CHARLOTTE - Despite suffering its first regular season loss last Friday at Holmes, the Northwest women's soccer team held steady in the latest round of Division II rankings, released late Monday afternoon by the NJCAA.

Northwest remained in its No. 13 slot, as the rest of its MACCC counterparts also stayed put in the rankings. Jones College is the highest ranked team at No. 2 overall, followed by sixth-ranked Holmes and No. 12 East Central. Mississippi Gulf Coast was not ranked, but was listed as receiving votes for the second consecutive week.

Heartland (Ill.) tops the national rankings, followed by Jones and third-ranked Waubonsee, fourth-ranked Southwestern Illinois and No. 5 Phoenix College (Ariz.).

Northwest wrapped up the first leg of division play with a 3-1 record, chalking up wins against a ranked East Central squad, Hinds and Itawamba. The Lady Rangers will return to division action on Tuesday, October 12 against ECCC.

Next up for the Lady Rangers is a match at Southwest Tennessee on Tuesday, September 28 at 3 P.M. Northwest will face Copiah-Lincoln, Dyersburg State and Southwest Mississippi in early October to close out non-division competition.