It didn’t take long for the Acalanes women to show their strength last Wednesday against the Tamalpias Hawks. The Hawks won the sprint, but the Dons gained possession and sophomore Anika Rehn found the back of the net within the first 30 seconds of the game. The Dons continued to show their dominance with another goal from Anika and one…
The 2026 Acalanes Women’s water polo started the year off with some fun scrimmages last weekend at Monte Vista High School. The Dons were ready for their 8am game against the Carondelet Cougars. The Cougs came out strong, but sophomore Elinor Chen earned her first hat trick of the season to get the Dons on the board. The teams battled…
The Acalanes Women’s Water Polo Team was ready to play as they welcomed the Soquel Knights for the first round of CIF. Soquel sprinted their hearts out, earned the first possession, and scored the first goal of the game. On the next play, freshman Anika Rehn made a quick steal and sent the ball up to senior Sara William who…
The Dons showed up to cheer on the 2025 Acalanes Women’s Water Polo team in the North Coast Sectionals on Saturday. The stands were packed and when the first whistle blew, you could feel the electricity at the Soda Center. Quarter one started off with Carondelet gaining the first posession, but senior Sara Williams saw on opportunity to steal the…
The sun was shinning bright on Saturday. The Dons were feeling good as they got ready to take on Campo once again. Last Wednesday, the Acalanes Dons beat Campo and earned the DAL League title. Now it was the NCS championship they had their sights on. Quarter one started off with a great sprint by freshman Anika Rehn and the…
The stands were packed as the Acalanes Dons got ready to play the Campolindo Cougars for the first time in 2025. The last time the Dons beat the Cougars was in 2022 in the first round of North Coast Sectionals and these Dons were ready to regain the thrown! The first quarter started off with the Courgars winning the sprint…
The Acalanes Dons headed down to Atherton for the 22nd year of the NorCal Women’s Water Polo Tournament hosted by Sacred Heart Prep. In 2023, Acalanes placed 2nd, and in 2024, the Dons placed 5th, but this year the Dons were ready for a great weekend of tough water polo compention. Menlo School First up was Menlo School. The Dons…
Acalanes rolled out the blue carpet treatment to honor the 6 seniors on the women’s water polo team. The blowup A could be seen by small planes passing over as the seniors and their families were honored for their hard work and dedication to the team. The Dons had a full senior lineup to start the game! While Northgate won…
You could cut the tension with a knife as the whistle blew to start the rematch of Acalanes vs. San Ramon Valley. Earlier in the season, the Dons lost to the Wolves by one goal, and Dons were ready for the rematch. SRV was ready as well and got right to work scoring the first two goals one right after…
The Acalanes Dons hosted the Leland Chargers from San Jose. Last year, the match was close but the Dons won by one goal. The rematch was set for Saturday and the Dons were ready. They came out strong and scored two goals in the first few minutes of the game. Leland did earn their way on the scoreboard with one…