CHARLOTTE – After going 5-0 in last week's action with four wins coming in a weekend series sweep of Olive-Harvey College, the Northwest baseball team has moved up from ninth to No. 7 in the latest NJCAA Division II rankings, released Monday afternoon.
Now 10-1 on the season, the Rangers join four other MACJC programs in the national rankings, four of which inhabit this week's Top 10.
Northwest will wrap up non-conference play this week at Columbia State on Wednesday, March 4 and in a round-robin against Coahoma and Mississippi Delta on Friday, March 6 at Jim Miles Field.
NJCAA Division II Rankings (3/2/2020)
1. LSU Eunice
2. Pearl River
3. Hinds
4. Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa
5. Mesa (Ariz.)
6. Brunswick (N.C.)
7. Northwest
8. Southeastern (Iowa)
9. Itawamba
10. Lincoln Land (Ill.)
11. Sinclair (Ohio)
12. Northeast
13. Frederick (Md.)
14. Lansing (Mich.)
15. Catawba Valley (N.C.)
16. Delaware Tech
17. Kellogg (Mich.)
18. Iowa Central
19. Chesapeake (Md.)
20. Parkland (Ill.)