Last Saturday the Acalanes Girls Volleyball team traveled to Sonoma Valley High School for a one day tourney with 20 teams. The day began with a flag and commemorative ceremony with a large contingent of first responders in attendance to honor 9/11/ In the first game against the host Sonoma Valley High School, junior Katelyn Olin killed an overpass to…
The first set started off with a bomb kill by middle hitter Tea Smith who followed it up with 3 serves in a row. At 9-5 outside hitter Sophie Walker hit a monster kill that lead to the serving streak of the night with setter Eva McGrath serving for 10 points in a row. 1st set down 25-8.The pirates were…
Freshman Girls Volleyball dominated in their pre-season game against Pittsburg, winning in two consecutive sets. In the first set, libero Fiona Roux and hitters Mimi Maycock, Emme Cain, Addy Ames and Addie McShane helped the Dons keep a wide lead. Both Grace Gallacher and Megan Churchill tipped the ball over the net to gain advantage. Most impressive was the Dons’ serving, with aces from Liza Gulberg, LilyMcKinney and Emma Seelenbacher. Emma had an amazing 13 consecutive serves including 8…
On Tuesday, the Acalanes Dons varsity volleyball team hosted Archie Williams (formerly Drake) HighSchool in the Dons’ first preseason match. With senior Rachel Zhang serving, the Dons got off to a 1-0 lead. After a sideout, senior Emma Johnsonserved up on ace for a 2-1 lead. The Dons fell behind but juniors Ryann Jones and Katelyn Olin had backto back…
The Acalanes Freshmen Women’s Volleyball team kicked off their pre-season with an impressive win over Archie Williams. In the first set, Archie Williams jumped out with a 2-0 lead, which came to a screeching halt after Addie McShane’s monstrous hit. The Dons were then off and running with an impressive number of aces from Mimi Maycock, Emma Seelenbacher, Fiona Roux, Campbell Evans, and Emme Cain. The defense also…
The JV Girls team keep their swagger from last year fully intact as they took on 4 teams in a row at the Campolindo Jamboree this past weekend. Alas, scores were not kept in these preseason matches based on time at 25 minutes each. The fun began with Campo, of course, and ended with Eva McGrath serving up 5 straight points…
Our Varsity team brought their Acalanes ” A” game at the pre-season Campolindo Jamboree. Nine teams from around the area, playing strong, we are ready to rock! Go Dons! Freshman (9am) and JV (1pm) are at the Jamboree this Saturday, August 21 and ready to flex! Come out to Moraga and as we paint this town BLUE!
The Junior Varsity Dons scored a razor-thin victory against the much-improved Las Lomas Knights on Thursday, splitting the sets at 25-21 and 22-25. The one-point edge was much tighter than the 32-point drubbing the Dons delivered to the Knights when the teams met on May 5. Thursday’s game held the crowd in suspense with many cheers and oohs, with both…
Last night, your Dons returned home to take on the Las Lomas Knights in their last match of this abbreviated 2021 campaign. It was Senior Night, which of course had been postponed once already, and the eleven senior Dons showed their Acalanes Blue and White with pride, poise and class. As a bonus, there was an invitation-only, or pretty much,…
On Tuesday May 25th, at the Acalanes Freshman Lady Dons’ “End of Season” Banquet, Coach Roman quipped: “This team…has swagger… And swag…is a good thing to have.” The following day, the Lady Dons swaggered into the Foothill Middle School gym where they would face a Northgate Bronco team that looked eerily similar to themselves: cool, confident, intimidating, graceful, hard-hitting, tenacious,…
