Logan High School. The team had a challenging match in the morning against San Ramon Valley, who appeared to be the strongest team in the field, but bounced back in the afternoon against Berkeley. Olivia Dawkins, Lauren Foster, Hanna Wisnewski, and Liv…
The US Open is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens and is the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year. Originally known as the US National Championship, it is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first played in August 1881. This year marks the 50th anniversary of equal prize money for women…
Most historians believe that tennis originated in France in the 12th century. The French called the game ‘Tenez’, which can be translated as ‘hold!’, ‘receive!’ or ‘take!’, a call from the server indicating that he or she is about to serve. The ball was struck with the palm of the hand, and later with a glove. The game came to…
The Acalanes Girls Varsity Team ended their regular season play at home Tuesday with a loss to Miramonte. The Dons solo match won was by Senior and Captain Analese (Ari) Ruczynski in a thrilling three setter. After going down 1-6, she flipped the script against her opponent and won the second set 6-1. That took it to a narrow 12-10…
The JV Girls Tennis team wrapped up a successful season on Tuesday against Miramonte winning the top 6 matches of the day. After beating Northgate last week with some amazing singles and doubles play, Tuesday was a day of all doubles matches and the Dons came out strong once again. At Line 1, Tea Smith and Georgia Wilson took the…
The Girls Varsity Tennis Team Knocked out the Las Lomas Knights on Thursday with a 5-4 win. The Dons doubles teams led the action with a three match sweep. Partners Emily Berkowitz and Kailyn Broad prevailed 6-3, 6-2, while the line two pair of Lucy O’Brien and Marcela Wisniewska won with 6-4, 6-3 sets. Olivia Dawkins and Piper Duff teamed…
Tuesday’s action against Northgate on the Acalanes tennis courts resulted in a 5-4 win for the Girls Tennis Team. Singles wins were had by senior Ari Ruczynski (6-1, 6-2), senior Cate Condy (6-2, 6-1), and frosh Aamena Shipchandler (6-1, 6-1). The doubles teams of Kailyn Broad and Emily Berkowitz (6-3, 6-2) and Olivia Dawkins and Piper Duff (2 sets) were…
Last week brought mixed results for the JV Girls Tennis team. On Tuesday, they dominated the College Park Tennis courts, winning every single match for a total team win of 16-0. Campolindo, on Thursday, proved to be a much more challenging opponent with the Dons top three singles matches being the only wins of the day. Line 1 singles player…
The Girls Varsity Tennis Team had a soaring victory over the College Park Falcons on Tuesday winning 8-1. Leading the charge was Ari Ruczynski with a dominate 6-0, 6-0 win. Martha Burns also easily took care of her opponent winning 6-0, 6-1. Line 3 singles player Aamena Shipchandler stayed strong with a 6-4, 6-1 victory. Ashley Donner fought a hard…