Despite the ongoing atmospheric river Thursday night, the DONS supporters SHOWED UP to honor our 11 AMAZING SENIORS: Melisa Adatepe, Taylor Mikalis, Lucca DeBiasse, Sisi Houston, Leila Hamidi, Livi Foster, Alex Salazar, Sofia Cerruti, Demi Woods, Reiney Fish, and Nicole Nguyen! HUGE thanks to our Senior Night Committee for making this night so memorable for our seniors and their families!! In the driving rain, the Dons met the Northgate Broncos on a soggy pitch, with all 11…
On Friday Acalanes was closed for the holiday weekend, but the Varsity Dons were on campus for their makeup game against Alhambra HS. It was a beautiful afternoon game where the girls got to play in daylight and sunny weather after having their Northgate game suspended the night before due to the downpour and flooded field. The Dons came out…
On Thursday, the JV girls soccer team returned home to close out the season, taking on the 8-3-3 Northgate Broncos team that beat them 4-1 earlier in the season. Undeterred by the driving rain and wind, the girls were able to flip the script, overwhelming the Broncos on the way to a 3-0 victory in perhaps their best overall performance…
Last Saturday’s Frosh girls soccer game turned out to be the game of the year and it all started by acknowledging that the opponent, Berkeley High, was known for dominating games with high level play. They had previously beaten teams handily that had been tough matches for the Dons. But this team is not called the Frosh and the Furious…
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.…