JUST as Ivy Lacsina was getting cozy and enjoying life as a mainstay of F2 Logistics, the thing that players dread most happened. Like a lightning bolt from nowhere, management suddenly announced that F2 Logistics was disbanding.
And just like that, the team that was like second home to her was gone.
“‘Yung ang pinaka-biggest heartbreak ko, nu’ng nag-disband ang F2 (Logistics). ‘Yung mga ates ko nandu’n, sila talaga ‘yung mga ideal teammates,” Lacsina said.
During her time with F2, life was cool. She enjoyed the camaraderie, the team culture and she thought she'll stay there for the rest of her sporting life.
“Nag-look forward ako na du’n na rin ako magre-retire kahit nu’ng bago pa lang ako kasi parang sila na ‘yung best teammates,” Lacsina said.
But she soon learned good times don't last forever. “Ganun talaga, pero ‘yun pa rin siguro ‘yung pinakamasakit sa’’kin,” she said.
That was a little over a year ago. F2 Logistics is now in her rear view mirror.
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Parting ways with the Cargo Movers may have led her to a central scoring role with Akari,
By the time F2 disbanded, it has been just three months since her first full year as a Cargo Mover in the PVL.
With injuries plaguing the team at the time, Lacsina changed her role from being a middle blocker, which was her position back in National University, to a wing spiker under then F2 head coach Regine Diego.
As tough a transition it might have been, the 25-year-old spiker felt right at home not only with her new role but with the club altogether.
As Akari became Lacsina’s new home, she found wholehearted support from Japanese head coach Taka Minowa who continues to guide her and build her up as a spiker who can compete not only locally but internationally.
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