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…
Today, Acalanes hosted the semifinals and finals of the DAL-Foothill Division singles and doubles tournament. Three of our boys were still in contention to take home a first-place medal. Though that ended up not happening, they made their school and coaches proud and put up a great fight in both singles and doubles. The conditions were a little windy but…
The first event in varsity tennis post season is the DAL-Foothills Division singles and doubles tournament. The four teams (Acalanes, Campolindo, Miramonte and Northgate) in that division enter players into either singles or doubles, the head coaches complete the seeding, and then an open draw takes place. We pull names from a hat, and the only time we modify the…
The Acalanes boys really needed a win today for several reasons. The last two matches against Campo and Miramonte were tough losses, we wanted to go into post season with a positive vibe, and what better way for our seniors to end their high school league careers. I try to find some humor in each match, but todays was going…
Miramonte hosted Acalanes today, and it was another rough day at the office for the Dons. Though several of the matches were very close, it felt like the wins were slipping through our fingers. The boys put up a valiant fight and both teams were pretty vocal from the sidelines, but we did fall short in the end. The Dons…