The NHIAA released the pairings for the high school boys and girls tennis playoffs, which are set to begin on Tuesday.
Seven local teams advanced to the postseason, and four boys teams will start the playoffs on Tuesday, while three girls teams begin on Wednesday.
Class L Boys
Bishop Guertin is the lone local team in the tournament, and after finishing the season with a 12-2 record, the Cardinals are the No. 4 seed. They will take on No. 5 Concord (11-3), which had won nine of 10 Class L titles beginning in 1998, but hasn’t reached the final since 2007. The teams did not meet in the regular season.
The Cardinals and Crimson Tide will meet in the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. on Tuesday at Bishop Guertin.
The winner will take on either No. 1 Exeter (14-0), the defending champion, or No. 8 Manchester Central (9-5). On the other side of the eight-team bracket, No. 2 Londonderry (13-1) will host No. 7 Salem (9-5) while No. 3 Goffstown (12-2) hosts No. 6 Pinkerton (10-4), last year’s runner-up.
The boys semifinals are scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m. at the home of the higher seed. The final will be June 1 at 4 p.m. at The Derryfield School in Manchester.
Class I Boys
Despite going undefeated, Bedford (14-0) enters the Class I tournament at the No. 2 seed after finishing behind Pelham (12-2), according to the Heal Points System.
The Bulldogs will take on No. 7 Souhegan (8-6), last year’s runner-up to Hanover, in the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. on Tuesday at the County Road Courts. Bedford won both regular-matches against the Sabers, taking victories of 9-0 and 7-2. The second match was the closest of the season for the Bulldogs.
Hollis/Brookline (10-4) earned the No. 6 seed in the tournament and will face No. 3 Oyster River (13-1) at 4 p.m. on Tuesday at Woodridge Fields in Durham. The teams met once in the regular season, with the Bobcats beating the Cavaliers, 7-2. The winner will take on either Bedford or Souhegan in the semifinals.
On the other side of the bracket, No. 1 Pelham hosts No. 8 Portsmouth (8-6), while No. 4 Hanover (13-1), the defending Class I champ, hosts No. 5 Bow (12-2).
The semifinals are scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m., while the final will be held June 1 at 4 p.m. at Memorial Field in Concord.
Class L Girls
The Bishop Guertin girls (14-0) went undefeated in the regular season to earn the No. 1 seed in Class L. Like the boys, Cardinals will take on No. 8 Concord (9-5), last year’s runner-up, in the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at BG. The teams didn’t meet in the regular season.
The winner will take on either No. 4 Manchester Memorial (10-4) or No. 5 Londonderry (10-4) in the semifinals.
On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 Exeter (13-1) will host No. 7 Spaulding (9-5) while No. 3 Manchester Central (13-1), the defending Class L champ, will host No. 6 Salem (9-5).
The Alvirne girls team also finished with a 9-5 record in the regular season, but lost the four-way tiebreaker based on head-to-head records.
The quarterfinal winners will meet in the semifinals at 4 p.m. on Friday at the home of the higher seed, while the final will be held June 2 at 4 p.m. at The Derryfield School.
Class I Girls
Bedford (12-2) earned the No. 4 seed in the tournament and will get to host No. 5 Kearsarge (11-3) in the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the County Road Courts. The teams did not meet in the regular season.
The winner will take on either No. 1 Bishop Brady (14-0) or No. 8 Lebanon (8-6) in the semifinals.
Hollis/Brookline (10-4) enters the tournament as the No. 7 seed and will play at No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (13-1) at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at Woodman Park in Dover. The teams met once in the regular season, with the Saints taking a 5-4 win over the Cavs.
The winner will face either No. 3 Portsmouth (13-1) or No. 6 Bow (12-2) in the semifinals. Portsmouth won the 2009 title over Hanover.
All semifinal matches will be at 4 p.m. on Friday at the home of the higher seed, with the final scheduled for 4 p.m. on June 2 at Memorial Field in Concord.
Class M-S
On the boys side, Derryfield will be looking for its fifth-straight title. The No. 3 Cougars (10-2) open the tournament at No. 2 Gilford (11-2) for a semifinal match at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
In the other semifinal, No. 1 Inter-Lakes (11-2) hosts No. 4 Berlin (9-4). The winners will meet in the final at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Plymouth State University.
Berlin (13-0) enters the girls tournament as the No. 1 seed and will host No. 4 Inter-Lakes (9-4) at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. No. 2 Derryfield (13-1), last year’s champion, will host No. 3 Conant (10-2) in the other semifinal. The winners will meet in the final at 4 p.m. on Friday at Plymouth State University.