Nxled winning streak reached four games in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference Siklab series after the Chameleons beat Choco Mucho, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17, at the SMART Araneta Coliseum. The result kept Nxled at 4-0, in pace with Creamline atop the standings, and a related report on the same page noted the loss sent Choco Mucho down to third.
Nxled winning streak sealed by an eight-point run in the third
The match turned in the third set. Choco Mucho, the Rebisco-backed side, built a 22-14 lead and stood within reach of a 2-1 advantage in sets. Nxled answered with eight unanswered points to tie the frame, then completed the turnaround to take it.
The Chameleons carried that momentum into the fourth set and closed out the match. Brooke Van Sickle, the former Season MVP, finished with 19 points, 12 excellent digs and 12 excellent receptions.
Van Sickle on containing Laure and Sisi Rondina-Rosales
Van Sickle said Nxled went into the match expecting Choco Mucho's outside hitters to score regardless of the game plan, and asked her teammates to stay composed rather than chase perfection on defense.
“Yeah, I’d say when versus Choco Mucho, I mean, Eya and Sisi are very good outside hitters and they’re going to score points. That’s just what they do”
She added that the priority was execution on Nxled's own side of the net rather than reaction to Choco Mucho's kills.
“So I think that’s the thing is we had to focus on ourselves and execute what we need to do and make our own points in order to get that win against Choco”
Analysis: the attack numbers behind the four-set result
This section is analysis based on figures stated in the source report.
Eya Laure finished with 18 points but converted just 16 of her 52 attack attempts, a rate of roughly 31 percent. Sisi Rondina-Rosales managed 14 kills on 41 attempts, roughly 34 percent. Against two hitters who typically carry a heavy volume, that combination of volume and conversion is the clearest statistical signature of Nxled's defensive containment.
The set pattern matters as much as the totals. Nxled won the first and third sets by identical 25-23 margins, lost the second by two points, then pulled away to 25-17 in the fourth — a sequence consistent with a team that absorbs pressure early and separates late.
Unpredictability as a conference theme
Van Sickle framed the third-set escape as a lesson for the games ahead, pointing to reverse sweeps and five-set matches elsewhere in the conference as evidence that leads no longer guarantee sets.
“And yeah, the third set, I mean, it’s not how it begins; it’s how it ends.”
“You have to fight and you have to earn every single point, so you can’t let up even if you have a lead.”
What to watch is whether that composure travels. Nxled sits level with Creamline at 4-0, and the source report does not name the Chameleons' next opponent; the test will be whether the same calm holds when the eight-point swings go the other way.
The original report on this match was published by tiebreakertimes.com.ph.
