Your Dons ventured out to Heritage High School for the East County Invitational on Saturday, to face a deep field of teams from all over the Bay Area. In match #1, the Dons faced Head Royce, and dropped a very close one 23-25, 25-20, 14-16. In the second match of the day, the team began to click, and rolled over…
The JV volleyball team left the Acalanes parking lot at the crack of dawn Saturday morning and returned victorious nearly 13 hours later as champions of the Silver Division at this weekend’s Berkeley Invitational Volleyball Tournament. Don’s fans were treated to a day of exciting volleyball as Acalanes soundly defeated Berean Christian and Liberty High School before dropping a…
Acalanes v Castro Valley, 9/5/2018 It’s Trojan Conquest time as YOUR Acalanes Dons Girls Volleyball Team travels to Castro Valley High for Match #3 of the season (2-0). First Set: 2-1: Elsa Clever fires an Ace as we get started. 4-3: Great dig by Erin Meade leads to a Madi Risch kill. 6-4: Cailey McVay. Ace! 7-4: See…
The Dons JV team traveled south to take on the Castro Valley Trojans on Wednesday afternoon. Game 1 was close early before a nice serving run from setter Aisha Mohanty got the Dons out to a 5 point lead 9-4. Aisha and middle blocker Kylie Wood also connected on a quick “1” to keep the CV defense on their heels.…
The Dons varsity girls volleyball team had a successful trip to Deer Valley high school on Tuesday night, sweeping the Wolverines in 3 sets, 25-14, 25-15, 25-17. The depth of the Dons squad was just too much to handle for the opponent, as Madi Risch, Kennedy Cornish and Hayes Hollar paced the team in kills, with assist credits shared by…
The JV Dons continued their hot start to the season, sweeping the Deer Valley Wolverines 25-19, 25-21. The Dons leaned on the offensive combination of Sydney Sowarby and Tate Huisingh manning the back row, Sarah Coons and Aisha Mohanty dishing some dimes, and Mackenzie Sauer and Aly Kirke racking up the kills. Defensively, Kylie Wood created an issue for the…
Moreau Catholic v. Acalanes 8/23/2018 Hey there volleyball fans. It’s time to kick off the new season and meet the 2018 squad…and we are picking up right where we left off last year, as YOUR Acalanes Dons Girls Volleyball Team hosts the Moreau Catholic Pilots…the team that knocked out the Don’s last season in the NCS Playoff Semifinals, ending…
The Acalanes JV girls volleyball team cruised to victory over the vistors from Moreau Catholic, 25-4, 25-11 with a great all around win to open the season in non-league play. It was a strong effort from the team, with solid defense and serving allowing the squad to build big early leads in both sets. The timing between setters Aisha Mohanty and…