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,…
The JV Women’s Volleyball team fought head-to-head with the Miramonte Matadors on Wednesday night, May 26, with each team winning one set (25-14, 18-25). The Dons claimed victory by scoring four more points overall, beating the Mats on their home turf in Orinda. The Dons remain tied with Campolindo for first place in the league with one match remaining in…
Your Dons traveled to Orinda for their last road match of the season on Wednesday. The Matadome was rocking on Senior Night for the Mats. The Dons were looking for a little bit of revenge after dropping one to Miramonte in the opening week of the season. Here we go. In set one, Katelyn Olin helped create the tone with…
Tuesday the Dons travelled out to Northgate for a makeup game against the Broncos. The Broncos got out to a 2 point lead but Elena Needs got it back with a line kill, Annika Olson got a kill off the tape and then Annika and Katelyn Olin teamed up for a roof to get the lead back 4-2. A Bronco…
On Thursday, May 20, the JV Women’s Volleyball team split sets with the Campolindo Cougars 15-25, 25-18 but barely lost on overall points in a near repeat of their season-opener where they beat Campolindo. Even though the Dons played the Cougs on their home court in Moraga, the Acalanes parents brought on enough noise in the stands to simulate the…
