In Tuesdays action on the tennis courts, Acalanes hosted the College Park Falcons and dominated with an 8-1 overall win. An encouraging home crowd was treated to many great matches. Thank you to all who came to cheer on the Dons! In singles play at Line 1, Sophomore Aamena Shipchandler handled her opponent in two sets 6-2, 6-0. Junior Piper ...

On Friday, the Girls Varsity Tennis team travelled to Union City for a 12 team tournament at James Logan High School.  The team had a challenging match in the morning against San Ramon Valley, who appeared to be the strongest team in the field, but bounced back in the afternoon against Berkeley.  Olivia Dawkins, Lauren Foster, Hanna Wisnewski, and Liv ...

The US Open is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens and is the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year. Originally known as the US National Championship, it is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first played in August 1881. This year marks the 50th anniversary of equal prize money for women ...

Most historians believe that tennis originated in France in the 12th century. The French called the game ‘Tenez’, which can be translated as 'hold!', 'receive!' or 'take!', a call from the server indicating that he or she is about to serve. The ball was struck with the palm of the hand, and later with a glove. The game came to ...

Congratulations to 1st team All-DAL selections for Fall 2022: Ethan Torres, Marcus Julian, Trevor Rogers, Justin Zegarowski, Jack Giorgianni, Haley Chelemedos, Makenna Chelemedos, Ari Ruczynski, Emily Berkowitz, Kailyn Broad, Katelyn Olin, Hanna Hageboeck, Harrison Labrosse, Christian Gotterup, Audrey Cox, Brooklyn Plomp, and Ella Del Rosario. Go Dons! Sport1st Team2nd TeamHonorable MentionCross CountryLogan FarzanTyler HuntNevis MurphyMegan YeeFootballEthan Torres - Defensive MVPTyler ...

The Acalanes Girls Varsity Team ended their regular season play at home Tuesday with a loss to Miramonte. The Dons solo match won was by Senior and Captain Analese (Ari) Ruczynski in a thrilling three setter. After going down 1-6, she flipped the script against her opponent and won the second set 6-1. That took it to a narrow 12-10 ...