LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Texas A&M University-Commerce softball team, after winning the Lone Star Conference Tournament, is ranked No. 14 in the country by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) as they host the South Central Regional this week.
 
The Lions defeated three teams that are ranked top 10 in the country last week to move up four spots. A&M-Commerce collected wins over No. 1 UT Tyler, No. 2 Texas A&M-Kingsville, and No. 7 Angelo State to win the Lone Star Conference Tournament for the first time in program history.
 
This season, the Lions have five wins that are currently ranked in the top 10.
 
A&M-Commerce hosts the four-team South Central Regional Tournament II this week, with first games taking place on Thursday at 3 p.m. The No. 2 seeded Lions host St. Mary's on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at LionAthletics.com/Tickets.
 
2022 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll – 5/10/22

Rank	School	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	UT Tyler (16)	400	41-5	1
2	Texas A&M-Kingsville	379	45-9	2
3	Auburn Montgomery	367	43-9	4
4	Rogers State	351	47-9	6
5	Indianapolis	340	47-8	3
6	Tampa	305	35-11	8
7	Angelo State	290	38-10	7
8	Central Oklahoma	286	45-10	5
9	Augustana	253	46-7	11
10	Southern Indiana	249	43-10	15
11	Cal State San Marcos	242	40-11	9
12	Valdosta State	233	34-11	10
13	Concordia Irvine	214	43-8	12
14	A&M-Commerce	190	42-13	18
15	Anderson	165	38-8	16
16	Lubbock Christian	157	37-10	13
17	Minnesota State	152	44-12	14
18	North Georgia	128	40-15	17
19	Oklahoma Christian	110	39-13	19
20	Kutztown	86	37-13	24
21	Grand Valley State	83	40-6	21
22	Adelphi	80	41-11	22
23	Washburn	55	45-13	23
24	UAH	25	38-15
25	Lenoir-Rhyne	20	37-14	25

 
New to Poll: No. 24 UAH
Dropped Out: No. 20 West Florida
Receiving Votes:  Nova Southeastern (16), St. Mary's (11), Chico State (3), Lincoln Memorial (3), Carson-Newman (2), Seton Hill (2), Sonoma State (2), Colorado Christian (1)