Frosh girls continued their winning streak against Miramonte on Saturday with an early morning 2-0 victory. The first goal of the game came off of a corner kick by team captain #3 Stella Pacheco. The ball rolled right past two confused defenders and into the back of the net, ending the first half with Acalanes in the lead 1-0. Our…

This past Thursday evening 1/26, Acalanes welcomed Alhambra High School Bulldogs to our home pitch. From the kickoff, the Dons dominated possession, with an out of the gate drive down field to goal by Dani Green within 1 minute of the start! Our offense was relentless, with consistent ball movement downfield by Elodie Jensen, an attempt on goal by Addie McShane, then goal #2…

Acalanes girls varsity soccer won its second league game of the week, beating Alhambra 2-0. Despite lots of pressure by Acalanes and most of the action taking place in the Alhambra side of the field, the score at halftime was 0-0. That changed five minutes into the second half when senior Addie Bailey punched in a goal with her left…

Acalanes girls varsity soccer beat the Northgate Broncos 3-0. The win moves the Dons into the top 3 in league. The Dons got on the board 25 minutes into the first half off senior Addie Bailey’s perfectly placed blast just between the goalie and right post. Bailey was set up by crisp passes from sophomore Nicole Nguyen and senior Jacque…

Tuesday 1/24, the Dons traveled to Northgate to face the Broncos on their home turf. Though closely matched, fair to say that the Dons dominated possession from the get go. Lots of fancy footwork & ball movement downfield by midfielders Lily Polkinhorn and Elodie Jensen, shots on goal by Elodie, Addie McShane, Zoya Acuna, Sisi Houston, & Livi Foster, and…

The Froshbite Soccer Dons went to Las Lomas for an early morning match on Saturday the 21st. Coming into the game, our Dons had a 6-3-1 record and were looking to take on a physical Knights squad.    Early in the match, the Knights controlled the ball and pushed hard to get the early advantage.  There were several great saves by…

The Acalanes Varsity Girls Soccer wrapped up the week with a well deserved 2-0 win over Benicia Saturday night on the road after drawing on Tuesday with highly ranked Windsor and Thursday with tough local opponent College Park. 15 minutes into the Benicia game Senior Emmi Cronin scored 20 yards out with a beautiful lob over the Panther’s goalie. Senior…

On Saturday afternoon the Acalanes Dons traveled to Benicia High School down multiple players and faced a very physical Benicia Panthers squad. With only one substitute in the second half of the game, the resilient Dons pulled away for a 3-0 victory. Acalanes opened the scoring with an impressive free kick from Sofia Cerruti that was barely deflected by the…

In a battle of the top two teams in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League, the JV Girls Soccer team lost 1-0 to the College Park Falcons on Thursday night. The teams played to a 1-1 tie in the last affair and were once again evenly matched in the sequel. The Dons saw strong midfield play from Zoya Acuna and Lily…