When you hear Acalanes was 2-2 overall for the tournament, it sounds like we were mid pack and had an okay tournament; however, that’s not really the case. I had to take some time to think about exactly what our ten boys accomplished. Let me see if I can unpack the last two days so they receive the recognition they…
On a sunny Tuesday with the Varsity Baseball team providing the background soundtrack, the JV Boys Tennis Team played a match against Emerald High School from Dublin at our home courts at Acalanes. The team showed great focus and determination across the 11 lines we played—4 Singles and 7 Doubles—and came away with an impressive victory. In Line 1 Singles,…
Ten players, two coaches and a team parent made the 3+ hour trek to Fresno yesterday. Today was day one of the California Tennis Class in Fresno. Around 1,000 high school players across ~80 California high schools are placed into divisions based on overall team UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) strength. Acalanes was placed in division 2, which after today, seemed…
Today, the varsity boys’ tennis team had its first away match. It was a practice match against Emerald High in Dublin. Emerald is a brand new school and the campus is absolutely gorgeous. The facility sports eight new lit courts which allowed us to get more matches going right out of the gate. Coach Danielle and her squad were very…
Last week the JV Boys Tennis Team played a pre-season match vs. Campolindo at their courts. Campo is always an extremely tough opponent but our team showed great effort and determination through the 11 lines we played–4 Singles and 7 Doubles. This was the most competitive our JV Boys have played against Campolindo in the last five years due to…
The interest in being on the boys’ tennis team each year never ceases to amaze me. Forty-nine boys tried out and when the coaches were through assessing the talent, varsity selected 17 and JV kept 20 student-athletes ready to represent Acalanes. Last year, six of our seniors graduated leaving a gaping hole in the varsity lineup. This year, we have…
It was a tough night for the Dons, but there were a lot of positives as I witnessed our team fight hard even after we were mathematically defeated. We beat Branson earlier in the season in a six singles/three doubles format, but they returned with added talent, and playing a four singles/three doubles format in post season changes the dynamics…
This is the last week of the season. Everyone who has been following knows, the NCS Team Championships is our final event – and it is a win or go home situation. Today, the Dons Squad held up its #4 seeding by defeating the #13 Cougars 6-1. Albany hosted because it won the TCAL league which consists of teams like…
The annual post-season JV Freedom Invitational tournament was forced to reschedule from the original date of April 26th due to untimely rain. The new date was the following Saturday, May 3rd. The JV coaches were originally planning on bringing two 8-player squads to compete in the day-long event, however, with this new date, it also meant that not all of…
Last week, the DAL-Foothill (DAL-F) division singles and doubles tournament ended with the Acalanes duo of #1 Sze Ting Chen and #2 Nick Owens finishing as runners up. The winners automatically secure a spot in the NCS singles/doubles championships, so the Campo team of Kiumars Koopah/Daniel Schpolanski advanced in division 1. Because Chen/Owens did so well in the DAL-F tournament…