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…
Nicole Nguyen and Alex Salazar each had a pair of goals and an assist and the Acalanes girls soccer team cruised to a 5-1 victory over visiting Alameda on Monday night. Salazar got the scoring going in the first minute, breaking free from a cluster of players and neatly slotting home the game’s first goal. Nguyen followed not long after,…
After securing victories against cross town rivals Campo and Miramonte, the 6-3-1 JV girls soccer team returned home on Monday to take on the 6-4-1 Alameda Hornets. Despite controlling the ball for a majority of the game, the game remained tied at 0-0 until the second half when the Dons offense was able to score a couple goals, and the…
Saturday night, January 25, the Acalanes Varsity Women’s soccer team traveled to Moraga to face the Cougars at Campolindo. The Dons came on strong, dominating possession and attacks from the get go. Reese Tierney sent a pass to Alex Salazar in the corner, but the cross was disrupted by the Campo defense. Our defensive back line, Tatum Keely, Edie Berzansky, Cassidy Smith and Tori Hiatt kept up…
Anything’s possible in a rivalry, especially when you’re playing on the road. (Even if the roadie in question is just a short trek up Moraga Road.) But great teams never let the moment get too big, which was the story on Saturday afternoon as the Frosh and the Furious took on the Cougars of Campolindo. Striker Svea Staino and wing…
Acalanes dominated the first 15 minutes of the match. Our midfield and forwards kept up a constant attack on College Park’s defense not letting the ball into our defensive third. Ruby Coy was a thorn in CP’s side pressuring and threatening to score. Allie Schofield was the first player to find the back of the net making it ACA 1,…
You sensed this was the moment. Victory was hanging in the balance with under five minutes to play. After a hard-fought, scoreless match at Campolindo on Saturday evening against the archrival Cougars, it all came down to a single set piece. Caroline Tumilty raised her left arm, signaling her approach for a corner kick as rain and hail continued to…
This past Thursday night, January 23rd, the Varsity Women took on the Miramonte Matadors on our home pitch. Before most of us had even settled in for another frigid night on the bleachers, Alex Salazar sent a clean pass to Nicole Nguyen for a shot and goal #1 for ACA, just over 2 minutes into the match! Our defense was ready for Miramontes’ response, with Reese Tierney and Tatum Keely taking…
The Girls JV soccer team took on the Miramonte Matadors on Thursday evening and emerged with a 3-0 victory. Special shoutout to the team’s backline as they played organized, strong and little to no mistakes. Goalkeeper Maria Statkinova had a few saves, including a key save in the first half (top corner save) right after the Dons scored the first…