Spring Sports

Playoff Picture: Boys Lacrosse (May 27)

The regular season is done and the playoffs are set to begin next week. Official pairings are set to be released soon, but who wants to wait? Here is our best guess at what the boys lacrosse pairings will look like when they are released by the NHIAA.

The regular season is done and the playoffs are set to begin next week. Official pairings are set to be released soon, but who wants to wait?

Here is our best guess at what the boys lacrosse pairings will look like when they are released by the NHIAA.

Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I will have eight teams, Division II will have 14 teams and Division III will have 10 teams in the playoffs. Per By-Law Article IV, Sect. 4-C, teams that petitioned down a division for this two-year cycle are not eligible for the postseason. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets. These are not official.

Division I

Team (Record, rating, previous)

Bishop Guertin (15-3, 3.3333, 1st)
Exeter (13-5, 2.8889, 3rd)
Pinkerton (13-5, 2.8333, 4th)
Bedford (11-5, 2.7500, 2nd)
Merrimack (10-5, 2.6667, 5th)
Londonderry (8-8, 2.0000, 6th)
Dover (5-11, 1.2500, 7th)
Concord (5-12, 1.1765, 8th)

Eliminated: Salem (4-10, 1.1429, 8th); Nashua North (5-13, 1.1111); Manchester (3-12, 0.7333); Nashua South (3-15, 0.6667).

Quarterfinal matchups (changes are in bold)

No. 8 Concord at No. 1 Bishop Guertin
No. 5 Merrimack at No. 4 Bedford
No. 7 Dover at No. 2 Exeter
No. 6 Londonderry at No. 3 Pinkerton

Division II

Team (Record, rating, previous)

Portsmouth (16-1, 3.8235, 1st)
Derryfield (16-1, 3.8235, 2nd)
Timberlane (14-2, 3.6250, 3rd)
Windham (12-4, 3.1250, 4th)
Winnacunnet (11-4, 3.0000, 5th)
St. Thomas (11-4, 2.9333, 6th)
Oyster River-Newmarket (10-6, 2.5625, 8th)
Hollis Brookline (10-7, 2.4706, 7th)
Souhegan (9-7, 2.2500, 9th)
ConVal (8-7, 2.1333, 11th)
Alvirne (8-8, 2.1250, 10th)
Goffstown (7-8, 1.8667, 12th)
Pembroke (7-8, 1.8667, 13th)
Hanover (4-10, 1.1429, 14th)

Eliminated: Kingswood (4-10, 1.1429); Merrimack Valley (4-10, 1.1429); Kennett (2-12, 0.5714); Hillsboro-Deering/John Stark (1-13, 0.2857).

Ineligible: Keene-Monadnock (5-12, 1.2353); Spaulding (0-15, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

Portsmouth wins the tiebreaker with Derryfield thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Goffstown wins the tiebreaker with Pembroke thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Hanover wins the three-way tiebreaker with Kingswood and Merrimack Valley thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games.

First-round byes

No. 1 Portsmouth
No. 2 Derryfield

First-round matchups (changes in bold)

No. 9 Souhegan at No. 8 Hollis Brookline
No. 12 Goffstown at No. 5 Winnacunnet
No. 13 Pembroke at No. 4 Windham
No. 10 ConVal at No. 7 Oyster River-Newmarket
No. 14 Hanover at No. 3 Timberlane
No. 11 Alvirne at No. 6 St. Thomas

Division III

Team (Record, rating, previous)

Bow (14-0, 4.0000, 1st)
Campbell (13-2, 3.4667, 2nd)
Pelham (10-4, 2.8571, 3rd)
Plymouth (11-5, 2.8125, 4th)
Hopkinton (10-5, 2.6667, 6th)
Laconia (10-5, 2.6667, 7th)
Coe-Brown (10-5, 2.6667, 5th)
Gilford (8-6, 2.2857, 8th)
Trinity (7-8, 1.8667, 9th)
Bishop Brady (5-9, 1.4286, 10th)

Eliminated: Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (4-10, 1.1429); Lebanon (4-10, 1.1429); Kearsarge (1-13, 0.2857); Stevens (0-14, 0.0000).

Ineligible: Milford (1-15, 0.2500).

Tiebreakers

Hopkinton finishes ahead of Laconia and Coe-Brown in a three-way tiebreaker thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
Laconia wins the tiebreaker with Coe-Brown thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round matchups