Farm Fresh’s new era under Coach Benson Bocboc has exceeded expectations, with the team securing two wins in the first half of the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference.
In the first five conferences of the country’s only professional volleyball league, the Foxies’ best performance was three wins in a single tournament.
With six more games to play after the month-long holiday break, Farm Fresh looks promising.
Trisha Tubu, a former PVL Best Opposite Spiker, acknowledged that witnessing yet another coaching change was challenging. Still, she views it as an opportunity to overcome hurdles and grow as a team.
The Foxies were coached by Jerry Yee during their first three conferences in the PVL before bringing in Japanese tactician Shota Sato for the 2024 Reinforced and Invitational conferences. Coach Bocboc took the helm prior to the ongoing AFC.
“Actually, challenge po siya sa akin saka at the same time masaya kasi yun nga yung challenge yun nga dun kami mag-go-grow,” Tubu shared after their final game of 2024 on December 12.
“I mean iba na naman ang system, challenge kung paano kami magre-recruit, tapos may mga bagong players, masaya yung challenge kasi yun nga po, tulong-tulong din naman kami dun sa bawat part namin, and yung challenge dun is yung progress.”
Tubu has been at the forefront of the Foxies’ attack this season, highlighted by a 31-point explosion against the Choco Mucho Flying Titans, despite a five-set loss.
It was still a commendable defeat as the team fought back from a large deficit in the fourth set to force a fifth.
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“Tulad po ng sabi ni Coach Boc, masaya din po siya kasi hindi po kami basta-basta bumigay. Kasi fourth set, talo na po dapat kami, nahabol namin, kaya masaya din po. At the same time, yung nga din po, natalo. Na-push po namin yung sarili namin talaga para gumalaw, para makuha yung fourth set,” Tubu said, reflecting on their 2-3 record to end the year.
However, the Foxies are not content with moral victories. They feel determined to use the break to improve their performance.
Farm Fresh will kick off 2025 with a match against Nxled on January 18, followed by games against Chery Tiggo, Galeries Tower, PLDT, Creamline, and Capital1.
“Siguro po yung ano, hindi kami bumibigay kahit malayo na yung score, may mga times na malayo na yung score namin, pero nahahabol pa kami. Siguro yun yung maturity – kahit ano mangyari, wag basta-basta. Yung error namin, sobrang dami namin error, 30 plus yata. So yung i-work talaga namin sa bakasyon,” Tubu shared.
“Ayaw mag-rest ni Coach Boc, kaya ayaw din namin mag-rest kasi mas mabigat mga kalaban namin next year,” she added.
