Girls lacrosse rankings for May 25

Souhegan and Pinkerton are once again the top two high school girls lacrosse teams in the state, but a new team made the jump up to No. 3.

Derryfield, now the lone undefeated girls team in the state, moved up to the third spot while Bishop Guertin went down one to No. 4. Windham, which suffered its first defeat last week, rounds out the top five.

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 (last week)

1. Souhegan (14-1, Division I), 22.53 (1)
2. Pinkerton (14-2, Division I), 22.13 (2)
3. Derryfield (12-0, Division III), 21.00 (5)
4. Bishop Guertin (13-2, Division I), 20.93 (3)
5. Windham (13-1, Division II), 20.86 (4)
6. Exeter (11-4, Division I), 18.40 (8)
7. Hanover (13-4, Division II), 18.24 (6)
8. Laconia (12-1, Division III), 17.85 (7)
9. Kearsarge (10-2, Division III), 17.00 (9)
10. Portsmouth (11-4, Division II), 15.33 (10)
11. Bedford (9-5, Division I), 13.43 (12)
12. Londonderry (8-5, Division I), 12.92 (11)
13. John Stark (8-4, Division II), 11.33 (13)
14. Lebanon (9-4, Division III), 11.23 (14)
15. Merrimack (8-6, Division I), 11.14 (NR)

Division I

1. Souhegan (14-1), 22.53
2. Pinkerton (14-2), 22.13
3. Bishop Guertin (13-2), 20.93
4. Exeter (11-4), 18.40
5. Bedford (9-5), 13.43
6. Londonderry (8-5), 12.92
7. Merrimack (8-6), 11.14
8. Nashua North (8-7), 9.73
9. Salem (6-6), 8.50
10. Hollis Brookline (4-8), 5.37
11. Concord (5-9), 5.29
12. Manchester Central (3-11), 3.00
13. Dover (2-12), 1.57
14. Nashua South (1-13), 1.14
15. Manchester Memorial (0-11), 0.00

Division II

1. Windham (13-1), 20.86
2. Hanover (13-4), 18.24
3. Portsmouth (11-4), 15.33
4. John Stark (8-4), 11.33
5. Winnacunnet (8-6), 11.00
6. Keene (6-7), 6.62
7. Goffstown (5-8), 6.00
8. Timberlane (5-7), 5.67
9. Kingswood (5-7), 5.50
10. Merrimack Valley (2-10), 1.83
11. Pembroke (1-12), 0.77
12. Spaulding (0-12), 0.00

Division III

1. Derryfield (12-0), 21.00
2. Laconia (12-1), 17.85
3. Kearsarge (10-2), 17.00
4. Lebanon (9-4), 11.23
5. Gilford (9-4), 9.38
6. St. Thomas (8-5), 9.38
7. Bow (7-5), 8.83
8. Hopkinton (5-7), 6.17
9. Bishop Brady (4-8), 5.00
10. ConVal (4-8), 4.33
11. Pelham (4-8), 4.33
12. Oyster River (4-8), 4.17
13. Plymouth (3-10), 2.15
14. Coe-Brown (2-10), 1.33
15. Belmont (0-13), 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.