LILBURN, Ga. --- For a second straight week, the Tusculum Pioneers are ranked 19th in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll announced officials Tuesday.

The Pioneers (26-4) have won 11 of their last 12 games and are preparing for their first-ever NCAA Tournament. Tusculum is the No. 2 seed in this weekend's South Atlantic Regional which will be hosted by Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C. TC will face No. 7 seed Lander this Friday night at 8 p.m. from the Smith University Center on the FMU campus.

Tusculum is enjoying one of its best seasons in school history having already claimed its first South Atlantic Conference Championship.