CHARLOTTE - For the second consecutive week, the Northwest softball program has maintained its No. 13 spot in the NJCAA Division II Rankings, released Monday afternoon.

Northwest (36-8) is coming off a 4-0 week that featured sweeps against East Mississippi and Meridian. The Rangers are one of five MACCC programs in this week's poll, led by Copiah-Lincoln at No. 3, seventh-ranked Jones College, No. 11 Northeast and 18th-ranked Pearl River.

Additionally, LSU-Eunice slid two spots to No. 12 and Mississippi Gulf Coast is unranked, but receiving votes.

St. Johns River State (Fla.), Murray State College (Okla.), Des Moines Area and Louisburg (N.C.) round out this week's top five.

With a 17-7 mark in the MACCC, the Rangers are currently in fifth place entering the final week of the regular season. Northwest will visit Itawamba on Wednesday, April 23, before hosting East Central for Sophomore Day on Saturday, April 26.