Coffee County Volleyball Outlasts Oakland in Exciting Monday Match

Kiya Ferrell of CHS volleyball

Non-district foe Oakland visited the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Monday coached by Coffee County volleyball alumnus Kaitlyn Thornton.  In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders prevailed in 4 sets in a hard fought, tense matchup.  Coffee County won by set scores of 25-18, 25-19, 18-25 and 29-27.

Each set saw both teams in position to win the set in the final 8 or 9 points of the set.  Coffee County needed to rally from a 2 point deficit in the 4th set as they trailed 22 to 20.  The Lady Raiders fended off a pair of set points and Oakland fought off 2 match points in an exciting 4th set.

Coffee County was led in kills by Kiya Ferrell who had 12 kills including a kill on match point.  Ferrell also led the team in digs with 19.  Sarah West also added 11 digs.  Lexi Bryan added 8 kills and led the team in aces with 5.  Keelie Hillis finished with 6 kills and led the Lady Raiders in assists with 15.  Amanda Mukai had 14 assists and 9 digs.

The win improves Coffee County’s record to 7 and 1 on the season.  The Lady Raiders are back in action on Tuesday night as they return to district play in Shelbyville.  First serve is set for 6:30 PM at Shelbyville Central High School.

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