Girls Lacrosse Tournament Pairings: Hartford, Tolland Counties

CONNECTICUT — New Canaan, East Lyme and Old Saybrook are the top seeds in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) girls lacrosse tournaments, which open with qualifying matches Friday.

Champions from 2019 are Darien (L), East Lyme (M) and New Fairfield (S). There was no spring season in Connecticut in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are opening matchups for teams from Hartford and Tolland counties. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

CLASS L

Qualifying
5/28-29, times TBA
No. 19 Brien McMahon at No. 14 South Windsor
No. 17 Hall at No. 16 Ridgefield

1st round
6/1, 5 p.m.
Ridgefield/Hall at No. 1 New Canaan
South Windsor/Brien McMahon at No. 3 Amity Regional
No. 12 Cheshire at No. 5 Glastonbury
No. 11 Farmington at No. 6 Simsbury
No. 10 Southington at No. 7 Fairfield Ludlowe
No. 9 Wilton at No. 8 Conard

CLASS M

Qualifying
5/28-29, time TBA
No. 19 Avon at No. 14 Stratford
5/29, 11 a.m.
No. 20 Berlin at No. 13 Ledyard

1st round
6/1, 5 p.m.
Stratford/Avon at No. 3 Guilford
Ledyard/Berlin at No. 4 Joel Barlow
No. 12 Suffield at No. 5 Fitch
No. 11 RHAM at No. 6 Masuk
No. 10 St. Joseph at No. 7 Wethersfield
No. 9 Pomperaug at No. 8 Bristol Central

CLASS S

Qualifying
5/28-29, times TBA
No. 20 Somers at No. 13 St. Paul
No. 19 Granby at No. 14 Watertown
No. 17 Old Lyme at No. 16 Rocky Hill

1st round
6/1, 5 p.m.
Rocky Hill/Old Lyme at No. 1 Old Saybrook
Morgan/Griswold at No. 2 Ellington
Watertown/Granby at No. 3 New Fairfield
St. Paul/Somers at No. 4 Tolland
No. 9 East Catholic at No. 8 Sheehan

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