The frosh volleyball team has been on an impressive winning streak of late, securing victories in their last three games. In their latest game against College Park, they showcased impressive teamwork and skill, securing a win in two sets. The prior two games, against Las Lomas and Miramonte, were also won in two sets. With the current momentum, the team…
League Play JV Girls Volleyball had a busy week, with two league matches followed by the first annual Acalanes JV Invitational Tournament on Saturday. The league play matches served as a good warm up, with an easy two-set win against Berean Christian on Tuesday, followed by another two-set win against the College Park Falcons. In both matches, the Dons…
Officially the bald eagle has been removed from the endangered species act, and while I don’t see any of these eagles are bald…I do think their W will be endangered tonight… Coming off a strong showing at the Sonoma tournament, the Dons are eager to show these birds who can really fly. Let’s goooooooo!! Set 1. And the Eagles take…
Despite stand out play by Valeria Toledo, Ellie Blanchard, Kyla Fox and a number of other Acalanes players, we dropped a heartbreaker of an away loss to los Lomas earlier in the week. So tonight, our varsity Dons are psyched to be back on their home turf, you can tell in the way that they’re warming up. Seriously I’m watching…
The JV Girls Volleyball had an up and down week as they continued in league play. On Tuesday, the team made the long, difficult trip to Walnut Creek to take on the Los Lomas Knights. The Dons, tired from the arduous travel, the rigors of school and distant memories of homecoming festivities, quickly fell behind 7-1 in the first set. …
No joke. 20 years. It’s been 20 freakin’ YEARS since our women beat the Campo cougars in a varsity contest. In 2004 Ushers, “Yeah!’ was the top song, Lord of the Rings, Return of the King won the Oscar, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, Tom Brady and the Patriots won the Super Bowl and Facebook launched to students…
Girls Frosh Volleyball hosted rival Campolindo on Thursday for a tough HOCO matchup. Despite a strong showing, the Dons suffered a loss in two tight sets. Set 1 ended 26 to 24 as Campolindo squeezed out a win after a continuous back and forth set. In Set 2, ACA jumped to an early 6-0 lead, but the Cougars clawed their…
What a great day of Women’s volleyball at the first ever Acalanes Invitational Tournament! Acalanes hosted 12 schools from around the Bay Area to come and play in both gyms right here on campus. Great organization and great competition all around. So many chipped in to help make it happen – a very special thanks to Vanessa Terry for carrying so much…
What a week it was last week where our girls were on the road twice for 3 contests. After a strong showing at the Campo jamboree, the girls dropped a home game before taking a W at Moreau Catholic. Tonight we’re in Marin at Archie Williams and even though it’s 112 degrees in the gym on a Friday night away…
Our frosh volleyball kicked off a preseason week with strong enthusiasm! Despite an initial loss on Tuesday to Monte Vista in two tight sets, the team showed remarkable resilience by maintaining a tie score for much of the second set. They then went on to achieve a W versus Archie Williams on Friday evening in a nail-biting point for point…