BANNERED by Cebuana volleyball star Danika Gendrauli and a host of former La Salle aces, rookie team F2 Logistics vowed to make an immediate impact when it kicks off its campaign in the 2016 Philippine Superliga (PSL) Invitational Conference on Thursday at The Arena in San Juan.
Former De La Salle stars Cha Cruz, Paneng Mercado and Chie Saet will serve as cornerstones while ex-Southwestern University power spiker Danika Gendrauli, Lilet Mabbayad, Pau Soriano and libero Len Cortel will assemble the defensive backbone of the Cargo Movers, who are eyeing an explosive performance in this prestigious inter-club tournament.
The 27-year old Cruz, for one, is taking the cudgels of mentoring the team, sharing the winning tradition she had in La Salle where she won a pair of University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) titles in 2011 and 2012 while pocketing the Most Valuable Player (MVP) plum in the finals of the same seasons.
This campaign will not be a cakewalk for the Cargo Movers as other teams especially RC Cola-Army, Petron and Foton also beefed up their respective rosters.
The Lady Troopers recalled Rachel Anne Daquis from Petron while the Tri-Active Spikers acquired the services of veteran Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Bang Pineda as well as rookies CJ Rosario and Angel Legacion. The Toplanders, meanwhile, tapped former University of Santo Tomas stars Angeli Tabaquero, Rhea Dimaculangan and Maika Ortiz.
The Cargo Movers will open their season against a fellow greenhorn in San Jose Builders in the second game of the blockbuster double-header on Thursday.