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Girls lacrosse rankings for April 27

Don't look now, but for some teams, the season is almost one-third of the way in the books.

Joe Marchilena

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Emma Estabrook and Souhegan are undefeated through six games in Division I.
Emma Estabrook and Souhegan are undefeated through six games in Division I.

Don't look now, but for some teams, the season is almost one-third of the way in the books.

Ok, so seven weeks still remain in the spring season, but that's not as much time as it sounds. Some teams have already started to look like the class of their respective divisions, and only six teams remain undefeated (four in Division III) even though the season is two weeks old.

Here are the top 15 girls lacrosse teams in the state, followed by rankings for each division.

New Hampshire Top 15

Team (record, division), rating

  1. Souhegan (6-0, Division I), 17.00
  2. Windham (4-0, Division II), 14.50
  3. Bishop Guertin (5-1, Division I), 14.33
  4. Derryfield (4-0, Division III), 11.50
  5. Exeter (4-2, Division I), 11.00
  6. Portsmouth (4-1, Division II), 10.80
  7. Kearsarge (3-0, Division III), 10.67
  8. Pinkerton (4-2, Division I), 10.33
  9. Hanover (3-1, Division II), 9.50
  10. Lebanon (2-0, Division III), 9.00
  11. Merrimack (2-1, Division I), 8.67
  12. Salem (2-1, Division I), 8.67
  13. Winnacunnet (3-2, Division II), 8.40
  14. Londonderry/Nashua North (3-2, Division I), 8.00
  15. Pelham/Laconia (2-0/3-1, Division III), 8.00

Division I

  1. Souhegan (6-0), 17.00
  2. Bishop Guertin (5-1), 14.33
  3. Exeter (4-2), 11.00
  4. Pinkerton (4-2), 10.33
  5. Merrimack (2-1), 8.67
  6. Salem (2-1), 8.67
  7. Londonderry (3-2), 8.00
  8. Nashua North (3-2), 8.00
  9. Bedford (2-3), 6.00
  10. Concord (2-3), 4.80
  11. Manchester Central (2-3), 4.80
  12. Hollis Brookline (1-3), 3.00
  13. Dover (0-4), 0.00
  14. Nashua South (0-4), 0.00
  15. Manchester Memorial (0-6), 0.00

Division II

  1. Windham (4-0), 14.50
  2. Portsmouth (4-1), 10.80
  3. Hanover (3-1), 9.50
  4. Winnacunnet (3-2), 8.40
  5. John Stark (2-1), 6.67
  6. Goffstown (2-2), 5.50
  7. Kingswood (2-2), 5.00
  8. Timberlane (1-2), 3.33
  9. Pembroke (1-3), 2.50
  10. Keene (0-2), 0.00
  11. Spaulding (0-3), 0.00
  12. Merrimack Valley (0-4), 0.00

Division III

  1. Derryfield (4-0), 11.50
  2. Kearsarge (3-0), 10.67
  3. Lebanon (2-0), 9.00
  4. Pelham (2-0), 8.00
  5. Laconia (3-1), 8.00
  6. Gilford (3-1), 6.50
  7. Bow (2-1), 5.33
  8. St. Thomas (2-2), 4.00
  9. Plymouth (1-3), 2.00
  10. ConVal (0-1), 0.00
  11. Oyster River (0-1), 0.00
  12. Belmont (0-2), 0.00
  13. Bishop Brady (0-3), 0.00
  14. Coe-Brown (0-3), 0.00
  15. Hopkinton (0-4), 0.00

Here’s how the rankings were done

A year ago, we used Maine’s Heal Point System to ranking teams throughout the state, but that process is a long one to figure out. This year, we took the NHIAA’s football rating system, and gave it a little tweak. Instead of 10 points for a win, we weighted the wins by division, giving 12 for a win over a D1 team, 10 for a win over D2, and eight for a win over D3. Plus, every team got two points for a win by a beaten opponent. The two point totals were added together and divided by the number of games played.

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