PINEVILLE - The Louisiana College softball team knows how to make a big splash on the national scene. After starting the season unranked, the Lady Wildcats stormed to No. 14 in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top 25 poll.

LC, which sits at 6-0 heading into Friday and Saturday's American Southwest Conference First Pitch Tournament in the Dallas area, is coming off back-to-back-to back sweeps of Millsaps, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Southern University.

Beginning Friday at 10 a.m., the Lady Wildcats will attempt to improve their undefeated record with a 10 a.m. game against Howard Payne and a 3 p.m. contest versus Mary Hardin-Baylor.

On Saturday, LC will face Schreiner at 10 a.m. and Sul Ross at 3 p.m. to close out the ASC First Pitch Tournament, one which pits teams from the ASC East exclusively against teams from the ASC West.

The top five in this week's NFCA poll includes two teams from LC's division with East Texas Baptist 9No. 2) and Texas-Tyler (No. 5) joining Messiah (No.1), Ohio Northern (No. 3) and Cortland State (No. 4) in the poll's top slots.

ASC West team Hardin-Simmons, last week ranked No. 23, is now unranked but  did receive votes in this week's poll.

The complete poll was as follows:
1 Messiah
2 East Texas Baptist
3 Ohio Northern
4 Cortland State
5 Texas-Tyler
6 Washington-St. Louis
7 Wisconsin-Whitewater
8 Coe
9 Coast Guard
10 Gustavus Adolphus
11 Christopher Newport
12 Illinois Wesleyan
13 DePauw
14 Louisiana College
15 William Paterson
16 Linfield
17 Rhode Island College
18 Emerson
19 Wisconsin-Eau Claire
20 Central
21 Luther
21 Salisbury
21 Tufts
24 Rowan
25 Lynchburg
Others receiving votes:
Point totals in parentheses: Bridgewater (28); Hardin Simmons (26); University of Redlands (16); Defiance (15); Eastern Connecticut (12); Alma (3); five others received votes but appeared on only one ballot.
Dropped out:  No. 13 Bridgewater, No. 23 Hardin Simmons.