In the 1st Round of the NCS Playoffs, the #3 Seed, Acalanes Dons win in commanding fashion, clobbering the Monte Vista Mustangs 13-5. From the opening sprint, the Dons took the lead and never looked back. Winning the 2nd & 3rd Quarters 4-0 and 5-1 respectively, cruising to victory. The Dons take this much needed momentum into the Semifinal’s, where they play a familiar…
In the final DAL game of the season, the Lady Dons traveled to Moraga for a cross town showdown vs. bitter rival Campolindo Cougars. Coming into the game, the 18-5 Dons and the 15-8 Cougs were tied for second place in the DAL and vying to lock down a higher seed in the upcoming playoffs. Under the evening lights and on…
October 26 A chill was in the air Wednesday night as the JV Lady Dons suffered an unfortunate loss to Campo to end their season. The final score was Acalanes 3 – Campolindo 17. Kate Roberts, Adrianna Berloui, and Veronica White scored goals for Acalanes. Roberts, Berloui, Olivia Whipple, and Elise Budke all had steals. Senior Goalkeeper Hanna Mirzai made…
Two days of water polo for the girls team at the very competitive NorCal Girls Water Polo tournament in the Palo Alto area. Dons finished 5th beating out Scared Heart in their final game 10-6. Tournament started off strong with a win over Gunn High School 19-1 but then had a tough loss to Davis 6-9. Saturday morning girls fought…
The Dons traveled to Soquel to compete in the 2022 JV NorCal Invitational on October 14 – 15. With some players out due to sickness, the depleted team finished in 8th place. The team started the tournament looking strong. They won their first game against St. Francis. The final score was Acalanes 6 – St. Francis – 3. They lost…
The Lady Dons celebrated 9 Seniors at their final regular season home game of the year and routed the Knights of Las Lomas 15-3. 8 scorers piled on 15 points, led by the teams top two scorers, Ella Del Rosario (5 goals) and Brooklyn Plomp (3 goals). Seniors Sara Archer (2 goals), Sarah Potter and Alexa Carter chipped in with goals…
The final score of the game was Acalanes 12 – Las Lomas 10. Olivia Whipple, Jenny Haugner, Arianna Berloui, Kate Roberts, Adrianna Berloui all had multiple goals. Emma Gerlings made a key steal setting up Whipple for a goal. Senior goalkeeper Hanna Mirzai made 12 blocks. The JV team heads to Soquel this weekend for the JV NorCal Invitational. They…
Girls water polo claim victory over Campo Cougars 5-4. Brooklyn Plomp scoring 3 goals and Wendy Heffelfinger with 2. Audrey Cox blocking multiple shots from the Cougars with the Dons playing to win making it the last home game for the seniors vs the Cougars on Dons territory. Dons played again on Thursday against the other “Dons”, beating Amador 8-2.…
10/5 The Dons started the game looking tough in the first quarter playing tremendous defense. Olivia Whipple had two steals and the Dons defense forced the Campo shot clock to run out several times. Unfortunately in the second quarter, the Cougars seemed to take it up a notch and they scored five goals. Whipple had another steal. Goalkeeper Hanna Mirzai…
9/29 The JV team played hard but suffered a tough loss against Miramonte. The final score was Acalanes 1 – Miramonte 12. Jenny Haugner scored the only goal for Acalanes. Goalkeeper Hanna Mirzai kept very busy making 10 amazing blocks. The previous evening the Bundy family generously opened their home for a team pasta feed. The JV team next plays…