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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:959px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1751369288155PVL On Tour PLDT vs. Farm Fresh - Alohi Robins-Hardy-2727.JPG" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Farm Fresh&#x27;s Alohi Robins-Hardy. <em>PVL Media Bureau</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA, Philippines – &quot;It&#x27;s bittersweet.&quot;</p><p>That&#x27;s how Alohi Robins-Hardy described her return to Philippine volleyball, this time in the Premier Volleyball League with the Farm Fresh Foxies.</p><p>The Fil-American setter last played in the country with Cignal in 2020 at the Philippine Superliga.</p><p>Around five years later, she made it back—but she went through the draft process, as required by the PVL.</p><p>Understandably, it was &quot;bittersweet&quot; Farm Fresh debut for Robins-Hardy as the Foxies absorbed a three-set 18-25, 21-25, 26-28 loss at the hands of PLDT High Speed Hitters in the PVL on Tour on Monday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/7/1/pvl-on-tour-pldt-shackles-farm-fresh-in-straight-sets-1825"><strong>READ: PVL on Tour: PLDT shackles Farm Fresh in straight sets</strong></a></div><p>Robins-Hardy can finally breathe a sigh of relief as she saw PVL play eight months she intended to see action for the Foxies.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a relief, honestly. It&#x27;s been way too long,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;First game out there, finally my work is showing. And for our team as well. I&#x27;m proud of our girls. We&#x27;re really trusting the process.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/6/3/pvl-says-won-t-allow-alohi-robins-hardy-s-farm-fresh-only-preference-1355"><strong>READ: PVL says &#x27;won&#x27;t allow&#x27; Alohi Robins-Hardy&#x27;s Farm Fresh only preference<br/></strong></a></div><p>The 6-foot-3 player kept herself in touch with volleyball, not letting herself get idle as she embraced a coaching stint with the Foxies and the UP Fighting Maroons.</p><p>&quot;Coaching sometimes sucks. From outside, you want to get in there, especially for me since I&#x27;m still able to play. Last year was tough, but it&#x27;s great, honestly. It&#x27;s amazing.&quot;</p><p>The new Farm Fresh playmaker said &quot;not as much&quot; changed in Filipino volleyball after all these years, citing the players&#x27; &quot;scrappy&quot; behavior on the taraflex, then and now.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/23/farm-fresh-announces-signing-of-robins-hardy-2211"><strong>READ: Farm Fresh announces signing of Robins-Hardy -- but can she play for them?<br/></strong></a></div><p>&quot;You know, not as much. I know everybody&#x27;s still scrappy,&quot; Robins-Hardy said. &quot;It&#x27;s just the same scrappy play. But yeah, I mean, there&#x27;s younger players as well, so they&#x27;re hitting hard, they&#x27;re jumping high. Yeah, it&#x27;s nice.&quot;</p><p>She contributed three points in her Farm Fresh debut, including a late point off a surprise drop that gave the Foxies a lifeline.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YZayCAnPvno?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>"It's bittersweet. First game out there, finally my work is showing. And for our team as well. I'm proud of our girls. We're really trusting the process. It's a relief, honestly. It's been way too long." #PVL2025</p>

"It's bittersweet. First game out there, finally my work is showing. And for our team as well. I'm proud of our girls. We're really trusting the process. It's a relief, honestly. It's been way too long." #PVL2025

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PVL: Alohi Robins-Hardy has 'bittersweet' debut for Foxies

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published July 01, 2025 07:58 PM PHT

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