Playoff Picture: Girls Volleyball (Updated 10.21)

The final week of the high school girls volleyball regular season is underway, and here is what the playoff field in each division currently looks like.

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Note: With the NHIAA’s new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I and III will have 14 playoff teams and Division II will have 13. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org.

Division I

Playoff field

1. Spaulding (15-2, 3.5294). Remaining games: Exeter.
2. Concord (15-2, 3.5294). Remaining games: Winnacunnet.
3. Dover (14-3, 3.2941). Remaining games: Timberlane.
4. Bishop Guertin (14-3, 3.2941). Remaining games: at Goffstown.
5. Hollis Brookline (14-3, 3.2941). Remaining games: Alvirne.
6. Alvirne (12-5, 2.8235). Remaining games: at Hollis Brookline.
7. Merrimack (12-5, 2.8235). Remaining games: at Nashua North.
8. Exeter (12-5, 2.8235). Remaining games: at Spaulding.
9. Salem (11-6, 2.5882). Remaining games: at Keene.
10. Goffstown (10-7, 2.3529). Remaining games: Bishop Guertin.
11. Nashua South (8-9, 1.8824). Remaining games: at Manchester Memorial.
12. Bedford (7-10, 1.6471). Remaining games: at Manchester Central.
13. Nashua North (7-10, 1.6471). Remaining games: Merrimack.
14. Pinkerton (7-11, 1.5556).

Tiebreakers 

• Spaulding gets the No. 1 seed over Concord thanks to a head-to-head win. A win for the Raiders on Friday clinches the top seed, while a Spaulding loss and Concord win clinches it for the Crimson Tide.
• The three-way tie between Bishop Guertin, Dover and Hollis Brookline can't be broken head-to-head because Dover and HB don't play. So the next tiebreaker is rating against tournament team. Although the teams play the same schedule otherwise, Dover (9-3, 3.0000) has played one more potential tournament team than Bishop Guertin and HB (both 8-3, 2.9091). So Dover gets the third seed right now, while Bishop Guertin is fourth because of a head-to-head win over Hollis Brookline. All three teams can finish no worse than fifth.
• There is another three-way tie with Alvirne, Merrimack and Exeter, but the head-to-head tiebreaker doesn't work here because they were all 1-1 against each other. Alvirne ends up with the sixth seed because it has a better rating against tournament teams than Merrimack and Exeter. Merrimack then gets the seventh seed because of its head-to-head win over Exeter.
• Bedford wins the tiebreaker with Nashua North thanks to a head-to-head win.

Eliminated: Timberlane (4-13, 0.9412), Manchester Memorial (3-14, 0.7059), Keene (2-15, 0.4706), Londonderry (2-16, 0.4444) Manchester Central (1-16, 0.2353), Winnacunnet (1-16, 0.2353).

First-round byes

• No. 1 Spaulding
• No. 2 Concord

First-round matchups

• No. 14 Pinkerton at No. 3 Dover
• No. 13 Nashua North at No. 4 Bishop Guertin
• No. 12 Bedford at No. 5 Hollis Brookline
• No. 11 Nashua South at No. 6 Alvirne
• No. 10 Goffstown at No. 7 Merrimack
• No. 9 Salem at No. 8 Exeter

Division II

Playoff field

1. Windham (16-0, 4.0000).
2. Gilford (13-2, 3.4667). Remaining games: St. Thomas.
3. Somersworth (12-3, 3.2000). Remaining games: Kingswood.
4. St. Thomas (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: at Gilford.
5. Milford (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: at Coe-Brown.
6. Kingswood (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: Somersworth.
7. John Stark (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: Plymouth.
8. Laconia (8-5, 2.4615). Remaining games: at Portsmouth.
9. Coe-Brown (9-6, 2.4000). Remaining games: Milford.
10. Oyster River (9-6, 2.4000). Remaining games: Kennett.
11. Plymouth (8-7, 2.1333). Remaining games: at John Stark.
12. ConVal (6-9, 1.6000). Remaining games: Hanover.
13. Pelham (4-11, 1.0667). Remaining games: Fall Mountain.

