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MISENHEIMER — On the heels of its third-straight USA South Tournament Title victory, the Pfeiffer University softball team is set for the first round of the 62-team 2025 NCAA Division III Softball Tournament this week.

The Falcons (35-7) are the No. 2 seed for the Salisbury Regional in Salisbury, Maryland, and will face off in Regionals with the No. 3 Mount Union Purple Raiders (27-12) on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

The two teams have never competed against each other and share no common opponents this season.

Pfeiffer, ranked 20th in the country in the 2025 National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Top 25 Coaches Poll for NCAA Division III schools, is riding a 23-game winning streak, while Mount Union earned the Ohio Athletic Conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament for their accomplishments in their conference tournament.

Mount Union is now 6-1 in its last seven contests, moving well beyond a rough early-season stretch of games back in March where the team piled up seven losses in a short time period.

Following the Game 1 matchup between the Falcons and Purple Raiders, the winner will square off on Friday at 11 a.m. with the winner of No. 1 Salisbury/No. 4 Westminster (PA); either Rowan, Cortland, Tufts, or Rensselaer will still be alive to face Pfeiffer on Sunday at 11 a.m. if the Falcons make it past their first two opponents.

Along with Pfeiffer coach Monte Sherrill, who captured his fourth-straight USA South Coach of the Year award, numerous Falcons have been awarded for their efforts this season.

Senior pitcher and infielder Emma Bullin is the USA South Pitcher of the Year while sophomore outfielder Landry Stewart is the conference’s overall Player of the Year.

Additionally, senior infielder Gracie Griffin was honored with a All-USA South first team berth and sophomore shortstop Ky Perdue and junior outfielder Charly Cooper took home All-USA South second team honors.

The 2025 Pfeiffer Falcons team went undefeated (18-0) against USA South opponents this season, marking an improvement even over last season’s successful Falcons squad (25-4, 16-2 conf.).

The 2024 Falcons suffered a 9-4 loss to Ramapo in the first matchup of the NCAA Regional last May, sending Pfeiffer down the path of elimination games as the team went 2-1 in those three contests.

At this point, any loss by the Falcons would be the team’s first defeat since a 6-4 road loss to Christopher Newport back on March 15.

As the 2025 NCAA Tournament progresses, Super Regionals are scheduled for May 22-23 and Finals are scheduled for May 29-June 4.