Farm Fresh continued to lean on the trio of Eli Rousseaux, Trisha Tubu, and Ces Molina in taking down Choco Mucho, 25-18, 25-13, 18-25, 26-24, to secure a top-three finish in Pool A of the PVL Reinforced Conference on Friday at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City.
After dominating the first two sets, the Foxies were tested by a resurgent Flying Titans squad that took the third set and grabbed a 23-21 lead in the fourth.
Rousseaux’s scoring tear remained as the Foxies’ biggest edge as the Belgian spiker drilled two consecutive kills for the equalizer before Rizza Cruz’s ace to reach match point, 24-23.
Cruz missed her next serve, but Kat Tolentino also committed a costly error of her own from the service line. Rousseaux sealed the win with a massive cross-court hit to finish the game with 27 points.
Tubu delivered 17 points, while Molina had 11 points, 12 excellent receptions, and eight digs as the Foxies finished 4-1 in Pool A.
‘I think it’s very important to have different abilities as a team to be able to win consistently,’ said Farm Fresh head coach Alessandro Lodi. ‘And to try to be at the top of the league and of the conference,’ said Farm Fresh coach Alessandro Lodi.
‘I’m sure you have to play with quality and at times be able to dominate the games like we did in the first two sets but that is not normal. The opponents have the ability to play better and you cannot play the perfect game all the time. So you have to add the second ability which is to play gritty.’ Farm Fresh heads to the second round with Galeries Tower, Chery Tiggo, and either Petro Gazz or Akari.
Choco Mucho, which dropped to 2-2, disputes the last top-three spot in Pool A against Capital1 on November 4 at Mall of Asia Arena.
Tolentino led the charge for the Flying Titans with 12 points. Royse Tubino and Maddie Madayag had 11 and 10 points, respectively.