Spring Sports

Playoff Picture: Girls Lacrosse (May 17)

Time continues to tick away for teams that are trying to get into the playoffs, while others are fighting for postseason positioning. There is just one full week left in the regular season. Here is a look at where teams stand going into Friday. Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the

Time continues to tick away for teams that are trying to get into the playoffs, while others are fighting for postseason positioning.

There is just one full week left in the regular season. Here is a look at where teams stand going into Friday.

Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I will have nine playoff teams, Division II will have 12 teams and Division III will have 11 teams in the playoffs. Per By-Law Article IV, Sect. 4-C, teams that petitioned down a division for this two-year cycle are 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, last week)

Bishop Guertin (12-2, 3.4286, 2nd)
Portsmouth (10-2, 3.2500, 1st)
Bedford (10-3, 3.0769, 5th)
Souhegan (10-3, 3.0769, 4th)
Pinkerton (11-5, 2.7500, 3rd)
Exeter (9-6, 2.4000, 6th)
Nashua South (8-6, 2.2857, 7th)
Londonderry (6-7, 1.8462, 8th)
Merrimack (5-8, 1.5385, NR)

Outside: Dover (5-9, 1.4286, 9th); Concord (2-11, 0.6154); Salem (2-13, 0.5333); Nashua North (1-13, 0.2857).

Tiebreakers

Bedford wins the tiebreaker with Souhegan thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round Matchup (changes in bold)

No. 9 Merrimack at No. 8 Londonderry

Quarterfinal Matchups

Merrimack/Londonderry at No. 1 Bishop Guertin
No. 5 Pinkerton at No. 4 Souhegan
No. 7 Nashua South at No. 2 Portsmouth
No. 6 Exeter at No. 3 Bedford

Division II

Team (record, rating, last week)

Winnacunnet (13-1, 3.8571, 1st)
Windham (12-2, 3.5000, 2nd)
Timberlane (10-3, 3.2308, 4th)
Merrimack Valley (8-3, 2.9091, 8th)
Hollis Brookline (9-4, 2.8462, 3rd)
Hanover (8-4, 2.6667, 6th)
Oyster River-Newmarket (7-4, 2.5455, 5th)
Goffstown (9-6, 2.4000, 7th)
Kennett (6-5, 2.1818, 10th)
John Stark/Hillsboro-Deering (5-5, 2.0000, 11th)
Manchester Central (5-7, 1.6667, 9th)
Kingswood (4-7, 1.4545, NR)

Outside: Keene-Monadnock (4-8, 1.3333, 12th); Manchester Memorial-West (3-8, 1.0909); Pembroke (3-9, 1.0000); Spaulding (2-10, 0.6667); ConVal (1-11, 0.3333); Alvirne (0-10, 0.0000).

First-round Byes (changes in bold)

No. 1 Winnacunnet
No. 2 Windham
No. 3 Timberlane
No. 4 Merrimack Valley

First-round Matchups

No. 9 Kennett at No. 8 Goffstown
No. 12 Kingswood at No. 5 Hollis Brookline
No. 10 John Stark/Hillsboro-Deering at No. 7 Oyster River-Newmarket
No. 11 Manchester Central at No. 6 Hanover

Division III

Team (record, rating, last week)

St. Thomas (11-0, 4.0000, 1st)
Bow (10-2, 3.3333, 4th)
Gilford (10-2, 3.3333, 2nd)
Hopkinton 10-2, 3.3333, 3rd)
Pelham (9-2, 3.2727, 5th)
Derryfield (8-4, 2.7500, 6th)
Lebanon (7-4, 2.5455, 7th)
Coe-Brown (6-5, 2.1818, 9th)
Laconia (7-7, 2.0000, 8th)
Trinity (6-6, 2.0000, 10th)
Plymouth (4-9, 1.2308, 11th)

Outside: Kearsarge (3-9, 1.0000); Bishop Brady (3-9, 1.0000); Campbell (2-8, 0.8000); Concord Christian (1-11, 0.3333); Milford (1-11, 0.3333); Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (0-11, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

In a three-way tiebreaker, Bow, Gilford and Hopkinton finish in that order thanks to rating in head-to-head matchups.
Lebanon wins the tiebreaker with Trinity thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round Matchups (change in bold)