MANILA – Nxled, bannered by Filipino-American Brooke van Sickle, takes on PLDT in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference Siklab Series on Tuesday at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
The Chameleons and the High Speed Hitters clash in the main game at 6 p.m.
Farm Fresh battles Galeries Tower at 1 p.m.
Sandwiched between the PVL matches is a 3:30 p.m. Spikers’ Turf Invitational Conference encounter featuring reigning Open Conference champion Criss Cross, which begins its quest for another title in the men’s division, against AFP.
Sports Vision, the league organizer, has added a Spikers’ Turf match to each PVL playdate to bring men’s volleyball to a wider audience and strengthen its mainstream appeal.
Van Sickle is coming back after missing the Invitationals due to a minor shoulder injury.
The many-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) leads an Nxled roster loaded with talent, including Myla Pablo, MJ Phillips, Jonah Escamillan, Jovelyn Fernandez, Jules Tolentino, Leyann De Guzman, Chiara Permentilla, Djanel Cheng and EJ Cariño.
Former Cignal standouts Jackie Acuña and Gel Cayuna provide additional experience and support.
Savi Davison leads the High Speed Hitters, who swept the PVL On Tour and Invitational titles last year, establishing themselves as one of the league’s most formidable teams.
Supporting the Fil-Canadian ace are opposite hitter Kim Dy and middle blockers Majoy Baron, Mika Reyes, Dell Palomata and Seth Rodriguez.
Kim Fajardo and Angge Alcantara will share playmaking duties, while premier libero Kath Arado anchors the team’s floor defense.
Nxled swept PLDT in their Invitationals showdown.
Farm Fresh boasts league MVP Trisha Tubu, Ces Molina, Royse Tubino, Mylene Rezanova and Riri Meneses, with setter Alohi Robins-Hardy orchestrating the attack.
Spearheading Galeries Tower are Aiza Pontillas, Jean Asis, Camille Victoria, Erika Raagas, Gayle Pascual, Shola Alvarez, Alyssa Bertolano, Ann Roselle Asis, Roselle Baliton and top rookie pick Lams Lamina.
The PVL’s revamped season features three series — Siklab, Sigla and Sinag — culminating in a grand champion next year.
The ongoing Siklab Series follows a single-round-robin elimination format running through December, with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.
The top two semifinalists will enjoy twice-to-beat advantages, while the championship will be decided in a best-of-three series.
The Sigla Series, scheduled January to March, will follow the same general format but adopt an all-power system, allowing coaches to field their strongest lineups and deploy their preferred tactics without mandatory rotation rules. This differs from the all-to-play rule applied in the Siklab Series.
Points accumulated in the first two series will be combined to determine the overall standings and seedings for the final Sinag Series, scheduled from March to April.
The top two teams in the cumulative standings will advance directly to the semifinals, while teams ranked third to ninth will compete in play-in and stepladder rounds to determine the other two semifinalists.
The Sinag semifinals will be played in a best-of-three format, with the top overall points earner facing the second team to emerge from the stepladder phase, and the second-ranked team taking on the stepladder’s top qualifier. (Jean Malanum/PNA)
SIKLAB SERIES CAMPAIGN. Brooke van Sickle (right) will lead Nxled against PLDT in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference Siklab Series at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Tuesday (Oct. 13, 2026). She missed the Invitationals due to a minor shoulder injury. (PVL photo)
