
Junior varsity boys volleyball suffered a loss to Lynbrook High School 0-2 on May 1 in the Zhang Gymnasium.
The first set began with the two teams battling neck-and-neck until outside hitter Ethan Gu (10) brought the Eagles to a 5-3 lead. Shortly after, the Eagles gained a 10-7 lead over Lynbrook. A foot fault from Lynbrook added another point for the Eagles.
Lynbrook pushed back with a tip and two stuff blocks to bring the score to 11-11. The Eagles dug deep on defense through consistently setting up strong double blocks. However, they lost their lead due to hitting errors out of bounds, and the score widened to 11-20.
Co-Captain and setter Dillon Ho (10) reflected on pitfalls that led to Lynbrook’s upper-hand in the first set.
“I think we had a lot of hitting errors today,” Dillon said. “Overall our passing was pretty decent, not bad. We had a lot of errors as well — hitting into the net a lot and hitting balls out.”
Harker fought back after a time out with a kill from middle blocker Spencer Mo (10), but Lynbrook was able to side out efficiently and match Harker’s offense. The first set concluded with the Eagle’s defeat 17-25.
“They had a very good start, and then they made some mistakes by themselves, and they started to lose momentum,” outside hitter David Tang’s (10) mother Chenhui Xia said. “If they could have overcome those mistakes, then it could have been a close game.”

Early in the second set, Harker gained the initial lead with a score of 3-0. The Eagles executed more kills, maintaining their lead of 6-4. However, out-of-bounds shots by Harker and a kill by Lynbrook brought the score back to 7-7.
Despite attempts to block the opposing team’s hits, the Eagles failed to sustain their initial lead, falling behind 9-11 after Lynbrook’s successful spikes. After calling a timeout, they still struggled to block Lynbrook’s aggressive offense which widened the Vikings’ lead to 14-21. The Eagles fought back but ultimately lost the second set 18-25.
Diana Melendez, the head coach for JV boys’ volleyball, reflected on the team’s performance. She emphasized the new techniques the team was experimenting with, ultimately focusing on lessons the team could take away from the loss.
“Today we were trying some different things. I think it went better in the second set than the first set because we were still trying to figure it out,” Melendez said. “They persevered, and I don’t usually care as much about the score as them executing the things that we were working on. We still have some growth to do, so it’s a work in progress.”
The team played the last game of the season against Homestead on Wednesday. They hold a league record of 1-4 and an overall record of 2-7.