HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of only two remaining undefeated teams in NJCAA Women’s Division I basketball; the Hutchinson Blue Dragons are the new No. 1 team in Thursday’s latest women’s poll.

Now 20-0 after an 85-34 victory over Pratt on Wednesday, Hutchinson climbed to the top spot after previous No. 1 Chipola was defeated by Northwest Florida State College last Saturday.

Two other undefeated teams also fell last week – No. 4 Iowa Western lost to Division II Marshalltown and No. 22 Western Nebraska also lost. Hutchinson is the No. 1 team in the NJCAA poll for the first time in two seasons and for only the second time in program history.

The 2012-13 Blue Dragons spent five weeks at No. 1 before losing an overtime game at Garden City. That HCC team finished 36-1 and third in the NJCAA Tournament. For head coach John Ontjes, this will be his third time at No. 1 as a Blue Dragon, twice as a coach and once as a player.

In his freshman season playing for the Blue Dragon men in 1992, Hutchinson spent one week in the No. 1 spot in the men’s poll. Hutchinson made its 51st consecutive poll where it has been ranked in the Top 10 and 17th straight poll as a Top 3 team.

The Blue Dragons have appeared in 58 straight and 70 of the last 73 polls. Seward County is the only other team in this week’s NJCAA poll. Hutchinson travels to Seward County on Wednesday in the first of two regular-season meetings this season.

On Saturday, the Blue Dragons play host to Cloud County at 5:30 p.m. at the Sports Arena.