Playoff Picture: Girls Lacrosse (May 23)

It is the final week of the girls lacrosse regular season and there is still a lot to be determined in the next few days.

Here’s a look at where teams stand in all three girls lacrosse divisions heading into the stretch run of the regular season.

Note: All three girls lacrosse divisions will have eight teams making the postseason in 2019. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets. Standings and pairings are not official.

Division I

Team (record, rating, previous)

1. Pinkerton (16-1, 3.7647, 1st)
2. Bedford (14-1, 3.7333, 2nd)
3. Bishop Guertin (15-2, 3.5294, 3rd)
4. Souhegan (13-2, 3.4667, 4th)
5. Nashua South (11-6, 2.5882, 5th)
6. Exeter (10-7, 2.3529, 6th)
7. Merrimack (8-7, 2.1333, 7th)
8. Londonderry (8-8, 2.0000, 8th)

Outside: Concord (7-8, 1.8667); Manchester Central (6-7, 1.8462).

Eliminated: Dover (4-10, 1.1429); Nashua North (4-13, 0.9412); Salem (2-13, 0.5333); Keene-Monadnock (2-13, 0.5333); Timberlane (1-14, 0.2667).

Quarterfinal matchups (changes in bold)

• No. 8 Londonderry at No. 1 Pinkerton
• No. 5 Nashua South at No. 4 Souhegan
• No. 7 Merrimack at No. 2 Bedford
• No. 6 Exeter at No. 3 Bishop Guertin

Remaining schedule

• Thursday, May 23: Winnacunnet at Exeter, 4 p.m.; Salem at Concord, 4 p.m.; Manchester Central at Dover, 4 p.m.; Hanover at Londonderry, 4:30 p.m.; Nashua South at Bishop Guertin, 5 p.m.; Souhegan at Bedford, 5:30 p.m.
• Friday, May 24: Windham at Pinkerton, 4 p.m.; Salem at Manchester Memorial-West, 6 p.m.; Londonderry at Merrimack, 6 p.m.

Division II

Team (record, rating, previous)

1. Hollis Brookline (13-1, 3.8571, 1st)
2. Portsmouth (14-2, 3.6250, 2nd)
3. Winnacunnet (11-5, 2.7500, 3rd)
4. Hanover (9-6, 2.4000, 4th)
5. Windham (8-6, 2.3571, 5th)
6. Oyster River (8-6, 2.2857, 6th)
7. Kingswood (7-6, 2.1538, 7th)
8. John Stark (7-6, 2.1538, 8th)

Outside: Goffstown (7-7, 2.0000)

Eliminated: ConVal (5-8, 1.5385); Coe-Brown (5-8, 1.5385); Merrimack Valley (4-9, 1.2308); Spaulding (4-10, 1.1429); Alvirne (1-13, 0.2857); Manchester Memorial-West (0-13, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Kingswood wins the tiebreaker with John Stark thanks to a head-to-head victory.

Quarterfinal matchups (changes in bold)

• No. 8 John Stark at No. 1 Hollis Brookline
• No. 5 Windham at No. 4 Hanover
• No. 7 Kingswood at No. 2 Portsmouth
• No. 6 Oyster River at No. 3 Winnacunnet

Remaining schedule

Games with no score reported: Manchester Memorial-West at Portsmouth (May 22).

• Thursday, May 23: Winnacunnet at Exeter, 4 p.m.; Merrimack Valley at Goffstown, 4 p.m.; Kingswood at Windham, 4 p.m.; Coe-Brown at John Stark, 4:30 p.m.; Portsmouth at Hollis Brookline, 4:30 p.m.; Hanover at Londonderry, 4:30 p.m.; Alvirne at ConVal, 6:30 p.m.
• Friday, May 24: Windham at Pinkerton, 4 p.m.; Salem at Manchester Memorial-West, 6 p.m.

Division III

Team (record, rating, previos)

1. Hopkinton (13-0, 4.0000, 1st)
2. Kearsarge (12-3, 3.2000, 2nd)
3. Derryfield (10-3, 3.0769, 3rd)
4. Bow (10-3, 3.0769, 4th)
5. Pelham (10-4, 2.8571, 5th)
6. St. Thomas (9-4, 2.7692, 6th)
7. Laconia (8-5, 2.4615, 7th)
8. Pembroke (8-6, 2.2857, out)

Eliminated: Lebanon (6-6, 2.0000, 8th); Campbell (6-7, 1.8462); Plymouth (6-7, 1.8462); Milford (5-9, 1.4286); Gilford (4-8,1.3333); Bishop Brady (3-10, 0.9231); Belmont (1-11, 0.3333); Trinity (1-13, 0.2857); Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (1-13, 0.2857).

Tiebreakers

• Derryfield wins the tiebreaker with Bow thanks to a head-to-head victory.

Quarterfinal matchups (changes in bold)

• No. 8 Pembroke at No. 1 Hopkinton
• No. 5 Pelham at No. 4 Bow
• No. 7 Laconia at No. 2 Kearsarge
• No. 6 St. Thomas at No. 3 Derryfield

Remaining schedule

Games with no score reported: Gilford at Belmont (April 18).

• Thursday, May 23: St. Thomas at Derryfield, 4 p.m.
• Friday, May 24: Belmont at Lebanon, 4 p.m.; Bishop Brady at Bow, 4 p.m.; Campbell at Laconia, 4 p.m.; Hopkinton at Gilford, 4 p.m.