CHS Volleyball Advances to Region Tournament

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team punched their ticket to the Region 4AAA volleyball tournament on Thursday night before falling in the District 8AAA finals. Coffee County earned the region berth with a semifinal win over Lincoln County before dropping the finals match-up to Lawrence County. The semifinals and finals were held in Lawrence County.
In the semifinals, the 3rd seeded Lady Raiders dropped 2nd seeded Lincoln County 3 sets to 1. The Lady Raiders dropped the first set at 19 before winning the next 3 sets at 18, 19 and 16 behind an aggressive service game. Coffee County served up 17 aces and drilled 46 kills to get the win. Leading the way was Aerial Williams who had 18 kills, 3 aces and 2 blocks.
In the finals, Coffee County saw service and hitting errors at crucial times cost them the first 2 sets as they ended up falling in 4 sets to the regular season champion Lady Cats on their home floor. The Lady Raiders had 15 service errors and 15 hitting errors in falling by set scores of 21-25, 27-29, 25-21 and 18-25. Bailey Morgan led the team in blocks with 6 and assists with 26. Following the match, Aerial Williams and Bailey Morgan were named to the All District team.
Coffee County will play in the region semifinals on Tuesday at Lawrence County High School. Coffee County will take on District 7AAA champion Siegel at 4:30 PM.  A win there would advance them to the region finals that would begin around 7 or 7:30 on Tuesday at Lawrece County against the winner of the other semifinal between Lawrence County and Oakland.