Softball rankings

1. San Benito: Showdown with Notre Dame looming today.
2. Notre Dame: Has a season high nine game winning streak.
3. North Salinas: Only setbacks are to the two teams ranked in front of them.
4. Alvarez: Closing in on a single-season school record for wins.
5. Santa Catalina: The first four hitters in the lineup are difference makers.
6. Carmel: Has gone 11 days without a game.
7. Salinas: This lineup has some punch at the plate.
8. Christopher: A team to watch in the second half of the season.
9. Stevenson: Kind of a mystery team right now.
10. Monterey: Growing pains in the Gabilan for seven freshmen in the lineup.
 On the bubble: Soledad, Seaside, Gilroy, North County.