Playoff Picture: Girls Lacrosse (May 24)

It's down to the final day of the girls lacrosse regular season and there are still a few things to be determined before the playoff brackets come out.

Here’s a look at where teams stand in all three girls lacrosse divisions heading into the last day 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 (15-1, 3.7500, 2nd)
3. Bishop Guertin (16-2, 3.5556, 3rd)
4. Souhegan (13-3, 3.2500, 4th)
5. Nashua South (11-7, 2.4444, 5th)
6. Exeter (10-8, 2.2222, 6th)
7. Merrimack (8-7, 2.1333, 7th)
8. Londonderry (9-8, 2.1176, 8th)

Outside: Manchester Central (7-7, 2.000).

Eliminated: Concord (8-8, 2.0000); Dover (4-11, 1.0667); Nashua North (4-13, 0.9412); Salem (2-14, 0.5000); Keene-Monadnock (2-14, 0.5000); Timberlane (1-14, 0.2667).

Quarterfinal matchups (changes in bold, locks in italics)

• 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

Scenarios

• Pinkerton clinches the No. 1 seed with a win over Windham.
• Bedford clinches the No. 1 seed with a Pinkerton loss to Windham.
• A Pinkerton loss to Windham would give Bishop Guertin the No. 2 seed. The Astros would be the No. 3 seed.
• The winner of the Londonderry-Merrimack game will be the No. 7 seed.
• Londonderry clinches the No. 8 seed with a loss.
• A Londonderry win would give Manchester Central the No. 8 seed and Merrimack would be eliminated.
• Concord can not make the playoffs because it loses tiebreakers to Londonderry and Central.

Remaining schedule

• 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. Portsmouth (16-2, 3.6667, 2nd)
2. Hollis Brookline (13-2, 3.6000, 1st)
3. Winnacunnet (12-5, 2.8824, 3rd)
4. Windham (9-6, 2.4667, 5th)
5. Hanover (9-7, 2.2500, 4th)
6. John Stark (8-6, 2.2857, 8th)
7. Oyster River (8-6, 2.2857, 6th)
8. Goffstown (8-7, 2.1333, out)

Eliminated: Kingswood (7-7, 2.0000, 7th); ConVal (5-8, 1.5385); Coe-Brown (5-9, 1.4286); Merrimack Valley (4-10, 1.1429); Spaulding (4-10, 1.1429); Alvirne (1-13, 0.2857); Manchester Memorial-West (0-14, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

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

Quarterfinal matchups (changes in bold, locks in italics)

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

Remaining schedule

Games with no score reported: Alvirne at ConVal (May 23).

• 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 (11-3, 3.1429, 3rd)
4. Bow (10-3, 3.0769, 4th)
5. Pelham (10-4, 2.8571, 5th)
6. St. Thomas (9-5, 2.5714, 6th)
7. Laconia (8-5, 2.4615, 7th)
8. Pembroke (8-6, 2.2857, 8th)

Eliminated: Plymouth (7-7, 2.0000); Lebanon (6-7, 1.8462); Campbell (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).

Quarterfinal matchups (changes in bold, locks in italics)

• 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).

• 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.