Despite 28 points from senior Grace Gebhardt, the Dons fell to Clayton Valley on Thursday night. The Dons were in a giving mood, and the Eagles snatched more than their share of turnovers. Our girls will be back at it on Saturday at 2pm at College Park.
In the season opener and Acalanes coaching debut for our new Head Coach Margaret Gartner and her experienced Assistant Coach Scott Espinosa-Brown, the Lady Dons took on the Las Lomas Knights. A swarming full court press from the Dons posed problems early on for the Knights. Our offense found its rhythm with our young squad hitting eight 3’s in the…
Acalanes 58 Tamalpais 31 The Lady Dons were victorious in Round 1 of NCS playoffs. After a slow start, the girls turned it on in the 2nd quarter and never looked back in a 27-point rout. The victory brings the girls’ record to 21-6 on the year an sets up a massive 2nd round match-up against a very solid Redwood…
Acalanes 75 Las Lomas 38 The Lady Dons completed their regular season with a blow-out of Las Lomas to finish 10-0 in league. It was the 2nd year in a row the girls won the Diablo Athletic League. The Dons jumped out on the visiting Knights and never let up the entire night in a game which was pretty much…
Acalanes Dons 34, Las Lomas Knights 14 The Dons ended their season with a resounding win over the Knights. Acalanes led throughout the game and in the 3rd quarter allowed no points for Las Lomas. All seven of the Dons’ girls scored, led by Rebecca Christie with 16 (including two 3’s), Lucy Gellman with 5 and Nikki McCarthy with 4. …
Acalanes 64 Alhambra 40 The Lady Dons improved to 9-0 in league Tuesday night with a convincing win over the visiting Bulldogs. The win secured a back-to-back DFAL League Title. The Dons started strong and never looked back. At one point the lead was stretched to 36 points before the foot was taken off the gas. Lauren Kobashigawa lead the…
Acalanes 70 Campolindo 65 The Lady Dons improved to 8-0 in league Wednesday night on the road in Moraga. It was a fast start, as the girls raced out to a 12-2 lead and took a 13 pint lead into the half. The lead was extended to 17 in the 3rd quarter, however, Campo came racing back behind a barrage…
This started out and ended as a very close game – with the teams within 2 points of each other in the first two quarters, and then only 4 points apart at the end. The Dons were behind in the first quarter but really pushed ahead in the third quarter, scoring 15 points and limiting the Cougars to only one…
Northgate Broncos 52, Acalanes Dons 25 The Dons got off to a good start against the Broncos, with an 8-6 lead in the first quarter, in which they had good success in breaking the Broncos press. (This showed a great improvement over the last match up against Northgate in January, when the Broncos ended the first quarter with a 22-5…
Acalanes 63 Clayton Valley 52 The Lady Dons went on the road and beat the 2nd place Ugly Eagles in a key conference match-up Friday night. The girls started fast scoring 20 in the first quarter and taking a 10 point lead into the locker room. Lauren Kobashigawa came out on fire scoring 20 1st half points and finishing with…
