Rachel Daquis during Farm Fresh’s opening match against Cignal in the PVL All-Filipino Conference. – PVL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Help is on the way for the Farm Fresh Foxies as the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference resumes with new players Rachel Anne Daquis, Jolina Dela Cruz and Lorene Toring all cleared to play.
Although he did not disclose the trio’s exact return to the field, as coach Benson Bocboc shared on the Foxies’ social media accounts, Daquis, Toring and Dela Cruz were given the green light to see action in 2025.
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“I think I could signal na sila lahat (to play),” the Farm Fresh coach said on the Farm Fresh page.
It’s still unclear whether the trio will be available Jan. 18 when Farm Fresh faces Nxled, but they will play this month, Bocboc said.
“We are using this time to insert them into the system that the team has, so hopefully that will give them enough time to be able to play immediately after the New Year, but certainly within the month,” he said. declared.
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Toring, whose final year of play for Adamson ended with an unfortunate ACL injury in practice, expressed excitement over his injury scare.
“I’m more excited to play again (than afraid). Of course, the fear is that you can’t take that away from people like me coming off an injury, but the excitement of being able to play the game that I play for “I worked so hard to get back to being dominant,” Toring said.
“Along with our PTs, help the team as well. It won’t come into play suddenly. It should be gradual. But at least it’s finally possible. So just keep praying and conditioning and may the new year be sweeter for me and my teammates.
Dela Cruz also suffered an ACL injury in November 2023 while still playing for the defunct F2 Logistics.
Daquis, who signed with Farm Fresh before the All-Filipino, took time to get back to his best form after missing PVL action for over a year to focus on his bakery in Spain.
With the trio returning, Farm Fresh, led by Trisha Tubu, will hope to recover from a 2-3 record in ninth place.
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