Spring Sports

Playoff Picture: Girls Lacrosse (May 30)

(May 30) This is it, the final week of the regular season is here, and there’s still a few things to be determined before the girls lacrosse playoffs get underway next week. In order to stay up to date, the playoff picture will be updated daily with the most recent results and what is left to come.

This is it, the final week of the regular season is here, and there’s still a few things to be determined before the girls lacrosse playoffs get underway next week.

In order to stay up to date, the playoff picture will be updated daily with the most recent results and what is left to come.

Here is a look at where teams are in the standings going into Friday’s games.

Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I and II will have nine playoff teams and Division III will have 14 teams in the playoffs. Per By-Law Article IV, Sect. 4-C, teams that petitioned down a division for this two-year cycle are ineligible 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)

Portsmouth (17-0, 3.9412, 1st)
Pinkerton (15-3, 3.3333, 2nd)
Souhegan (11-3, 3.1429, 3rd)
Exeter (13-4, 3.0588, 4th)
Nashua South (14-4, 3.0556, 5th)
Bishop Guertin (10-6, 2.5000, 6th)
Bedford (9-7, 2.2500, 7th)
Dover (7-8, 1.8667, 8th)
Windham (6-9, 1.6000, 8th)

Outside: Londonderry (6-10, 1.5000, 9th).

Eliminated: Salem (5-13, 1.1111); Man. Central-West (4-14, 0.8889); Nashua North (1-11, 0.3333); Concord (1-15, 0.2500).

First-round matchup (changes in bold)

No. 9 Windham at No. 8 Dover

Quarterfinal matchups

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

Remaining Schedule

Friday, May 30: Exeter at Dover, 4 p.m.; Souhegan at Londonderry, 4 p.m.

Scenarios

Portsmouth has clinched the No. 1 seed.
Pinkerton has clinched the No. 2 seed.
Souhegan clinches the No. 3 seed with a win over Londonderry. A loss and an Exeter win drops the Sabers to No. 5. A loss and an Exeter loss drops the Sabers to No. 4.
Exeter clinches the No. 3 seed with a win over Dover and a Souhegan loss. A win and a Souhegan win would give the Blue Hawks the No. 4 seed. A loss would drop the Blue Hawks to No. 5.
Nashua South clinches the No. 3 seed with losses by both Souhegan and Exeter. A win by one and a loss by the other, regardless of which, would give the Panthers the No. 4 seed. If both win, South will be the No. 5 seed.
Bishop Guertin has clinched the No. 6 seed.
Bedford has clinched the No. 7 seed.
Dover has clinched the No. 8 seed.
Londonderry clinches the No. 9 seed with a win over Souhegan.
Windham clinches the No. 9 seed with a Londonderry loss.

Playoff Schedule

First Round: June 3, at home of higher seed.
Quarterfinals: June 5, at home of higher seed.
Semifinals: June 7, at Bill Ball Stadium, Exeter
Championship: June 10, at Bill Ball Stadium, Exeter

Division II

Team (record, rating, previous)

Merrimack (13-0, 4.0000, 1st)
Winnacunnet (14-1, 3.9333, 2nd)
Merrimack Valley (10-4, 2.8571, 3rd)
Timberlane (10-6, 2.5625, 4th)
Hanover (10-6, 2.5000, 5th)
Oyster River-Newmarket (8-6, 2.2857, 6th)
Hollis Brookline (9-8, 2.1176, 7th)
Kennett (5-8, 1.6154, 8th)
Goffstown (6-11, 1.4118, 9th)

Outside: Kingswood (4-9, 1.2308).

Eliminated: Alvirne (1-13, 0.2857).

Ineligible: Keene-Monadnock (4-8, 1.3333); Spaulding (1-14, 0.2667); Manchester Memorial (1-15, 0.2500).

First-round matchup (changes in bold)

No. 9 Goffstown at No. 8 Kennett

Quarterfinal matchups

Goffstown/Kennett at No. 1 Merrimack
No. 5 Hanover at No. 4 Timberlane
No. 7 Hollis Brookline at No. 2 Winnacunnet
No. 6 Oyster River-Newmarket at No. 3 Merrimack Valley

Remaining Schedule

Friday, May 30: Oyster River-Newmarket at Spaulding, 4 p.m.; Alvirne at Kennett, 4 p.m.; Keene-Monadnock at Kingswood, 4 p.m.; Winnacunnet at Merrimack, 6 p.m.

