Pairings Announced For CIAC Girls Lacrosse State Tournament Action

HARTFORD-TOLLAND COUNTIES, CT — Brackets for the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) girls lacrosse tournaments were released Thursday, with 18 schools from Hartford and Tolland counties still dreaming of capturing a state championship.

A first-round contest in Class M is scheduled for Saturday, with the other 17 teams from the region having their opening games Tuesday.

Here are the qualifiers among area teams; click the class headers for complete brackets.

Class LL

• No. 15 Newington at No. 2 New Canaan
• No. 12 Trumbull at No. 5 Conard
• No. 10 Glastonbury at No. 7 Staples
• No. 9 Southington at No. 8 Fairfield Ludlowe

Class L

• No. 1 Simsbury, bye
• No. 14 E.O. Smith at No. 3 Amity Regional
• No. 13 Bristol Eastern at No. 4 Masuk
• No. 9 Farmington at No. 8 Hall

Class M

1st round

• No. 17 Berlin at No. 16 Bacon/East Hampton

2nd round

• Berlin/Bacon winner at No. 1 New Fairfield
• No. 13 Ledyard at No. 4 Suffield
• No. 11 Tolland at No. 6 St. Joseph
• No. 10 Waterford at No. 7 Ellington

Class S

• No. 15 Morgan at No. 2 Granby
• No. 14 Northwest Catholic at No. 3 Stonington
• No. 13 Old Saybrook at No. 4 Somers
• No. 12 North Branford at No. 5 Lewis Mills
• No. 9 East Catholic at No. 8 Wheeler