The Dons rolled into Stockton’s Lincoln High School around 7:15am Saturday morning, ready to do battle with what would prove to be a very competitive field. Coach Roman Seguerre and Allen Go were each getting their daughters settled in at college so varsity Coach Haley Walsh was behind the wheel, assisted by Acalanes varsity players Mika Bocobo, Hannah Hageboeck and Kaitlyn…
Wednesday afternoon, 9/14, Acalanes welcomed the Alhambra Bulldogs for our last pre-season ladies volleyball game. The Varsity Dons started off the first set strong, dominating the Bulldogs with a seemingly endless service run by middle Katelyn Olin. In addition to Olin’s 8 aces as a subset of an 18 point run on serve, Monica Dikova once again demonstrated deft play…
Wow, what a long day of awesome volleyball on Saturday! With 16 teams invited, including Campolindo and Carondelet, the field was quite impressive. There were 4 pools with 4 teams in each pool. Top 2 teams of each pool moved on to single elimination match play. In the Acalanes group pool, we had Carondelet, Windsor, and Ukiah. Our girls started…
Dons Girls’ Volleyball Smokes out the Berkeley High Yellow Jackets! Varsity Volleyball battled heat and the Berkeley High Yellow Jackets to victory Thursday night. Our Dons started out blazing in the first set and kept a steady lead against the Yellow Jackets thanks to strategic kills by Katelyn Olin, Hanna Hageboeck, MaeLin Mason, Sofie Foster and Maya Paul. The Yellow…
Acalanes vs Pittsburg Varsity Volleyball On a very warm Tuesday evening, September 6, the Dons travelled east to face the Pittsburg Pirates. Play was close from the start, but Acalanes pulled away early with contributions from the entire court! Multiple kills from Maylin Mason, Apple Walton, Sofie Foster, Katelyn Olin, and Monica Dikova led the offense; defense just as strong, led…
Varsity volleyball: Dons battled the Pumas in Santa Rosa Wednesday, August 31st, the Dons traveled through the wine country to beautiful Santa Rosa to face the Maria Carrillo High School Pumas. The first set started off strong with Acalanes taking the lead. Pin hitter Maylin Mason led the Dons in kills; strong serves, including multiple aces, by middle Katelyn Olin,…
Congratulations again to the 500 and 1,000 lb Club Winners from the Liftathon. Any Acalanes Athlete is welcome to try and hit those thresholds any time to earn a shirt, just contact Boosters at Webmaster@acalanesboosters.com
Acalanes vs Albany Varsity Volleyball : Home Opener a Win in 3 Sets! Tuesday evening August 30, the Dons hosted their first home match of the season against the Albany Cougars. Acalanes was off to a strong start with multiple dinks and kills by middle Katelyn Olin, strategic hits and sets over the net to the baseline by Ryann Jones, and…
Freshman Girls Volleyball takes 2nd place in the Sonoma Valley Tournament The mighty Dons started arriving at Sonoma High School around 7am on Saturday morning, excited about the challenge ahead yet blissfully unaware that they would not be heading home until after 9pm that evening. There were teams from all over northern California, ranging from San Francisco to Ukiah and as the Dons…
Archie Williams Varsity Volleyball: A Near Miss in Marin This past Wednesday evening, our Acalanes Ladies Varsity Volleyball Team traveled to Marin County to face off against Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo. From the start of the first set, both teams played at a very competitive level; we were essentially tied with the Falcons the entire game until…