MANILA, Philippines — Help is on the way for the Farm Fresh Foxies in the resumption of the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference with new players Rachel Anne Daquis, Jolina Dela Cruz, and Lorene Toring all cleared to play.

Although he didn’t divulge the exact on-court return of the trio, as coach Benson Bocboc shared on the Foxies’ social media accounts that Daquis, Toring, and Dela Cruz got the green light to see action this 2025.

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“I think may go-signal na sila lahat [to play],” the Farm Fresh coach said on the Farm Fresh page.

It is still unsure whether the trio will be available on January 18 when Farm Fresh battles Nxled but they will play this month, Bocboc said.

“We’re taking this time para ma-insert sila dun sa sistema na meron ‘yung team. So hopefully enough ‘yung time para makapaglaro kaagad sila pagbalik ng New Year but definitely within the month,” he said.

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Toring, whose final playing year for Adamson ended up with an unfortunate ACL injury in practice, expressed her excitement over the fear of her injury.

“Mas excited ako makalaro ulit [kaysa sa takot]. Siyempre yung takot hindi mo maiaalis yan sa mga tulad ko na galing injury pero nangingibabaw ‘yung excitement na mailaro ko na’yung pinaghirapan kong recovery,” Toring said.

“With our PTs pati ‘yung makatulong sa team. Hindi biglaan na lalaro. Dapat paunti-unti. Pero at least, sa wakas, pwede na. Kaya patuloy lang sa dasal at sa pa-kundisyon and may the New Year be kinder to me and my teammates.”

Dela Cruz also suffered an ACL injury in November 2023 when she was still playing for the defunct F2 Logistics.

Daquis, who signed with Farm Fresh before the All-Filipino, took the time to regain her top shape after missing the PVL action for over a year to focus on her bakery in Spain.

With the trio returning, the Trisha Tubu-led Farm Fresh hopes to rise from a 2-3 record in ninth place.