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Down two sets and staring at a second straight loss, Farm Fresh found something. The Foxies pulled off a Farm Fresh reverse sweep against Choco Mucho, 20-25, 26-28, 25-23, 25-23, 15-13, in the PVL All-Filipino Conference on Thursday at the Mall of Asia Arena. Yeah, you read that right. Two sets gone, three sets won.
It's the kind of match that makes you forget the scoreline and just watch the momentum swing. Choco Mucho looked in control early. Then it didn't. And once the Foxies got a grip on the third set, they never really let go.
Farm Fresh reverse sweep flips a two-set hole
The first two frames were tight but belonged to the Flying Titans. A 20-25 opener, then a marathon second set that Choco Mucho took 28-26. At that point, honestly, who saw this coming?
Farm Fresh answered with 25-23, 25-23, 15-13. Three straight sets, each one decided by the smallest possible margin. No blowouts, no easy runs. Just a team refusing to fold and grinding out the last few points every single time.
It also wipes out the sting of the Foxies' previous outing, a loss to Nxled. Bouncing back like this, against an unbeaten side, is the sort of result that changes how a conference feels.
Mylene Paat-Rezanova and Trisha Tubu carry the load
Mylene Paat-Rezanova led Farm Fresh with 15 points, and Trisha Tubu backed her up with 14. Not gaudy numbers, but they came in a match where every point was expensive.
That's the thing about a reverse sweep. Nobody racks up huge totals because both teams spend the night trading punches. What matters is who scores at 13-13 in the fifth. The Foxies did.
Sisi Rondina-Rosales' 22 points go to waste for Choco Mucho
On the other side, Sisi Rondina-Rosales finished with 22 points and Eya Laure added 18. That's a hefty combined night for the Flying Titans, and it still wasn't enough. Frustrating? You bet.
Choco Mucho came in rolling, having swept ZUS Coffee and stunned a star-studded Capital1 side in Cebu. This was their first loss of the conference, and it came after they had one foot in the win column.
Both teams now sit at 2-1. Same record, very different mood walking out of the arena.
What the PVL standings look like after Thursday
Farm Fresh and Choco Mucho are level at 2-1, which keeps the Foxies right in the early conversation and hands the Flying Titans their first blemish. Small sample size, sure. But in a short conference, dropping a two-set lead hurts more than usual.
Earlier in Spikers' Turf action, NU-Alpha defeated Alpha, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23.
The original report comes from gmanetwork.com.