Scenarios

Note: Thursday's scenarios contained an error that had Timberlane dropping to No. 5 with a loss to Hollis Brookline. The Owls' win over Salem, and the extra point that came with it, were overlooked and they had already clinched the No. 4 seed regardless of Thursday's outcome.

The winner of Friday’s game between Merrimack and Winnacunnet will be the No. 1 seed and the loser will be No. 2.
Merrimack Valley has clinched the No. 3 seed.
Timberlane has clinched the No. 4 seed.
Hanover has clinched the No. 5 seed.
Oyster River-Newmarket has clinched the No. 6 seed.
Hollis Brookline has clinched the No. 7 seed.
Kennett has clinched the No. 8 seed.
Kingswood clinches the No. 9 seed with a win over Keene-Monadnock.
Goffstown clinches the No. 9 seed with a Kingswood loss.

Playoff Schedule

First Round: June 3, at home of higher seed.
Quarterfinals: June 5, at home of higher seed.
Semifinals: June 7, at Stellos Stadium, Nashua
Championship: June 10, at Bedford High School

Division III

Team (record, rating, previous)

St. Thomas (14-1, 3.7333, 1st)
Gilford (12-2, 3.3846, 4th)
Hopkinton (12-2, 3.4286, 2nd)
John Stark (12-2, 3.4286, 3rd)
Bow (11-3, 3.2143, 5th)
Derryfield (12-3, 3.2000, 6th)
Laconia (10-4, 2.8571, 7th)
Lebanon (8-5, 2.4615, 8th)
Coe-Brown (7-6, 2.1538, 9th)
Pelham (7-6, 2.1538, 10th)
Kearsarge (7-6, 2.1538, 11th)
Plymouth (6-6, 2.0000, 12th)
Trinity (6-8, 1.7143, 13th)
ConVal (5-9, 1.5000, 14th)

Outside: Campbell (4-8, 1.3333).

Eliminated: Bishop Brady (2-9, 0.7273); Concord Christian (1-11, 0.3333); Milford (1-12, 0.3077); Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (1-12, 0.3077); Belmont (0-13, 0.0000).

Ineligible: Pembroke (2-12, 0.5714).

Tiebreakers

In a three-way tiebreaker, Gilford finishes ahead of Hopkinton and John Stark thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
Hopkinton wins the tiebreaker with John Stark thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
In a three-way tiebreaker, Coe-Brown finishes ahead of Pelham and Kearsarge thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
Pelham wins the tiebreaker with Kearsarge thanks to a better rating in road games against divisional opponents.

First-round byes (changes in bold)

No. 1 St. Thomas
No. 2 Gilford

First-round matchups

No. 9 Coe-Brown at No. 8 Lebanon
No. 12 Plymouth at No. 5 Bow
No. 13 Trinity at No. 4 John Stark
No. 10 Pelham at No. 7 Laconia
No. 14 ConVal at No. 3 Hopkinton
No. 11 Kearsarge at No. 6 Derryfield

Remaining Schedule

No score reported: Concord Christian at Belmont
Friday, May 30: Bishop Brady at Campbell, 4 p.m.; Milford at Bow, 4 p.m.; Pelham at Coe-Brown, 4 p.m.; Lebanon at Kearsarge, 4 p.m.; Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough at Plymouth, 4 p.m.; Concord Christian, at ConVal, 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 31: Campbell at Plymouth, 10 a.m.

Scenarios

St. Thomas has clinched the No. 1 seed
Gilford has clinched the No. 2 seed.
Hopkinton has clinched the No. 3 seed.
John Stark has clinched the No. 4 seed.
Bow clinches the No. 5 seed with a win over Milford. A loss drops the Falcons to No. 6.
Derryfield clinches the No. seed with a Bow loss. A Bow win gives the Cougars the No. 6 seed.
Laconia has clinched the No. 7 seed.
Lebanon clinches the No. 8 seed with a win over Kearsarge or a loss and a Pelham win.
Coe-Brown clinches the No. 8 seed with a win over Pelham and a loss by Lebanon.
Pelham clinches the No. 9 seed with a win over Coe-Brown and two losses by Lebanon.
Kearsarge can finish no higher than No. 10.
Plymouth can finish no higher than No. 10 and no lower than No. 12.
Trinity has clinched a playoff spot.
ConVal clinches a playoff spot with a win over Concord Christian and if Campbell loses one of its two remaining games.
Campbell clinches a playoff spot with wins in its final two games or a win in one of them and a ConVal loss.

Playoff Schedule