The Cocolife Asset Managers were a women's volleyball team in the Philippines. The team competed in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2017 to 2019. The team was first known as the United Volleyball Club, but for most of its history was under the sponsorship of United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation (Cocolife). In 2019, financial struggles eventually led to the disbandment of the team.
History The United Volleyball Club joined the Philippine Super Liga in January 2017. It was named "United" due to having former players of rival University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) schools in Ateneo and La Salle in its roster.
However the team adopted the name Cocolife Asset Managers instead after securing sponsorship with the United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation (COCOLIFE) in February 2017. The club adopted the company's colors blue and green which are also coincidentally the same as the two schools.
They played under the Cocolife name from the 2017 to 2018 seasons. Starting from the 2019 Grand Prix Conference they competed as United Volleyball Club, now without a naming sponsor. The team experienced financial issues with team manager Josh Ylaya serving as interim head coach due to Moro Branislav's departure to lessen operational expenses.
The club disbanded in June 2019 due to its inability to find a new sponsor.
Name changes UVC–Cocolife Asset Managers (2017–2018) United Volleyball Club (2019)
Final roster For the 2019 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference: No.NamePos.HeightWeightSpikeBlockDate of birth () OH () OH S () OPP () L OH OPP OPP MB () L MB S MB MB OH
Head coach Joshua Ylaya Assistant Coach(es) Tina Salak Team manager Vian Seranilla | valign="top" |
Physical Therapist B. Solano Trainer Arcalas / Pareja
Team Captain Import Draft Pick Rookie Inactive Withdrew Suspended Free Agent Injured
Honors
Team Philippine Superliga: Season Conference Title Source2017 Invitational 5th place Beach Challenge Cup 8th place All-Filipino 5th place Grand Prix 4th place2018 Grand Prix 4th place Beach Challenge Cup Team A: 6th place Team B: Men's: Invitational 10th place All-Filipino 7th place2019 Grand Prix 5th place Beach Challenge Cup Team A: Team B: All-Filipino Invitational
Others: Season Tournament Title Source 2017 Vinh Long Open (Vietnam)
Individual Season Conference Award Name Source 2018 Grand Prix 1st Best Outside Spiker Sara Klisura
Team captains Michele Gumabao (2017) Sara Klisura (2018 Grand Prix) Aerieal Patnongon (2018 Invitationals) Marge Tejada (2018 All-Filipino) Kalei Mau (2019 Grand Prix)
Coaches Roberto Javier (2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup) Emilio Reyes Jr. (2017) Moro Branislav (2018) Joshua Ylaya (2019) (interim)
Imports SeasonNumberPlayerCountry2017 2 Taylor Milton United States 18 Tai Manu-Olevao United States2018 2 Taylor Milton United States 1 Sara Klisura Serbia 18 Marta Drpa Serbia2019 5 Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani United States 2 Tai Manu-Olevao (withdrew) United States 20 Sutadta Chuewulim Thailand
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