The moment you walked into the Las Lomas gym, you realized the futility of your mask against the intensity wafting from the visitors’ side of the net. Well before the match even began, the Las Lomas Knights—not unlike the Northgate Broncos and Campolindo Cougars before them—would fall victim to the cool, confident, machinelike pregame ritual of the Acalanes Freshman Lady…
In the first match of the 2020-2021 season, the Acalanes Junior Varsity Women’s Volleyball team beat Campolindo at home by a razor thin margin over the two-set match. Campo won the first set 19-25 and Acalanes won the second set 25-18. This year, we are playing two sets per match, and the winner is determined by the overall point differential. …
In their second game of the season on Thursday, the Junior Varsity Dons eked out a 4-point victory against the visiting Miramonte Matadors, splitting the sets at 25-18 and 22-25. The Dons started the first set with a 4-0 serving run by Mara Korzeniowska, and held onto their lead, which they finished with a well-placed bump set by Maddie Bacon…
On Saturday the Freshman Lady Dons faced the Campolindo Cougars on their court. The Cougars jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead, which included a couple of ‘tape’ serves that fell Campo’s way. Coach Roman called a strategic timeout to successfully freeze out the Campo server. Julia Mannering’s serving helped change the momentum of the set, and narrowed the score…
On Thursday night, wearing a Don’s uniform for the first time, the frosh girls took to the court with authority. Getting the Dons off to a strong start, Jade Profilio showed her serving prowess with a run that included 6 aces. Ruthy Protass, Monica Dikova and Mika Bocobo also served up aces to increase the Don’s lead. The Dons racked…
The Acalanes Girls Varsity volleyball team was beaten in three sets by the Miramonte Matadors on Thursday night, 25-8, 25-22, 25-20. In set 1, the Matadors gave the Dons fits with their serving and defense. Acalanes got down early and could not put a run together. In set 2, the Dons were down just 1 at 20-21, but the Mats…
It was a disappointing night for the Dons girls volleyball program, as they were beaten by Campolindo in three sets, 25-16, 25-13, 25-18. The Dons could never get their rhythm against a very talented opponent, and showed some first-match jitters that lead to mistakes. The first set was close until the Cougars used a 12-3 scoring run to put it…
All home matches streaming live (and free) on YouTube Dons Girls Volleyball is finally back. The program is coming off a historic season way back in the Fall of 2019, when they finished in 2nd place in the NCS Division III, and qualified for the CIF State playoffs. Although there are no playoffs this year, coaches Haley Glass, Alan Go…
The Acalanes Women’s Volleyball Team will be hosting tryouts for the 2020-2021 season on Monday April 12th and Tuesday April 13th. Frosh tryouts will be from 5:00-6:30 pm in the small gym, and upperclassmen tryouts will be from 6:30-8:00 in the main gym. Players interested in trying out should fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/JPtb3tADNMzFGRgQA. Interested players will need to upload a completed…
