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Coffee County volleyball got back in the win column Thursday evening.

Hosting Shelbyville following Tuesday’s five-set home loss to Lawrence County, the Lady Raiders overcame a slower start to pick up a straight-set, 3-0 match win over the Golden Eaglettes.

Furthermore, the victory gave the team’s class of 2026 members a victory on their senior night.

“We had to wear off senior night, everybody crying, including myself,” Coffee County coach Jon Spears said. “We had to shake that off. Once we got that shook off, that first set, we just started doing what we do.”

Shelbyville jumped out to an early lead in the first set, at one point leading Coffee County 14-8 before a time out was called. The Lady Raiders began to chip back into the set from there with an 8-1 scoring run to briefly take a 16-15 advantage.

The two teams kept right with one another from that point on and continued to trade leads before a 24-24 tie forced the set to continue with extra points. Coffee County ultimately came out on top, winning the first set 28-26.

The Lady Raiders carried that momentum into the second set, jumping out to a 9-1 lead to get things started. After taking a time out, the Golden Eaglettes were able to cut the deficit to 9-7, but Coffee County did not let them get any closer. The Lady Raiders eventually separated themselves once again, winning the set 25-13 to take a 2-0 match lead.

Coffee County once again started off with an early lead in the third set, this time going up 8-2 before Shelbyville began to close the gap. With their lead cut to 14-13, the Lady Raiders proceeded to take the next three points to build some space back up. Coffee County went on to take the set by score of 25-19 to complete the three-set sweep.

“I think we did a really good job of staying up and even when we got down, we got back up,” Coffee County senior Taylor Brinkley said. “Having the win just really topped off senior night.”

Danni Hillis led the Lady Raiders in kills with seven. Senior Allysa Goon followed with six, just ahead of fellow senior Morgen Spears with five. Cara Newlin added four kills. Up next were senior Carrington Saner and Hayleigh Harris with three each. Andon Selvog, Cailey Sturgill, Isabelle Saner and Paisley Dyer each had one kill.

Brinkley was the team’s ace leader with four. Hillis and Selvog were both credited with two each. Dyer, Spears and senior Emma Haley each had one ace.

Spears and Carrington Saner both recorded one block each.

Brinkley further led Coffee County in assists with 13. Selvog added eight. Haley came away with four assists, just ahead of Isabelle Saner with three. Hillis, Spears and Jenslee Nogodula each had one assist.

Brinkley additionally took the top spot in digs, finishing the match with 16. Goon notched 10. Haley followed with six digs. Up next was Hillis with four, just ahead of Spears and Selvog with three digs each. Nogodula added two. Newlin, as well as Carrington and Isabelle Saner, all had one dig each.

Coffee County (7-3) heads to Sevierville this weekend to take part in the Rocky Top Classic. Matches are scheduled for Friday and Saturday.