It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Murphy can now relate to. They came up short against  the Saraland Spartans on Wednesday, falling  3-0. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Spartans this season, as they also lost their prior matchup  3-0  back in September.
 The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8,  25-3.
 Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Saraland to victory, but perhaps none more so than   Bryleigh Goff, who  had four  digs and four  aces. That's the most  aces  Goff has posted  over her last 13  contests. Another player making a difference was  Taniyah Smith, who  had 12 assists and three  aces.

Panthers
| 10/15/25 @ Saraland | 0-3 | 
| 10/15/25 vs Theodore | 3-1 | 
| 10/09/25 @ Theodore | 3-1 | 
| 10/07/25 vs LeFlore | 3-0 | 
| 10/06/25 @ Blount | 3-2 | 
The  defeat snapped Murphy's winning streak at four matches  and leaves them with a 10-6 record. As for Saraland, they are  on a roll lately: they've  won three of their last four matchups. That somehow still isn't as good as their 32-7 record  this season.
 Murphy wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next  match,  a  3-0  loss against McAdory on the 23rd. As for Saraland, they have also already played their next contest,  a  3-2  victory against Montgomery Academy on the 23rd.
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