ASHEBORO The Asheboro High School varsity volleyball team entered Tuesdays Mid-Piedmont Conference semifinal undefeated.

Sometimes its good for a team to have a bit of a scare before the postseason.

The top-seeded Blue Comets overcame a rough first game to top No. 5 Southern Guilford 22-25, 25-17, 25-12, 25-12 at AHS. Asheboro (19-2) plays No. 2 Southwestern Randolph (17-7) in todays final at 6 p.m.

Give Southern Guilford credit, Blue Comets coach Karen Blanchard said. They looked great. We had a few calls on us that we havent all year. That got us down a bit. I told the girls they had to have fun. It took one of the girls doing something to make the other laugh to get us going.

Courtney King paced Asheboro with 16 kills and 15 digs, while Amy Yates and Salem Davidson each added eight. Yates had three blocks, while Davidson had six aces and 11 digs. Gilliam Foscue dished out 20 assists with Hannah Ferguson adding 13.

The first game was streaky as the Blue Comets started with a 5-0 run and the Storm answered with seven straight point to take a 7-5 lead. Asheboro scored the next six to go ahead by three. After that, there were six ties and a lead change before Asheboro went ahead 22-19 on a Yates kill. Southern Guilford responded with the next six points, taking the game and a 1-0 match lead on a Carlin Bailey ace.

The Storm took an early 5-1 lead in the second game. The Blue Comets came back, tying the score twice before going ahead 8-7 when a SG player was called for crossing the net. After that, Asheboro upped its lead to as many as nine (21-12). Southern Guilford cut it to six (23-17), but a King push and kill tied the match at a game apiece.

After back-and-forth play to start the third game, the Blue Comets went on a 6-0 run to go ahead 8-2 and then a 9-1 streak to up their lead to 16. Southern Guilford scored the next five points to pull within 11 (23-12), but a Davidson kill and ace put Asheboro ahead 2-1 in the match.

The fourth game started with five ties and two lead changes before the Blue Comets went on a 6-0 run to go ahead 13-8. The Storm couldnt recover as Asheboro scored the last eight points of the game to win the match.

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Blue Comets top Storm in four to reach MPC final