If Amphitheater was feeling good  fresh off their  3-0 takedown of Catalina on Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Panthers came up short against  the Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks on Thursday, falling  3-0. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Panthers of the  3-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture  back in September of 2024.
 The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-13,  25-13.

 Kayla Tuakalau
| 09/11/25 @ Desert Sunrise | 7 | 
| 09/10/25 @ Catalina | 5 | 
| 09/09/25 @ Walden Grove | 10 | 
| 09/08/25 vs Sabino | 9 | 
| 09/04/25 vs Andrada Polytechnic | 13 | 
| 08/28/25 vs Pueblo | 8 | 
 Despite the  loss, Amphitheater had strong showings from  Isabella Espinoza, who  had 11  assists and two  aces, and  Kayla Tuakalau, who  had seven  kills and one  block. Tuakalau is  on a roll when it comes to  kills, as she's  now  had five or more in each of the last six games she's  played.
Amphitheater now  has a losing record of 3-4. As for Desert Sunrise,  the  win made it two in a row for them and  bumps their season record up to 4-2.
 Coming up, Amphitheater will take on Sunnyside at 6:00  p.m.  on Thursday. As for Desert Sunrise, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next  contest,  a  2-0  defeat against Crismon on the 12th.
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