The Tusculum College softball team remains ninth in the latest NCAA Division II Southeast Region poll, the NCAA announced Wednesday. The rankings are through games of Sunday, April 10.

The Pioneers entered the week with a 26-13 overall record against NCAA schools and 21-12 against regional opponents. They are one of four South Atlantic Conference schools in the rankings, joining Lenoir-Rhyne (31-7, 31-6 region), ranked second, Carson-Newman (33-12, 28-12 region), ranked sixth, and Wingate (27-12, 27-12 region), ranked 10th.

North Georgia remains first in the region with a 39-9 overall record (32-9 region), followed by Lenoir-Rhyne, Armstrong Atlantic (24-10, 21-10 region), Flagler (34-14, 33-13 region), Augusta State (29-15, 23-14 region), Carson-Newman, Columbus State (33-11, 33-10 region), USC Aiken (24-14, 24-14 region), Tusculum and Wingate.

Tusculum is 4-4 so far against regionally-ranked opponents, including a 1-1 mark against both North Georgia and Carson-Newman, and a 2-0 record against Wingate.

Following Wednesday's South Atlantic Conference doubleheader at Mars Hill, the Pioneers return home for a SAC twinbill Saturday afternoon against Newberry.