MISENHEIMER — The Pfeiffer Falcons softball team is heading into this week’s USA South Athletic Conference Tournament with a spotless league record.
Pfeiffer (30-7, 18-0 USA South) wrapped up its conference campaign over the weekend as the Falcons capped off their 18-game USA South schedule with their 18th consecutive victory and fifth consecutive regular season crown, defeating Greensboro (28-12, 13-5) in a Sunday double-header with scores of 7-2 and 9-4.
While the squad had lost four straight games back in the middle of March, it responded by sweeping its USA South opponents over the next month and a half — all leading up to the conference tournament hosted at Misenheimer’s Jack Ingram Field, where Pfeiffer will aim for its third consecutive tournament title.
The top-seeded Falcons — ranked 20th in the country in the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Top 25 Coaches Poll for NCAA Division III schools — are now set to host eighth-seeded William Peace (19-19, 6-12 USA South) on Thursday at 11 a.m in a first-round game with a championship game scheduled for Saturday.
Led by 10th-year coach Monte Sherrill, Pfeiffer has a 74-10 mark in USA South play since 2021, while Sherill has now extended his streak of a conference championship to 35 seasons when accounting for his regular-season or tournament titles at Central Cabarrus and Alexander Central high schools.
His team is currently ranked 20th in the country in the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Top 25 Coaches Poll for NCAA Division III schools.
Last season’s Falcons squad posted a program-best 45-4 (16-2 USA South) record in terms of overall wins, but the 2025 Falcons have surpassed that group as far as conference victories.
Pfeiffer’s pitching duties this year have been largely shared between senior Emma Bullin (24-4) and freshman Peyton Lane (5-2), who have ERAs of 2.22 and 2.69, respectively, in a season where they have both been awarded USA South Athletes of the Week honors multiple times.
Bullin received the award once again on Monday as she started in six games last week and earned a 6-0 record over USA South foes. The senior from Ararat tossed 33.0 innings, allowing a total of 11 runs (ten earned) on 28 hits with nine walks and 19 strikeouts.
At the plate, sophomore outfielder Landry Stewart leads the Falcons in batting average (.495) with a team-high 52 hits, while Bullin (.394) has nearly batted .400 herself as a dual threat.