Reigning Season MVP Trisha Tubu is carrying Farm Fresh toward a second straight semifinals berth. She earned the PVL Press Corps Player of the Week award for Nov. 10-14 after scoring 30 points against PLDT and 25 against Capital1.

The five-time Best Opposite Spiker and Adamson University product powered the Foxies to a 5-2 record in the PVL All-Filipino Conference Siklab Series. Saturday’s win over Capital1 sealed at least a Top 4 finish in the preliminary round.

Tubu Dominates Capital1 and PLDT

Tubu unloaded 25 kills on 54 attack attempts against Capital1 on Saturday, Nov. 14, outdueling Solar Spikers sophomore Bella Belen in a 25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23 win. Farm Fresh snapped its string of five-set matches by closing in four frames.

The performance followed her 30-point eruption against PLDT on Tuesday, Nov. 10. She took over the endgame and fired the crucial spikes in a 20-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 17-15 escape that ended the High Speed Hitters’ three-game winning run.

The weekly citation recognizes her back-to-back barrages. 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.

Tubu Credits Coaches Ahead of Creamline

Tubu said all her former Farm Fresh coaches helped her development. “Lagi ko pong sinasabi sa naging coaches ko sa Farm Fresh [na] bawat isa po sa kanila may input po talaga sa ‘kin 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,” said Tubu after their match against Capital1. Koji Tsuzurabara is Farm Fresh’s current head coach.

“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,” she added.

With Farm Fresh at 5-2, a twice-to-beat advantage in the playoffs is within reach. Tubu and the Foxies are determined to lock it down in their upcoming clash against PVL powerhouse Creamline.

“Nasimulan na po namin, kailangan na po namin ituloy-tuloy,” Tubu underscored. “‘Di po namin alam ano pwede mangyari sa game namin sa Creamline kasi nilalaban din po nila ‘yung spot nila for twice-to-beat, same as us.”

“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,” she said.