Looking to bounce back after a tough road loss to Miramonte last week, the Lady Dons wanted to come out strong to get back to their winning ways on Tuesday night. They definitely did come out strong in set 1, wanting to make a statement. Although their season long serving issue still reared its ugly head in the first set…

Dons v. Miramonte Matadors The Dons, fresh off a Campo win came to the Miramonte campus to continue to show the league their style of gritty, tough, never quit volleyball. And the stands had PLENTY of Aca Blue because our fans travel! Game 1. Ellie Blanchard kicked off the offense at 1-1 and with an awesome rocket arm serve and support from…

After a disappointing loss against rival Campolindo, the frosh girls hit the road for a big league game against Miramonte. With Devyn “Beast” Murphy out with a pesky trampoline injury, the team needed a new beast to look to, and the girls regrouped and delivered as a team. With a new line-up the girls looked a bit in disarray the…

In front of the largest home crowd the season, the two teams put on an amazing show, with both teams getting to large leads in different sets and comebacks galore.  You could feel the tension in the gym in warmups with first place in league at stake.   This was set to be a battle of wills, and everyone had a…

Acalanes v. Campo To say the air was filled with anticipation is an understatement. Our home gym was cool in the late summer evening as the freshman Dons fought tooth and nail, point for point against a tough Campo team. Ultimately falling in 2 sets, but what an effort!  All eyes were on the JV squad as they warmed up…

With the upcoming monster game against Campolindo on Wednesday night, it would have been easy to overlook the visiting College Park Falcons. With a few of the Lady Dons under the weather and sitting out, the rest of the team needed to dig deep into their energy tank to make sure they would head into the Campo matchup with an…

The visiting Lady Dons continued their win streak to 7 games with a straight set victory against the Las Lomas Knights on Thursday. In set one, #9 Piper Coy started the Acalanes scoring with a strong kill. #13 Addi Ames had 2 very nice kills too to get the Dons a solid early lead. #7 MaeLin Mason continued her impressive…

How do they keep on doing this? Looking to give the Aca fans another heart attack with their ability to snatch a victory out of the jaws of defeat, the Lady Dons continued their winning ways with a hard-fought 5 set victory over the visiting Northgate Broncos on Tuesday night. In set one, #9 Piper Coy came out with guns…

Acalanes v. Northgate The Northgate Broncos found their way to the Acalanes Don’s Gymnasium for their matchup with the Dons, hot off of their impressive showing in the Sonoma tournament last Saturday.  Game 1. A tale of epic rallies! Sydney Graves opened up with 3 straight serve points against the Broncos aided by some soft touches from Valeria Toledo at…