Tuesday, 2/11, the Varsity Women Dons traveled to Pleasant Hill to face the Falcons on their home pitch for College Park Senior Night! Keeping up with the local tradition, the Falcons were kind enough to also honor our 11 Varsity seniors with mini rose bouquets tied up with Aca blue ribbons! The Dons came out running with Lily Polkinhorn sending a through…
On Saturday, the 8-4-1 JV girls soccer team traveled to Pleasant Hill to take on the 10-1-5 College Park Falcons in their penultimate game of the season. The game was decided on a couple of unfortunate plays, the first being an own goal, and the second a play where the defender was unable to clear the ball, which enabled the…
This past Saturday, the Dons traveled to Orinda to take on the Matadors for a second time, this time in a non-league game. Fortunately, the sky was clear, but despite starting earlier it was even chillier than our rainy game last week at Campo. Both teams started the game working hard in the midfield. Sisi Houston on wing moved the ball to striker Alex Salazar who…
On Saturday, the 8-4-1 JV girls soccer team traveled to Orinda to take on Miramonte. They emerged with a 3-0 victory over the Mats for the second time, sealing the season sweep against cross-town rivals Campolindo and Miramonte. The Dons had the ball on the Mats side of the field for most of the game. On offense, the Dons had…
This past Thursday evening, February 6, the Varsity Women Dons traveled to Campolindo for their second time this season for their first official league game against the Cougars. We parent fans were incredibly grateful for the sturdy pop-ups set up in the bleachers by fellow parents Brian Houston and Wendy Cerruti (apparently when you each have 2 players per family…
On Tuesday, the JV girls soccer game vs Alhambra was rained out. However, never missing an opportunity to have fun in the rain, players from both teams got together and decided to make the best of the situation, diving headfirst into the massive puddle that formed on the sideline. Not to be outdone, Coach Jose also got into the action.…
Coming off an early morning loss to Carondelet on Saturday, the girls frosh soccer team, known as The Frosh and the Furious, seemed poised to put the defeat in their rear-view mirror as they traveled to the home of the Dragons, Bishop O’Dowd. The relentless rain continued on this soggy afternoon. But fearless as ever, the Dons came prepared…
This season, very few teams have been able to slow down the Frosh and the Furious. Even in their close losses, often the young Dons have outpaced their opponents. But on Saturday, Acalanes ran into a very tough, very skilled Carondelet Cougars team. After a delayed start of more than 20 minutes awaiting the referees’ arrival, the Dons got things…
This past Thursday evening, January 30th, the Acalanes Women’s Soccer team traveled to Las Lomas to face the Knights on their home pitch. Since our resounding victory over the Alameda Hornets on Monday night, even more of our players succumbed to nasty circulating respiratory bugs. With only 2 subs, including Grace Eppinger, who graciously agreed to step up from JV to support…
After securing 3 victories in a row, the JV girls soccer team hit the road on Thursday to take on a 11-3-1 Las Lomas Knights squad that looked every bit as good as their record would indicate. Although the Dons fought to a 0-0 tie in the first 10 minutes and last 20 minutes of the game, the 40 minutes…