Tuesday January 14, the Acalanes Women’s Varsity welcomed the Benicia High Panthers to our home pitch for a chilly night of soccer. The Dons came out fighting, with defenders Tori Hiatt and Tatum Keely breaking up an early attack by Benicia. Soon after, Keely passed to Nicole Nguyen, who sent the ball to Lucca Debiasse, leading to a Dons’ corner – ultimately resulting in goal #1 by Alex Salazar, just under the 8…
The JV girls soccer team returned home to take on a 4-4 Benicia squad on Tuesday with coach Jose back on the sideline. They came out with a 3-1 victory, improving their season record to 4-2-1. Unlike some prior games where there was a big difference in performance between the first and second halves, the girls played well throughout this…
If you enjoy high-flying offense and shut-down defense, look no further than this year’s Frosh and the Furious squad. They score frequently. And they score fast. That was the story again on a bright and sunny Saturday morning, as the Dons faced off against the Mats of Miramonte. While this sports reporter’s coffee was still too hot to handle, Svea…
On Saturday January 11th the Varsity Women traveled to San Ramon to face the Grizzlies at Cal High. This was a physical game from the get-go with these well-matched teams! The Dons defense was ready with Reese Tierney and Cassidy Smith breaking up two early Grizzly runs. Our offense responded with Nicole Nguyen sending a through ball to Taylor Mikalis, then later Mikalis passing to Nguyen for a shot, both…
You don’t normally hear about buzzer beaters in Soccer, but that is exactly what happened Saturday morning as the JV Girls Soccer team traveled to San Ramon and took down the previously undefeated Cal High Grizzlies 2-1. The final goal came courtesy of Maddie Bernstein (#12) who scored after a shot from Mila Ellis (#20) was deflected by the Grizzlies…
Thursday January 9, the Dons headed north to face Clayton Valley High School on their home turf for the first official league game of the 2024-2025 Women’s Varsity soccer season. The Ugly Eagles came out fighting with an early shot just wide of the goal, followed by a cross caught by keeper Melisa Adatepe. Nicole Nguyen followed with a deflection of a Clayton…
Welcome to 2025! I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing holiday. On Thursday night, the JV Girls Soccer team took the field after nearly a month since their last game to take on a tough 5-1-1 Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles team. Perhaps showing a bit of a sign of rust after the long break, the girls ended up falling…
It was an exciting albeit lopsided game. The Dons took 18 shots vs College Park’s scant 3. Nearly the entire Don squad participated in the attack with shots taken by players 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 18, 20 & 23. We tried to score from every angle and distance. Unfortunately none of the Don’s shots found the back…
Game #1 vs Northgate A storm was raging during the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14. But on this day, it wasn’t the torrential downpour or the gale force winds leaving a path of destruction in its wake. It was the Frosh and the Furious. From the moment they stepped onto the pitch, the home team made it abundantly…
After controlling the possession for the first 15 minutes, Maria Carrillo High School opened the scoring with a great cross. Acalanes senior Alex Salazar soon answered with a rocket shot from the center of the box after 2 perfectly set up passes from seniors Nicole Nguyen and Taylor Mikalis. The first half ended in a 1-1 tie. Once again, 15…