Rangers stayed well in the hunt for a finals berth by defeating Vic Park 4-0 on Sunday  - arguably their most important win of the season to date.

A Vic Park win would have made Rangers' task of closing the gap extremely difficult with three games remaining. Just three rounds ago Vic Park was sitting comfortably in the top four -  just four points off top position. 

However, the Vultures have gone through the a horror run  - losing five games in a row and scoring just once in that time. 

While they have stalled,  Forest Rangers have picked up their game to win three one end against big guns Warrnambool, Sebastopol and now Vic Park. 

The Rangers have passed some big tests, but there will be none bigger than the next one awaiting them -  top team and title favourite Ballarat on a Morshead Park synthetic pitch on Saturday.

It is a huge week ahead for the BDSA with mid-week games and fixtures on Saturday and Sunday.

Coming up in division one: 

Round 21: Castlemaine v North United at Morshead Park on Wednesday, 8pm; Warrnambool v Vic Park and Ballarat v Forest Rangers on Saturday. 

Round 19 (all Sunday): Castlemaine v Sebastopol, North United v Forest Rangers, Ballarat v Warrnambool 

DIVISION 1

Warrnambool 6 d Castlemaine 2 (B Hackenberger)

Sebastopol 8 (C. Smith 3, K. Tuany 3, R. Van Der Linden, R. Oppenhuis) d d North United 0 

 Forest Rangers 4 d Vic Park 0

LADDER: Ballarat 44 points, Sebastopol 37, Warrnambool 35, Vic Park 31, Forest Rangers 30, North United 19, Castlemaine 16

DIVISION 2

Vic Park 6 (D. Tebb 3, M. Omolaja, F. Farrelld) Forest Rangers 3 (M. Lee 2, B. Hemingway)

Sebastopol 6 (Z. Hunter 2, J. Stevens, L. Towell, C. Ferguson) d North United 1 (C Sommers)

Ballarat 5 B. (Chalmers 2, K. Akakpo 2, T. Irvin) d Creswick 2

Warrnambool v Castlemaine  details not supplied

LADDER: Ballarat 43, Vic Park 42, Sebastopol 33, Forest Rangers 28, Warrnambool 23, North United 16,  Creswick 15, Castlemaine 3

DIVISION 3

Daylesford 3 (A. Bennani, H. Robb, F. Comber) d Creswick 1 (N. Whitear)

Bacchus Marsh 3 d Horsham 0

Vic Park v Forest Rangers details not supplied

LADDER: Daylesford 48, Ballarat 35, Bacchus Marsh 34, Creswick 29, Horsham 21, Vic Park 19, Forest Rangers 18

WOMEN'S DIVISION 1

Warrnambool 8 (I. Stewart 4, I. Wilkinson 3, S. Rantall) d Forest Rangers 1 (T. Benoit)

North United White 8 (L. Cushion 3, A. Powell 2, B. Carra , K. Shepherd , Z. Wathend) North United Black 2

LADDER: Warrnambool 48, North United White 43, Forest Rangers 34, Vic Park 22, North United Black 13