GUNNISON, Colo. --- The Western Colorado women's basketball team entered the D2SIDA regional rankings for the first time in some time as the Mountaineers are at No. 9 in this week's South Central Region poll released Monday.

WCU is tied with Fort Lewis at No. 9 in this week's regional poll - the South Central Region is made up of the RMAC and the Lone Star Conference - with fellow RMAC teams Colorado Mesa (No. 5) and Westminster (No. 3) also making the rankings. Defending NCAA Division II national champion and undefeated Lubbock Christian tops the regional rankings.

The Mountaineers at 6-2 have won six games in a row - the longest streak for the program since the 2007-08 season - including beating Chadron State (69-43) and MSU Denver (56-43) at home this past weekend.

WCU is now preparing for a top-10 regional matchup as the No. 9 Mountaineers travel to take on No. 5 Colorado Mesa 5:30 p.m. Friday at Brownson Arena in Grand Junction.
 

D2SIDA SOUTH CENTRAL RANKINGS		W-L	PTS	Last Week	Last Week's Results
1	Lubbock Christian (6)	9-0	60	1	WH Tarleton State 58-49
2	Texas A&M-Commerce	9-0	54	2	WA Texas-Tyler 71-38
3	Westminster	10-1	48	4	WA Colorado State-Pueblo 59-41, WA New Mexico Highlands 74-66
4	West Texas A&M	9-3	33	3	LA St. Edward's 64-58, WA St. Mary's (Texas) 57-43
5	Colorado Mesa	8-2	32	8	WH Metropolitan State 70-61, WH Chadron State 73-41
6	St. Edward's	7-2	30	10	WH West Texas A&M 64-58, WH Eastern New Mexico 78-70
7	Angelo State	5-2	25	7	DNP
8	Eastern New Mexico	7-2	16	5	WA St. Mary's (Texas) 64-61, LA St. Edward's 78-70
9t	Fort Lewis	7-2	12	6	WA South Dakota Mines 61-54, LA Black Hills State 74-66
9t	Western Colorado	6-2	12	RV	WH Chadron State 69-43, WH Metropolitan State 56-43
RV: Tarleton State 4, Dixie State 3, Texas Woman's 1