The Acalanes JV volleyball team strong-armed their way to another victory Thursday night, beating a tough Miramonte squad 25-19, 25-22. The first game was off to a shaky start with the Dons down 0-3. But after a few quick connections between setter Sarah Coons and middle blocker Aly Kirke, the Dons started rolling. Libero Sydney Sowarby had a nice…
Another big rivalry match tonight in a hot gym as YOUR Acalanes Dons Girls Volleyball Team hosted Miramonte. Another great crowd filled the gym as the “Dons Armada” student group has shown up in force. Roll Highlights. First Set: 1-0: Madi Risch stuffs it at the night for the first point. 2-3: Amazing diving dig from Elsa Clever.…
Come support your Dons by eating dinner at school and cheering on Girls Volleyball to a win over Miramonte!!
YOUR Acalanes Dons Girls Volleyball Team hosted their first league match of the season against the Las Lomas Knights. Great to see a sizeable and boisterous crowd on hand to cheer the Dons! First Set: 2-0: Lane Webster Ace! Kaboom! 4-1: Hayes Hollar smooth pass to Webster, who sets up Madi Risch. Madi crushes it. Boom! 8-2: Cailey…
YOUR Acalanes Dons Girls Volleyball Team visited Sonoma Valley High on Saturday for a long day of tournament volleyball. The Dons played their best ball of the year by far, and ended up with a 3rd Place finish, going 4-1 on the day. The Dons started pool play against Albany. They took the first set 25-12 in dominant fashion,…
The Dons long roadtrip continued Thursday at Alhambra. After a close start the team ran off 9 straight points with setter Sarah Coons serving and pins Tate Huisingh, Lyla Cox and Lauren Davis providing early offense. Specialists Audrey Passalaqua and Emma Johnson along with Libero Sydney Sowarby were able to handle the Bulldog hitting with ease throughout the first set and…
YOUR Acalanes Dons Girls Volleyball Team continued its Week 1 road show in league play, facing the much-improved Alhambra Bulldogs in Martinez on Thursday night. Roll the highlights. First Set: 2-5: Slow start. Hayes Hollar roof. Dons cold. 4-6: Erin Meade kill. Warmer… 6s: Awesome tight net set from Rachel Go…Roxy Cummings kills it. Getting hotter. 7-6: …
They Freshman Dons are coming together. They faced a good Alhambra High School team on enemy soil and battled hard throughout the contest. The Dons took the first game 25-16, but the Bulldogs came out on top in game #2, 22-25. The tiebreaker was a nail-biter, with the score tied 11-11, but the Bulldogs had some balls bounce their way…
Acalanes at Campolindo 9/18/2018 Arch rival. On the road. First DAL League match of the season. Let’s see what YOUR Acalanes Dons Girls Volleyball Team had in store for us on Tuesday night… First Set: 1-2: Hayes Hollar kills one to get the Dons on the board. 2-2: And then Madi Risch kills the Lane Webster set to…
On Tuesday the Dons JV squad took on Campolindo on the road in front of a fired up crowd. Campo jumped out to an early 8-3 but a timeout settled the team down a bit. Great defense from libero Sydney Sowarby and serving from OH Makenzie Sauer helped get the game back to 13-13, and a two roofs from middle…