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On Tuesday night, the Lady Raider volleyball team beat Tullahoma in their home opener while the Lady Raider soccer team suffered a tough home loss to Lincoln County.

CCCHS Volleyball

The Coffee County Lady Raiders played host to local rival Tullahoma in a tightly contested four set match.

Coffee County would win the first set 25-23 and were looking to take the second set with a little more breathing room after pulling ahead 24-17, but Tullahoma managed eight straight points to go in front 25-24 and threatened to tie the match at one set apiece. However, the Lady Raiders outscored the Lady Cats 7-4 the rest of the way to take the set 31-29.

Tullahoma won the third set 25-22, and again appeared to be on their way to tying things up after leading 19-14 in the fourth set, but the Lady Raiders came back to win the fourth set 25-23 and win the match 3-1.

The Lady Raiders are now 2-0 in the early going of the 2024 season and will play host to Franklin County in their next match on Thursday, Aug. 22 with JV action starting at 5 p.m.

CCCHS Girls Soccer

The Lady Raiders soccer team continued their rough start to the 2024 season after dropping a home contest to Lincoln County.

Lincoln County raced out to a 5-0 lead before the halftime break and managed to score four more times in the second half to win in a 9-0 mercy rule.

Coffee County could only manage one shot on goal from Abigail Bellamy and goalkeeper Haley Campbell made 15 saves.

The Lady Raiders are now 0-3 to start the season and will play host to Columbia Central on Tuesday, Aug. 27 with JV action starting at 5 p.m. and varsity following at 7 p.m.