The last boys’ varsity tennis event for the divisions 1 and 2 singles and doubles competition concluded on Saturday. This, of course, was the North Coast Section (NCS) Championships. Acalanes sent the only DAL-Foothills league representative, Sze Ting Chen, who was unanimously voted by the tournament head coaches to be the #1 singles seed. The event took place at Marin…
The past two days were spent determining who would represent the DAL-Foothills league at the North Coast Section (NCS) Championships next Friday and Saturday. This tournament brings only Acalanes, Campolindo, Miramonte and Northgate players together, but this isn’t really a school against school competition. It’s more to be sure we send our top DAL singles and doubles players to the…
As promised in earlier articles, the end of our season was going to be tough. Though today’s match was less about winning or losing and more about celebrating our seniors, it would have been nice to end our regular season with a victory. We certainly had our chances. With today’s loss, we end our regular season with a 10-8 record.…
In their final match of the season – a home in-league bout against Northgate – the JV Dons finished strong with an 8-3 win. The four singles matches were split, and the doubles teams took six of seven. In Line 1 Singles, Eddie Leung avenged a loss earlier in the season against the same opponent with a 8-5 win. Hieu Ho in Line 2 had some…
When the season started, the varsity coaching staff was jazzed as we had so much young talent coming onto the team. As the season approaches its final match, the excitement is still there; however, so is the realization of the inexperience factor. Some of our younger players are still adapting to crowds watching, navigating through extremely tight matches, managing nerves…
Earlier this season, the JV Dons battled Miramonte at home and narrowly lost 5-7 in a match that could have gone either way. This time around, the Matadors left no doubt – sweeping singles action and taking three of five in doubles for a 9-2 win on their home court. When Miramonte hosts and in the spirit of dealers choice, they…
Yesterday’s rained-out contest between Miramonte and Acalanes took place earlier today. It didn’t look so good this morning as it was raining pretty hard, but the sun came out and we ended up with a nice tennis day. Our first match against Miramonte was rough to say the least. We were missing #1 Sze Ting Chen and #6 Sammy Taylor…
Traveling to Oakley over the weekend, the JV Dons brought the minimum eight players to field one team in a field of 12 competitive teams. Format wise, the field was divided into groups of four teams. Each round featured two Singles lines and three Doubles lines. Acalanes was in Group 3 along with Campolindo – and it would be the fifth…
After the JV Dons took down Campo a few weeks ago for its first rivalry win in six seasons, Campo got some retribution as the Dons fell 6-5 at home. The singles matches were all won decisively, one way or the other, with Campo taking three of four. Eddie Leung in Line 2 played patiently and took the win 8-4. In Lines…
Earlier today, Campolindo improved its head-to-head against Acalanes to 1-1 after defeating our boys 6-3. Tough losses can build character, sting, and intensify the focus on improving skills to prevent a reoccurrence. In this case, I think it’s all the above. We knew going in that it would be a tough match; however, we did not go down without a…