The Farm Fresh Foxies capped their best-ever elimination round at 7–1, as they head into the 2025 PVL Reinforced Conference quarterfinals.
The real work has just begun for the Farm Fresh Foxies.
Fresh off a confident sweep of the Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers, 25-17, 25-23, 29-27, on Thursday at the Mall of Asia Arena, the Foxies closed the elimination round at a stunning 7-1 record.
This marks Farm Fresh’s best record in franchise history and a far cry from their early struggles when they joined the league just last year.
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But while many will still doubt the Foxies’ capabilities come the knockout round, veteran spiker Ces Molina knows her team will work extra hard to get the job done.
“Wala naman talagang nakakaalam sa mga mangyayari sa next games namin,” Molina said. “For sure, paghahandaan namin itong knockout game and ibibigay ‘yung best namin kasi ‘yun nga ‘yung goal."
“7-1 ngayon, so gusto lang namin i-continue kung ano man ‘yung magagandang ginagawa namin. Very proud sa team, especially na nandito ako sa Farm Fresh,” she added.
Silencing playoff doubters
Molina, who finished with 14 points in the win, acknowledged that the team’s rise from dark horse to legitimate contender has given them belief.
It’s also a chance to silence those who doubted the Foxies’ ceiling.
“I think mas magiging proud pa sa amin si coach pag ma-continue namin ‘yung good things na nagagawa namin,” she said.
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Setter Alohi Robins-Hardy, who was hailed the Player of the Game after delivering 24 excellent sets and seven points, echoed the same mentality.
“I’m super proud of our team,” she said. “I think we’ve already made history with three, four wins in a row for Farm Fresh.
“We’re not so much worried about making any more history, we’re just worried about ourselves and what we can do on the court, and whatever we can do to win the next game.”
Following, PLDT's first-set loss to Petro Gazz, Farm Fresh is now officially the first seed heading into the quarterfinals.
With a four-game winning streak as well, the Foxies enter the knockout rounds with both confidence and momentum to make a deep postseason run.
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