F2 plucks La Salle, FEU players
F2 Logistics got its own share of fresh, talented recruits from the collegiate ranks as it plucked Jolina dela Cruz and Mars Alba of reigning UAAP champion La Salle and Jovelyn Fernandez of Far Eastern U to boost its stock in time for next month’s Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference.
The Cargo Movers made the official announcement Sunday night.
Dela Cruz, an outside spiker and MVP runner-up, Alba, a setter and team captain, were instrumental in engineering the Lady Spikers’ magnificent title romp in the UAAP and should be great pieces to F2’s title bid.
F2 coach Regine Diego was exhilarated by the arrival of their slew of rookie gems.
“The F2 family is happy to have signed them,” Diego yesterday told The STAR.
“I hope we’ll gel in time and we can catch up with our preparation for the Invitationals,” she added.
Diego is hoping the troika could gel with the team that included former La Salle standouts Kianna Dy, Aby Maraño, Ara Galang, Majoy Baron, Cha CruzBehag, Kim Fajardo and Dawn Macandili.
The Cargo Movers were bolstered by the addition of former league MVP Myla Pablo to start the year.
It saw the franchise claiming a league-best thirdplace finish in the All-Filipino Conference early this year.
But with their newly beefed up roster, the sky’s the limit for F2.
Cautivo, 7-5, 6-2. No. 3 Torrente from Olongapo City trounced top seed Grey Caro, 5-3, 4-0, in the semis then overpowered Kian Cansana, 4-0, 4-0.
Sharing the spotlight are doubles winners Jairus Peralta and Torrente (10-unisex), Rombawa and Pagtalunan (boys’ 14-U), Gonzaga and Ong (girls’ 14-U), Dilao siblings Frank and France (boys’ 18-U), and Liwag and Xophia Oliveros (girls’ 18-U).