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…
Girls Water Polo The undefeated and Nationally ranked powerhouse, Miramonte Matadors visited the Heaston Aquatic Center for the first game of two DAL matches this season. The Mats have rolled through every team they’ve played this year with an average margin of victory of 7 goals. Featuring a talented roster full of D1 recruits, the Dons had the toughest test…
Girls varsity water polo had a successful weekend in Menlo at the Amanda MacDonald Tournament, winning first in the two day tournament. It was busy as the Dons added four wins to their season record before facing Miramonte later this week. Friday, the Dons played two games in the afternoon to advance to the semi-finals. In the first game, the…
With a 7-2 preseason record in the books, the Dons entered the Leaugue season with confidence. It showed in a 15-4 road blowout win at Las Lomas. The offense continues to gel and improve and the defense was suffocating. Offense was on fire as freshman Ella Del Rosario made 5 goals followed by seniors Sara Archer (3), Maizie O’Hare (3),…
9/21/22 The JV Lady Dons led the whole game at Las Lomas with a final score of Acalanes 8 – Las Lomas 6. Kate Roberts and Olivia Whipple each had 2 goals. Jenny Haugner, Bella Bundy, Adrianna Berloui, and Arianna Berloui all had 1 goal apiece. Acalanes took a decisive lead in the first quarter with 3 goals. Haugner scored…
