Mustangs remain atop NJCAA Division I Softball Rankings

The Northeast Alabama Community softball team is entering its second week as the nation's top-ranked team.

The Mustangs remained No. 1 in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Softball Rankings, which were released on Monday.

NACC received all 13 first-place votes following another 4-0 week in which it swept conference foe Snead State. The week was a historic one of the Mustangs, who after earning their first No. 1-ranking posted the two-year-old program's 50th win last Thursday before freshman pitcher Addie Edwards pitched the program's first no-hitter on Saturday.

The Mustangs are currently 35-1 on the season and have a four-game lead in the Alabama Community College Conference standings thanks to a 16-0 conference record.

NACC was unranked in the NJCAA Division I preseason poll that was released in January, but the Mustangs debuted at No. 4 in the first in-season poll after opening the season 14-0. After a week at No. 3 followed by another week at No. 4, NACC spent two weeks ranked second before moving to the No. 1 spot last week following its four-game series sweep of No. 12 Wallace State-Hanceville.

NACC has outscored opponents 297-72 this season and leads the NJCAA in team batting average (.414). The Mustangs are also second nationally in fielding percentage (.975) and NACC pitchers are 10th in earned run average (2.02) and third in shutouts (15).

Rounding out the NJCAA's Top-5 are No. 2-ranked Northwest Florida State College, No. 3 Florida Southwestern State College, No. 4 Santa Fe College (Florida) and Temple College (Texas).

The Mustangs begin an ACCC four-game series against third-place Coastal Alabama-South with a doubleheader in Bay Minette Thursday starting at noon. The teams conclude their series Saturday at noon at NACC's Nathaniel Ledbetter Stadium. Tickets for Saturday's doubleheader at NACC are available at gofan.co/app/school/AL100680 and students receive free admission by showing a current NACC ID.