Tiebreakers

• The four-way tie between St. Thomas, Milford, John Stark and Kingswood can't be broken by head-to-head tiebreakers because they didn't all play each other. Using the second tiebreaker, rating against tournament teams (and teams tied for the last tournament spot), St. Thomas gets the fourth seed, while Milford would be fifth, thanks to two wins over Souhegan, which is tied for the final playoff spot. Kingswood would be sixth and John Stark seventh.
• Coe-Brown and Oyster River split two games this week, but the Bears win the tiebreaker based on rating against tournament teams.
• Pelham gets the final playoff spot thanks to its head-to-head win over Souhegan.

Outside: Souhegan (4-11, 1.0667), Hanover (3-12, 0.8000), Portsmouth (3-12, 0.8000).

Eliminated: Manchester West (2-13, 0.5333), Fall Mountain (1-14, 0.2667), Kennett (0-15, 0.000).

First-round byes

• No. 1 Windham
• No. 2 Gilford
• No. 3 Somersworth

First-round matchups

• No. 13 Pelham at No. 4 St. Thomas
• No. 12 ConVal at No. 5 Milford
• No. 11 Plymouth at No. 6 Kingswood
• No. 10 Oyster River at No. 7 John Stark
• No. 9 Coe-Brown at No. 8 Laconia

Division III

Playoff field

1. Nute (15-0, 4.0000). Remaining games: at Epping.
2. Winnsiquam (15-1, 3.7500).
3. Farmington (11-3, 3.1429). Remaining games: at Raymond+; Prospect Mountain.
4. Inter-Lakes (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: at Sunapee.
5. Moultonborough (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: at Hillsboro-Deering.
6. Mascenic (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: at Epping.
7. Sunapee (11-4, 2.9333). Remaining games: Inter-Lakes.
8. Belmont (10-5, 2.6667). Remaining games: Franklin.
9. Campbell (10-5, 2.6667).
10. Epping (8-7, 2.1333). Remaining games: Nute.
11. Portsmouth Christian (6-7, 1.8462). Remaining games: at Raymond*; at Pittsfield+; Raymond.
12. Newfound (6-9, 1.6000). Remaining games: at Pittsfield.
13. Raymond (5-8, 1.5385). Remaining games: Portsmouth Christian*; Farmington+; at Portsmouth Christian.
14. Prospect Mountain (5-10, 1.3333). Remaining games: at Farmington.

*Game was scheduled for Monday, but no result was reported.

+Game was scheduled for Wednesday, but no results was reported.

Tiebreakers

• The four-way tie between Inter-Lakes, Mascenic, Moultonborough and Sunapee can't be broken by head-to-head results because they didn't all play each other. Inter-Lakes ends up with the fourth seed because it has the best rating against tournament teams of the four. Moultonborough then gets the fifth seed because it has the best rating against tournament teams of the three. Mascenic is sixth because of its head-to-head win over Sunapee.
• Belmont holds the tiebreaker over Campbell thanks to a head-to-head win.

Eliminated: Trinity (4-10, 1.1429), Hillsboro-Deering (3-12, 0.8000), Pittsfield (2-12, 0.5714), Franklin (2-13, 0.5333), Mascoma Valley (2-14, 0.5000), Stevens (0-16, 0.000).

First-round byes

• No. 1 Nute
• No. 2 Winnisquam

First-round matchups

• No. 14 Prospect Mountain at No. 3 Farmington
• No. 13 Raymond at No. 4 Inter-Lakes
• No. 12 Newfound at No. 5 Moultonborough
• No. 11 Portsmouth Christian at No. 6 Mascenic
• No. 10 Epping at No. 7 Sunapee
• No. 9 Campbell at No. 8 Belmont