The Lady Dons headed to Concord to take on the Carondelet Cougars in the CIF Quarterfinals. It has certainly been a journey with Carondelet this season. The Dons season started with a scrimmage against the Cougars back in August. Acalanes was a new team, full of jitters, and no score was recorded. When the teams met for their official game…
The Acalanes Lady Dons played their hearts out tonight at the Soda Center. The stands were packed and the energy was electric. The whistle blew and both teams came out strong. The Mats won the first sprint but the Dons stole the ball and almost sunk one into the twine. The Mats were able to capitalize on the next play…
The JV Girls Water Polo team finished their season off strong with a 3rd place finish at the JV DAL Tournament at College Park High School! The girls played three games – one each on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The first game was Thursday, 10/31 against College Park High School. The Dons were in control the whole game, with multiple…
It was a cold one on Wednesday at Campolindo High School as the Dons prepared for their final regular season game against the Cougars. Campo is a strong team, and the last time we played them we lost 4-12, so we went in not really expecting much other than another fun game for the girls! Q1 – Jess won the…
We honored our seniors for the last home game of the season versus Monte Vista High School. The fans showed up as our four seniors played their last home game. Thank you Ellie Budke, Levand Koopah, Kate Roberts, and Maddie Walsh, for all of your hard work and dedication to Acalanes Water Polo. Once the ceremony was finished, it was…
Wednesday was a beautiful fall afternoon – sunny and warm! The Dons came ready to play! Q1 – Jess Gerhardt wins the sprint for the ball! Amayel Guiro’s shot bounces off the post. MV took a few shots that went short, wide or bounced off the post. Santana Tamayo scores first for the Dons on a 5-meter shot. They answer…
The Varsity Water Polo Team headed to Walnut Creek to face the Northgate Broncos. The Lady Dons started off strong with junior Ella Del Rosario scoring the first three goals of the game in the first few minutes. Junior Olivia Whipple scored her first goal of the game followed by one more Aca goal by sophomore Finley Graff and the…
The JV Girls Water Polo team is on fire! They played five games this past week – one against Northgate at Northgate on Wednesday, 10/16, and four more over the weekend down in Soquel for their tournament. Girls beat Northgate and finished 3rd in the Soquel Tournament, losing only to Miramonte. Game 1 – vs Northgate 10/16 – final score…
Game 1 – vs Miramonte, Wed. 10/9, 7pm The JV Girls Water Polo team was busy last week, with a Wednesday game against Miramonte and two games on Saturday, one against the super tough Carondelet Frosh/Soph team and another against Leland High School. Not much to report about the beginning of the Miramonte game unfortunately – the girls fought bravely…
This weekend the Lady Dons hosted the Clovis North Broncos and the Leland High School Chargers. First up, the Clovis North Broncos. Acalanes wasted no time getting started with a quick goal from junior Ella Del Rosario. Sophomore Finley Graff followed that up with her first goal of the game. The Broncos fought back and got themselves on the board…