Friday night brought beautiful weather for soccer and the fans showed up in force. The Dons set the tone with a “first to the ball” aggressiveness. Early on Ella Alpert gathered the ball in midfield and made a great pass to a flying Lauren Yee on the right wing who shot it low and hard to the far post…
The Dons matched up against league-leading Northgate on Friday night in a highly anticipated game. Northgate had won their last 6 in a row, and the Dons were hoping to spoil their win streak. In the first half, both teams were playing extremely well. Fast-paced play mixed with aggressiveness. At around the 30-minute mark, a breakdown by the defense led…
The Girls Varsity Soccer team traveled to Walnut Creek to face off against league opponent, Berean Christian on a beautiful afternoon on Wednesday. Even though Berean Christian hadn’t won a league game yet this season, they have proven to be a solid team and anyone can beat anyone on any given day in this league. The Dons came out sharp…
In a highly anticipated match on Friday night against notoriously tough Alhambra, the Dons knew it was going to be a battle. Alhambra had not lost a game this season, and the Dons were hoping to give them their first loss of the season. The first half saw very even play. Some shots on both goals, tough defense, possession-style soccer.…
Friday night brought our Martinez rivals to Acalanes for a tight contentious match. The Dogs came out strong and aggressive putting our girls on their heels. Stout defensive play by Della Pascucci, Maggie Saracevic, Elise Flagg, Mia Sides, Catherine Judson, and Gianna Intagliata and Kylie Quinn in goal kept the Dogs at bay with the score 0-0 at half. Early…
The Varsity Girls Soccer team got back to their winning ways on Wednesday night against their league opponent, Ygnacio Valley. The first goal of the night came around the 10-minute mark when Senior midfielder Beth Daughters led Freshman forward Tatum Zuber with a beautiful through ball and Tatum was able to get around the goalie to put the Dons ahead…
The Dons hosted the Sir Francis Drake Pirates on a chilly Saturday afternoon for a non-conference game. It was very evenly matched from the start as the Pirates play a similar style game. Standouts for the Dons were Senior forward Ellie Meyer, and Freshman forward Tatum Zuber. Junior center back Aliye Wingate and Freshman outside back Jacque Peacock played superb…
Saturday afternoon sunshine brought some great play from the Dons who were hosting Sir Francis Drake from across the bay. First half action saw a towering free kick from Camryn Salazar slip under the bar. The second half was all Dons with the midfield controlling possession and keeping Drake off our half. Standouts included Camryn Salazar, Lue Van Handel…
It was the tale of two halves on Monday night at Benicia High. The Dons, coming off an incredible win against last year’s State Champions, Miramonte, came out strong against Benicia in the first half. Senior Ivy Souza connected with Freshman Addie Bailey within the first 10 minutes of the first half to make the score 1-0. The Dons played…
Looking to make amends for the 1-1 draw earlier in the season in Moraga the Dons came out firing. By the 45th minute the girls had put 6 goals in the back of the net.The scoring started with two early goals by Sophi MacKay. The first a good follow up from a rebounded Lauren Yee shot and the second…