Nag-volt in ang magkapatid na Dindin Santia­go-Manabat at Jaja Santiago para depensahan ang titulo ng Foton sa pagbubukas ng 2016 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix sa Oct. 8 sa FilOil Flying V Center sa San Juan.

Ni-recruit ng Tornadoes si 6-foot-3 Manabat kasama ang hugot na sina last year’s MVP Lindsay Stalzer at Ariel Usher panahog kina 6-foot-5 Santiago, Maika Ortiz at Angeli Araneta.

Nagpalakas ang Foton na gagabayan ni seasoned Serbian guru Moro Branislav para masabayan ang maugong na Cignal dahil sa lupit ng kanilang line-up.

Nagbalik sa HD Spikers si former MVP Venus Bernal, isinama sina Janine Marciano, Stephanie Mercado, Mylene Paat, Lourdes Patillano at Fi­lipino-American setter Shawna-Lei Santos.

Matitikas din ang import ng Cignal kina 6-foot-5 open spiker Laura Schaudt ng United States at Lynda Morales, skipper ng Puerto Rican national women’s team na lumaban sa katatapos na Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

“The preparation of every team is very intense. Everybody wants to gain advantage,” wika ni PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico. “We are looking forward to a lot of long rallies, five-set matches and another successful staging of this tournament.”

Inaasahang kakasa rin ang F2 Logistics, RC Cola-Army, Generika at Petron.

“All teams have obviously upgraded their respective rosters,” ani PSL president Ramon Suzara, “But it’s still a very ba­lanced field. As we see in the previous conferences, strength on paper alone wouldn’t be enough to bring home the crown.”