West Islip’s Lindsay Darrell (left) gets by Ward Melville’s Kelsey Catalano in the second half on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at West Islip. (Credit: Bob Sorensen)
The field is set for this season’s Suffolk girls lacrosse tournaments.
Undefeated West Islip earned the top seed in Class A after finishing the league season 14-0.
With an attack led by Lindsay Darrell, Vanessa Costantino, Riley Hill, and Emily Piciullo, the Lions are deserved favorites to win the county.
No. 2 Hauppauge, No. 3 Northport and No. 4 Middle Country join West Islip as the team’s with a first-round bye.
The postseason will kickoff Friday with first round games in Class A.
The first game, featuring defending county champions and six-seeded Bay Shore and No. 11 Sachem North, will begin at 3:30. The winner will face Northport.
The other three first round games take place at 4:00.
No. 8 West Babylon will host No. 9 Ward Melville for the right to play West Islip on Monday.
Also, No. 12 Longwood will travel to No. 5 Sachem East, with the winner facing Middle Country, and No. 7 Smithtown West hosts No. 10 Smithtown East, with the winner facing Hauppauge.
Class A quarterfinals will take place on Monday, May 19 at 4:00, and the semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday, May 21, and will also begin at 4:00. The Class A championship will take place at Dowling Sports Complex on Thursday May 29 and will begin at 7:30.
The Class B tournament will kick off on Saturday at noon, with top seed Eastport-South Manor looking for a third-straight county championship. Junior goalie Samantha Giacolone and senior defender Rebecca Tooker will again lead a stingy defense that allowed just over five goals per game this year.
No. 4 Islip will host No. 5 Westhampton on Saturday, May 17 at noon, with the winner advancing to face Eastport-South Manor in the semifinals.
Also at noon, No. 3 Sayville will host No. 6 Miller Place.
At 2 PM, No. 2 Huntington will host No. 7 Rocky Point. The winners of these two games will face each other in the semis.
The Class B semifinals will take place on Tuesday, May 20 and the final will be at Dowling Sports Complex on May 29 at 5:30.
In Class C, defending state champions Mt. Sinai went undefeated for a second-straight season, and will be led by sisters Sydney and Shayna Pirecca. The top-seeded Mustangs will host a semifinal on Tuesday, May 20 at 4 P.M.
Mt. Sinai will host the winner of the No. 4 Shoreham-Wading River-No. 5 Mattituck game, which will take place at Shoreham-Wading River on Saturday, May 17.
The other Class C semifinal will also take place on Tuesday at 4 PM, and will feature No. 3 Babylon traveling to No. 2 Bayport Blue Point.
The Class C final will begin at 3:00 at (you guessed it) the Dowling Sports Complex on May 29.