Boys varsity volleyball lost 3-1 against Carnegie Vanguard High School on March 26.

In the mid-season game, Bellaire had a weak start but began to see minor improvement as the game progressed.

“I think overall, having some players that played in a different club readjusting to players that are not used to technique is the hardest because they just expect everybody to be able to do it,” boys’ varsity coach Myunique Johnson said. “That’s [just] not the case.”

Junior setter Aljohn Sanducho and sophomore temporary defensive specialist Colin Chu shared their thoughts about the game.

“This game was a lot tougher,” Sanducho said. “We definitely saw that. There were a lot of smart plays – it was just a lot tougher than all of the other games.”

“Personally and as a team, we did alright and normal,” Chu said. “The [other team was] better. So they had this really big guy. His name’s Max. He’s kind of good; he’s kind of big. And he hits kind of hard. He’s also tall. So that was pretty important.”

The team’s main obstacle was communication.

“More communication and being always locked in [is needed],” Sanducho said.

“As a team, I feel like we’re lacking the communication piece that we need,” varsity sophomore Brian Scott said. “I would change up the rotations. I would put different people in at different times in parts of the game.”

As for the future, the team plans to continue practices and become even better than they are now.

“I definitely want more practice so they can know how to play with each other and it’s not just ‘I figured it out on the court during the game today,’” Johnson said. “Those techniques are trained and honed over a certain amount of time. But when everybody becomes one on the court, with what everyone can do best, I think that’s when they shine the most.”

The team plans to do better in the future.

“That was not our best performance, but we got to see what’s next,” Scott said.