Playoff Picture: Girls 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 girls 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 nine 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 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)

1. Bedford (15-1, 3.6875, 1st)
2. Portsmouth (16-2, 3.4444, 2nd)
3. Dover (13-3, 3.2500, 3rd)
4. Nashua South (14-4, 3.0556, 4th)
5. Pinkerton (12-5, 2.8235, 5th)
6. Bishop Guertin (11-5, 2.7500, 6th)
7. Souhegan (7-8, 1.8667, 9th)
8. Merrimack (7-8, 1.8667, 7th)
9. Exeter (8-10, 1.7778, 8th)

Eliminated: Londonderry (4-13, 0.9412); Concord (4-13, 0.9412); Salem (2-15, 0.4706); Nashua North (1-17, 0.2222).

Tiebreaker

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

First-round matchup (changes in bold)

• No. 9 Exeter at No. 8 Merrimack

Quarterfinal matchups

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

Division II

Team (Record, rating, previous)

1. Hanover (13-1, 3.7857, 1st)
2. Windham (14-2, 3.5000, 2nd)
3. Hollis Brookline (13-4, 3.1765, 3rd)
4. Winnacunnet (12-4, 3.0625, 5th)
5. Timberlane (12-4, 3.0625, 4th)
6. Goffstown (11-5, 2.7500, 6th)
7. Oyster River-Newmarket (10-5, 2.6667, 7th)
8. Merrimack Valley (8-6, 2.2857, 8th)
9. John Stark/Hillsboro-Deering (7-7, 2.0000, 9th)
10. Kennett (7-7, 2.0000, 10th)
11. ConVal (5-9, 1.4286, 12th)
12. Kingswood (5-10, 1.3333, 11th)

Eliminated: Pembroke (2-13, 0.5333); Alvirne (0-16, 0.0000).

Ineligible: Keene-Monadnock (7-9, 1.8125); Manchester Central (6-10, 1.5000); Manchester Memorial-West (1-13, 0.2857); Spaulding (1-14, 0.2667).

Tiebreaker

• John Stark/Hillsboro-Deering wins the tiebreaker with Kennett thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round byes (changes in bold)

• No. 1 Hanover
• No. 2 Windham
• No. 3 Hollis Brookline
• No. 4 Winnacunnet

First-round matchups

• No. 9 John Stark/Hillsboro-Deering at No. 8 Merrimack Valley
• No. 12 Kingswood at No. 5 Timberlane
• No. 10 Kennett at No. 7 Oyster River-Newmarket
• No. 11 ConVal at No. 6 Goffstown

Division III

Team (Record, rating)

1. Bow (15-1, 3.8125, 1st)
2. St. Thomas (13-1, 3.7143, 2nd)
3. Gilford (12-2, 3.4286, 3rd)
4. Hopkinton (11-3, 3.1429, 4th)
5. Concord Christian (11-4, 2.9333, 5th)
6. Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (10-4, 2.8571, 6th)
7. Pelham (9-5, 2.5714, 7th)
8. Derryfield (10-7, 2.4118. 8th)
9. Kearsarge (7-8, 1.8667, 9th)
10. Lebanon (5-9, 1.4286, 10th)
11. Bishop Brady (5-10, 1.3333, 11th)

Eliminated: Coe-Brown (5-10, 1.3333); Campbell (3-13, 0.7500); Laconia (1-13, 0.2857); Plymouth (1-14, 0.2667); Trinity (0-15, 0.0000).

Ineligible: Milford (7-9, 1.8125).

Tiebreakers

• Bishop Brady wins the tiebreaker with Coe-Brown thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round matchups

• No. 9 Kearsarge at No. 8 Derryfield
• No. 10 Lebanon at No. 7 Pelham
• No. 11 Bishop Brady at No. 6 Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough

Quarterfinal matchups

• Kearsarge/Derryfield at No. 1 Bow
• No. 5 Concord Christian at No. 4 Hopkinton
• Lebanon/Pelham at No. 2 St. Thomas
• Bishop Brady/ILM at No. 3 Gilford

Tournament Schedule

• First-round games: Tuesday, May 30.
• Quarterfinals: Thursday, June 1.
• Semifinals: Saturday, June 3.
• Championship: Tuesday, June 6.