Fall Sports

Playoff Picture: Girls Volleyball (Oct. 21)

The girls volleyball regular season is in the books and the tournament pairings will be released on Monday. Here is the best guess as to what they will look like.

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Note: For girls volleyball, Division I will have 15 teams, Division II will have 10 teams and Division III will have 14 teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets. These are not official pairings.

Division I

Playoff field (record, rating)

Hollis Brookline (18-0, 4.0000)
Nashua South (17-1, 3.7778)
Bishop Guertin (15-3, 3.3333)
Exeter (15-3, 3.3333)
Spaulding (14-4, 3.1111)
Bedford (14-4, 3.1111) ⇑
Dover (14-4, 3.1111) ⇓
Portsmouth (12-6, 2.6667)
Pinkerton (11-7, 2.4444) ⇑
Salem (11-7, 2.4444) ⇓
Concord (9-9, 2.0000)
Timberlane (8-10, 1.7778)
Nashua North (8-10, 1.778) ⇑
Windham (7-11, 1.5556) ⇓
Londonderry (6-12, 1.3333)

Eliminated: Merrimack (5-13, 1.1111); Winnacunnet (4-14, 0.8889); Goffstown (4-14, 0.8889); Alvirne (3-15, 0.6667); Keene (1-17, 0.2222); Manchester Central (1-17, 0.2222); Manchester Memorial (1-17, 0.2222).

Tiebreakers

Bishop Guertin wins the tiebreaker with Exeter thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.
Spaulding wins the three-way tiebreaker with Bedford and Dover thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games.
Bedford wins the tiebreaker with Dover thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Pinkerton wins the tiebreaker with Salem thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Timberlane wins the tiebreaker with Nashua North thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round bye (changes in bold)

Hollis Brookline

First-round matchups

No. 9 Pinkerton at No. 8 Portsmouth
No. 13 Nashua North at No. 4 Exeter
No. 12 Timberlane at No. 5 Spaulding
No. 15 Londonderry at No. 2 Nashua South
No. 10 Salem at No. 7 Dover
No. 14 Windham at No. 3 Bishop Guertin
No. 11 Concord at No. 6 Bedford

Division II

Playoff field (record, rating)

Gilford (16-0, 4.0000)
Oyster River (14-2, 3.5000)
Milford (14-2, 3.5000) ⇑
St. Thomas (13-3, 3.2500) ⇓
Laconia (12-4, 3.0000)
Plymouth (10-6, 2.5000)
Kingswood (9-7, 2.2500)
John Stark (9-7, 2.2500)
Coe-Brown (7-9, 1.7500)
Souhegan (7-9, 1.7500)

Eliminated: Hanover (4-12, 1.0000); Somersworth (4-12, 1.0000); Pelham (2-14, 0.5000); ConVal (1-15, 0.2500); Manchester West (0-14, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

Oyster River wins the tiebreaker with Milford thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Kingswood wins the tiebreaker with John Stark thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Coe-Brown wins the tiebreaker with Souhegan thanks to a head-to-head victory.

First-round matchups (changes in bold)

No. 9 Coe-Brown at No. 8 John Stark
No. 10 Souhegan at No. 7 Kingswood

Quarterfinals

Coe-Brown/John Stark winner at No. 1 Gilford
No. 5 Laconia at No. 4 St. Thomas
Souhegan/Kingswood winner at No. 2 Oyster River
No. 6 Plymouth at No. 3 Milford

Division III

Playoff field (record, rating)

Winnisquam (16-0, 4.0000)
Farmington (15-1, 3.7500)
Inter-Lakes (13-3, 3.2500)
Epping (13-3, 3.2500)
Prospect Mountain (12-4, 3.0000)
Newfound (11-5, 2.7500)
Mascenic (10-6, 2.5000)
Campbell (10-6, 2.5000)
Moultonborough (9-7, 2.2500) ⇑
Fall Mountain (9-7, 2.2500) ⇓
Nute (8-8, 2.0000) ⇓
Belmont (7-9, 1.7500)
Mascoma Valley (7-9, 1.7500)
Sunapee (6-10, 1.5000)

Eliminated: Franklin (5-11, 1.2500), Trinity (4-12, 1.0000); Portsmouth Christian (3-13, 0.7500); Hillsboro-Deering (3-13, 0.7500); Raymond (3-13, 0.7500); Kennett (1-15, 0.2500); Stevens (0-16, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

Inter-Lakes wins the tiebreaker with Epping thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
Mascenic wins the tiebreaker with Campbell thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
Moultonborough wins the tiebreaker with Fall Mountain thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round byes (changes in bold)