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Nxled Chameleons against Farm Fresh Foxies in the PVL All-Filipino Conference. –PVL PHOTO Sharp and consistent from start to finish, Nxled swept Farm Fresh on sheer resolve, 25-17, 25-17, 25-18 Wednesday night to wrap up its PVL All-Filipino Conference hinting of brighter things ahead. EJ Laure got herself clicking in attack mode throughout and with ample backing from Chiara Permentilla and Lycha Ebon propelled the Chameleons to victory in a matchup where only pride was at stake on the table.
READ: PVL: Nxled coach happy to see improvement translate into win “For us, there is no way to go but move up. This conference, we learned to translate our losses into actions for us to win,’’ said Permentilla after the Chameleons finished their Pool B campaign in the play-in tournament with a 1-1 record after ending the preliminaries with a 1-10 card. No longer in contention for a quarterfinal spot after dropping a crucial encounter against the Chery Tiggo Crossovers on Tuesday, the Farm Fresh Foxies simply couldn’t counter whatever firepower was thrown their way from the opposite side.
EJ Laure Nxled Chameleons against Farm Fresh Foxies in the PVL All-Filipino Conference. –PVL PHOTO Veteran Rachel Daquis gamely carried the fight for the Foxies with Alyssa Bertolano and Aprylle Tagsip, but simply got overwhelmed by Nxled’s desire to end its campaign on a promising note. “We don’t want to dwell on previous losses.
We have to move on, so we can better execute next conference,’’ said Laure. READ: PVL: EJ Laure, Nxled get much-needed boost from rare win Efficiently guided by their new coach, Italian Ettore Guidetti, the Chameleons hardly wavered in the first two sets and only allowed the Foxies to briefly charge back by forging a deadlock at 11 in Set 3. Laure then took over, smashing her way from various angles on the floor and by the time Lucille Almonte and Krich Macaslang joined her, the Chameleons were already way ahead, 23-15, made easier by the Foxies’ Sofia Ildefonso, whose long spike that sailed past the endline.
Agatha Mangulabnan’s ace at matchpoint ended the Foxies’ campaign with a 0-2 record in the play-in. Rach Jorvina also shone brightly for Nxled as the Filipino-Canadian’s 20 excellent digs deflected a large sum of the Foxies’ air strikes. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.
I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . “This will build our confidence to keep up with the other teams. It’s just a matter of time,’’ said Jorvina.
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