MATT TYSON

Staff Writer

Coffee County girls’ soccer was back on its home turf at Raider Academy Thursday night, welcoming Tullahoma for the latest edition of the annual Coffee Cup game.

A close contest for most of both halves, the Lady Cats were able to separate themselves late on the way to handing the Lady Raiders a 3-0 shutout loss in the rivalry matchup. The result also dropped Coffee County to 0-2 on the season following its 3-2 home loss to Giles County Tuesday night.

Scoreless through the first 20 minutes of play, Tullahoma was able to get on the board with 19:54 left in the first half.

Still trailing 1-0 at the break, Coffee County kept it a one-score game through the first 30 minutes of the second half, coming up just short on a few game-tying scoring opportunities.

Tullahoma was ultimately able to add to its lead with less than 10 minutes on the clock, scoring with 8:36 left to play to make it a 2-0 game. The Lady Cats followed this up with one more goal before time expired, scoring again with 2:09 remaining to bring the game to what would be its final score.

Coffee County will travel to Fayetteville to open Class 3A District 6 play against Lincoln County Monday evening. Start time is set 6:30 p.m.