Acalanes played host to Lamorinda rival Miramonte on Saturday afternoon and handled the Mats with a 3-0 victory. The Dons controlled the entire contest with play on the Miramonte side of the field for almost all of the game. The Dons were on the attack throughout the first half with strong shots from Lily Polkinhorn, Zoya Acuna and Mollie Schofield.…

It was all smiles and pageantry on senior night as the Acalanes seniors and their parents took center stage in celebrating our 12 seniors: Addie Bailey, Alexa Malinovsky, Camryn Salazar, Catherine Judson, Chloe Quintella, Emma Hunt, Emmi Cronin, Gianna Intagliata, Jacque Peacock, Kendal Geddes, Tatum Zuber, and Taylor Carlin.  With a Senior starting lineup against the Miramonte Matadors, injured Emma…

Frosh girls continued their winning streak against Miramonte on Saturday with an early morning 2-0 victory. The first goal of the game came off of a corner kick by team captain #3 Stella Pacheco. The ball rolled right past two confused defenders and into the back of the net, ending the first half with Acalanes in the lead 1-0. Our…

This past Thursday evening 1/26, Acalanes welcomed Alhambra High School Bulldogs to our home pitch. From the kickoff, the Dons dominated possession, with an out of the gate drive down field to goal by Dani Green within 1 minute of the start! Our offense was relentless, with consistent ball movement downfield by Elodie Jensen, an attempt on goal by Addie McShane, then goal #2…

Acalanes girls varsity soccer won its second league game of the week, beating Alhambra 2-0. Despite lots of pressure by Acalanes and most of the action taking place in the Alhambra side of the field, the score at halftime was 0-0. That changed five minutes into the second half when senior Addie Bailey punched in a goal with her left…

Acalanes girls varsity soccer beat the Northgate Broncos 3-0. The win moves the Dons into the top 3 in league. The Dons got on the board 25 minutes into the first half off senior Addie Bailey’s perfectly placed blast just between the goalie and right post. Bailey was set up by crisp passes from sophomore Nicole Nguyen and senior Jacque…

Tuesday 1/24, the Dons traveled to Northgate to face the Broncos on their home turf. Though closely matched, fair to say that the Dons dominated possession from the get go. Lots of fancy footwork & ball movement downfield by midfielders Lily Polkinhorn and Elodie Jensen, shots on goal by Elodie, Addie McShane, Zoya Acuna, Sisi Houston, & Livi Foster, and…

The Froshbite Soccer Dons went to Las Lomas for an early morning match on Saturday the 21st. Coming into the game, our Dons had a 6-3-1 record and were looking to take on a physical Knights squad.    Early in the match, the Knights controlled the ball and pushed hard to get the early advantage.  There were several great saves by…

The Acalanes Varsity Girls Soccer wrapped up the week with a well deserved 2-0 win over Benicia Saturday night on the road after drawing on Tuesday with highly ranked Windsor and Thursday with tough local opponent College Park. 15 minutes into the Benicia game Senior Emmi Cronin scored 20 yards out with a beautiful lob over the Panther’s goalie. Senior…