MANILA – Farm Fresh on Tuesday outlasted PLDT, 20-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 17-15, to boost its semis bid in the PVL All Filipino Conference Siklab Series eliminations at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Trisha Gayle Tubu delivered 30 points, including five of the Foxies’ last eight points.
Honey Royse Tubino chipped in 14 points, while Mylene Rezanova and Frances Molina scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, in the two-hour, 19-minute match.
Farm Fresh improved to 4-2, while PLDT joined Akari in fifth place at 3-3.
“Ang mindset ng bawat isa, anuman ang mangyari – straight sets man o umabot pa ng five sets – kailangan naming pagtrabahuhan ang bawat puntos. Lagi ngang sinasabi ni coach Koji (Tsuzurabara) na mag-focus lang kami sa bawat rally at huwag munang isipin kung mananalo o matatalo (Our collective mindset —regardless of what happens, whether it ends in straight sets or goes to five— is that we must work for every single point. Coach Koji always tells us to just focus on each rally, rather than thinking about whether we will win or lose),” Tubu, who earned the Best Player of the Game honors, said after the match.
Roselyn Aquino and Rizza Cruz added seven and six points, respectively, as Farm Fresh outscored PLDT in attacks, 70-65, and blocks, 10-9.
Alohi Robins-Hardy orchestrated the offense with 23 excellent sets.
Tubu also had nine digs and Tubino added 13 receptions, while Maicah Larroza anchored the defensive effort with 13 digs and 21 receptions.
Davison led the High Speed Hitters with 23 points followed by Jovie Prado with 13 and Kim Dy with 10. (PNA)
