CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Northwest Mississippi Community College women's soccer team moved back up a spot in the week seven NJCAA poll to ninth in the country after picking up two clean sheets over Meridian Community College and then #3 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. 

The Rangers are one of five teams from the MACCC in the top 10, joined by top-ranked Holmes Community College (13-0), #3 Pearl River Community College (11-1), who moved up four spots after an upset win over now #7 Jones College (9-3-1), along with Gulf Coast (10-2-1), who dropped to sixth after the loss to the Rangers. 

Northwest has another big week coming up that will be critical when it comes to who will host in the upcoming Region 23 Championship quarterfinals on October 30 and 31. On Tuesday, the Ranger women travel to Itawamba Community College (5-4) before closing out the week with sophomore day on Friday against Hinds Community College (6-6-3), with kickoff scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Ranger Soccer Field. 

The season concludes on Tuesday with a final road trip for both the men and women to East Mississippi Community College, who are 3-10-1 overall this season and 1-7 in MACCC play. 

For a full look at the Northwest women's soccer schedule, you can visit nwccrangers.com or follow along on Northwest social media accounts.