MANILA – Farm Fresh opposite hitter Trisha Gayle Tubu was named Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Press Corps Player of the Week for Nov. 10-14 after leading the Foxies to their second straight semifinals appearance in the All-Filipino Conference Siklab Series.
Tubu scored 25 points against Capital1 Solar Spikers in Farm Fresh’s 25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23 victory last Saturday, securing the Foxies at least a Top 4 finish in the preliminary round.
She also delivered 30 attack points as Farm Fresh survived PLDT, 20-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 17-15, on Nov. 10.
Tubu bested Choco Mucho’s Sisi Rondina and Deanna Wong, Nxled’s EJ Laure-Cariño, PLDT’s Savi Davison, and ZUS Coffee’s AC Miner for the weekly honor, decided by print and online reporters covering the pioneering professional volleyball league organized by Sports Vision.
“Lagi ko pong sinasabi, sa naging coaches ko sa Farm Fresh [na] bawat isa po sa kanila may input po talaga sa akin personally. And kay coach Koji [Tsuzurabara], siguro po ‘yung Japanese culture niya na perfectionist — lagi niyang sinasabi na one small mistake, mag-a-appear yan sa game (I always tell my former coaches at Farm Fresh that each of them truly contributed to my personal development. As for Coach Koji Tsuzurabara — perhaps due to his Japanese background and perfectionist nature — he would always emphasize that even a single small mistake will eventually show up during a game),” Tubu said in a PVL news release Sunday.
“So, dapat sa training pa lang, pina-polish na. So siguro po ‘yon, sa training pa lang, sabi nga ni Maicah [Larroza] na sobrang strict po niya sa mga maliliit na bagay (So, things should be polished as early as the training stage. Perhaps that’s it — even during training, as Maicah Larroza mentioned, she is extremely strict about the small details),” added the reigning MVP.
With Farm Fresh now carrying a 5-2 win-loss record, a twice-to-beat advantage in the playoffs is within reach. Tubu and the Foxies are determined to secure the bonus in their upcoming showdown with PVL powerhouse Creamline.
“Nasimulan na po namin, kailangan na po namin ituloy-tuloy. Hindi po namin alam ano puwede mangyari sa game namin sa Creamline kasi nilalaban din po nila ‘yung spot nila for twice-to-beat, same as us (We’ve already made a start, so we need to keep the momentum going. We don’t know what might happen in our match against Creamline, because they are also fighting for a twice-to-beat advantage, same as us),” the five-time Best Opposite Spiker said.
“Both teams preparing, meron pa po kaming one week to prepare. Mahaba-haba po ‘yun. So talagang sisiguraduhin po namin na bibigyan namin sila ng magandang game (Both teams are preparing; we still have one week to get ready. That’s quite a bit of time, so we’ll definitely make sure to give them a great game),” Tubu added. (PNA)
