MISENHEIMER, N.C. (Oct. 13, 2026) — Despite a strong offensive effort from Pfeiffer, the Falcons came up just short Tuesday night, falling to Methodist 3-2 in a hard-fought USA South Conference volleyball match at Merner Gym. Set scores were 25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-13.
Pfeiffer (2-15, 1-9 USA South) pushed the visitors to the limit and rallied twice to force a decisive fifth set before Methodist (9-9, 6-4 USA South) escaped with the victory.
The Falcons were led by
Anasty Faavesi, who recorded a match-high 17 kills while adding two blocks and 18.5 points.
Isabelle Conradie turned in one of her most efficient performances of the season with nine kills on a .400 hitting percentage and three total blocks, while
Leigan Lusk contributed six kills and a team-best five blocks.
Pfeiffer split the playmaking duties between setters
Karmen Rion and
Kelsey Hussey. Rion finished with 24 assists and 12 digs, while Hussey added 18 assists and two service aces.
Defensively,
Gabi Gama paced the Falcons with 15 digs, and
Molly Wright added 14 as Pfeiffer collected 67 digs as a team.
After dropping a tight opening set, the Falcons answered with a strong second-set performance, using consecutive service aces from
Emma Line to build momentum and claim a 25-19 victory.
Pfeiffer again responded after losing the third set, controlling the fourth behind a balanced attack and strong net play. Conradie produced four kills in the frame as the Falcons evened the match with another 25-19 win.
The deciding fifth set featured six ties. The Falcons erased multiple deficits and pulled even at 12-12 on a kill from Faavesi, but Methodist scored three of the final four points to secure the match.
As a team, Pfeiffer finished with 50 kills, 48 assists, eight aces, 67 digs and 11 total blocks while matching Methodist's .148 hitting percentage.
Methodist was led by Savannah Hovander's 15 kills and four aces, while setter Harper Evans compiled 45 assists and 18 digs.
