The Middle School Volleyball team faced New Hope in their season opener. The team played hard in the first game, but was overcome by New Hope's serving and lost 15-25. Bailee Barrilleaux and Ashlyn Anderson served up two aces each to help the Raiders win the second game 26-24. In the third game Victoria Fennell served strong with three aces and AC Brown led the Raider defense in serve reception to win 16-14.

The Raiders lost to Central on the road despite a great team effort. (21-25, 11-25) The Raiders played well limiting serving errors to six for the match, and acing the Colts six times. Abby Knowling and Claire Bruce contributed three kills apiece to the Raider total of nine team kills. Bailee Barrilleaux and Ashlyn Anderson both helped the team with a 100 percent serving record.

Randolph beat Westminster Christian Academy Thursday in two games at home. (28-26,27-25) The Raiders led much of the match with strong offense, slamming thirteen team kills on twenty-one attempts. Abby Knowling contributed eight kills and Victoria Fennell bolstered the team with two kills and six service aces. Katy Shoemake added to the Raider's team total of fourteen aces with five of her own and served up seventeen points on nineteen serves with no errors. The Raiders struggled with serve receive errors at times in the match, but were able to regain control with help from Maddie Kofskey with one hundred percent serve receive success and Fennell who passed seven of eight serves effectively. In game two Ally Below served an ace for the go-ahead point and then served up the match winning point for the Raiders in their win over Westminster.

The MS Volleyball Team beat Madison County Middle School in two games at MCMS (25-17,25-23).Randolph topped MCMS in part due to tough serving with 18 team serving aces. Victoria Fennell led the Raiders with ten serving aces on thirteen attempts. Hannah Page Clayton contributed two serving aces and scored two kills on two hitting attempts. Abby Knowling added two serving aces for the Raiders and led the offense with three kills on five attempts with no errors. The Raiders minimized offensive errors with only three hitting errors on fourteen attempts with five kills. The Raiders play next at home on Thursday Sept.2 against Athens Bible and Mountain Gap Middle School at 4:00. The Blue and Gray teams will both play at the same time on two courts.