Senior Aerial Williams goes up for a spike on Tuesday for the Lady Raider volleyball team.
A late cancellation from Warren County forced the Lady Raider volleyball team to split into 3 teams to compete in Tuesday’s high school volleyball play day tournament at Central High School. The varsity Lady Raiders finished the day with a record of 2 and 1 as all 3 teams played at least 3 matches in the tournament. Coffee County got wins over Shelbyville and Fayetteville after losing the opening match in straight sets to White County.
In the opener, the Lady Raiders had leads in both games before dropping decisions of 24-26 and 23-25 to the Warriorettes. Hitting errors led to the Lady Raiders surrendering leads of 14 to 10 in the first set and 12 to 8 in the second set. Coach Taylor called out Aerial Williams for her strong net play in the first match as she led the team in kills.
In the second match, Bailey Morgan led a strong Lady Raider service game as Coffee County beat Shelbyville 25 – 2 and 25-17. Defensively, the Lady Raiders played better against the Eaglettes and also passed the ball well against the second year program.
Senior Rachel Henley prepares to serve on Tuesday for the Lady Raider volleyball team.
In the final match of the night, Coffee County broke open a tight opening set as Rachel Henley served 16 straight points to close out a 25 to 5 win over Fayetteville. Coach Taylor substituted heavily in the 2nd set as Coffee County closed out the straight set win with a 25 to 15 decision in the 2nd set.
After the matches, Coach Taylor was pleased that he got a lot of playing time for all of his players on the day. The Lady Raiders will go back to work on Wednesday as Coach Taylor completes his final cuts. The Lady Raiders will also work on some defensive adjustments this week as they prepare for their opening matches on August 15th. Thunder Radio is your exclusive source to hear broadcasts of selected Lady Raider volleyball games this fall as part of the First National Bank Hometown Tuesday series.
