The Lady Raider volleyball team warmed up for the regular season in a tournament in Davenport on Saturday, where the Lady Raiders defeated Springdale and Davenport but lost to Odessa and Reardan. 

“We had more logistic things like rotation to work on, otherwise the girls did great,” Head Coach Meagan Caudell said. “We just beat ourselves when it came to those logistic things, but it was a good learning experience!”

“My impression [from the tournament] is that our girls have grit,” she said. “They bring their A game to every single game, and once everything logistically falls into place we will be set to go!”

“All of our girls did all-around amazing,” she continued. “Carly Neddo played hard in the middle front, and that was really fun to see! Jaelyn Cleveland also was very impressive and worked really hard. Our bench runs deep, but one thing I am proud of is that I can throw any of those girls in at any time and they step up to the occasion. I was so so proud of them!”

The Lady Raiders are scheduled to play an away game against Almira-Coulee-Hartline on Sept. 9, with the varsity team scheduled to start at 7 p.m.