Brooke Van Sickle
Nxled Volleyball Team didn’t just tweak its roster—it flipped the entire script.
Once buried at the bottom of the Premier Volleyball League standings, the Chameleons are now charging into the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference armed with the championship backbone of the defending titleholders, headlined by three-time PVL MVP Brooke Van Sickle.
In one of the boldest offseason moves the league has seen, Nxled Chameleons officially absorbed the core of Petro Gazz Angels, a team that opted to take a leave of absence but chose to keep its competitive flame alive by reinforcing another contender.
Van Sickle is joined by two-time Finals MVP MJ Phillips, former conference MVP Myla Pablo, and rising setter Jules Tolentino—a quartet that powered Petro Gazz to a historic 2025 campaign.
For Van Sickle, the move marks a new chapter after a meteoric two-year run that firmly etched her name among the PVL elite. She helped deliver Petro Gazz’s first-ever All-Filipino crown and followed it up with a Reinforced Conference title, while stacking individual hardware that included Season MVP, three Conference MVP awards, and back-to-back Best Outside Spiker honors.
Now 27, the Filipino-American star steps into a leadership role with a franchise desperate for direction just one year ago—and suddenly brimming with it.
Nxled’s transformation didn’t stop there. The Chameleons also welcomed former Angels Jonah Sabete, Djanel Cheng, Ranya Musa, Nicole Tiamzon, AA Adolfo, Bang Pineda, and Jellie Tempiatura, effectively importing an entire system that already knows how to win under pressure.
Adding even more bite to the roster are veteran reinforcements Aby Maraño and Joyme Cagande from Chery Tiggo, along with former Choco Mucho middle blocker Aduke Ogunsanya.
Continuity, however, remains a key selling point. Italian tactician Ettore Guidetti stays at the helm, guiding a lineup that still features captain Chiara Permentilla, alongside EJ Laure, Jovelyn Fernandez, Lucille Almonte, Mayang Nuique, Jaycel delos Reyes, and Krich Macaslang.
The contrast is staggering. Just one conference ago, Nxled limped to a last-place finish with only two wins in 13 outings. Today, the Chameleons are no longer rebuilding—they’re rebranded.
With the spine of champions now wearing green and gold, Nxled enters the January 31 conference opener not as a feel-good story, but as a legitimate title threat—and proof that in the PVL, fortunes can change fast when winners stick together.