Mascenic’s 3-1 win over Kearsarge in the season finale Friday afternoon earned the Vikings the eighth-seed and a home playoff game Wednesday.
No. 8 Mascenic (9-5) will host No. 9 Stevens (8-6) Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the NHIAA Division III opening round. The winner gets a trip to No. 1 Hopkinton (13-1).
Mascenic beat Stevens 2-1 in September.
Against Kearsarge, Alannah Johnson scored twice and Lexis Vautour added another; Johnson, Emma Knisley and Olivia Shaw had assists.
In Jaffrey Friday, the Conant girls shut out ConVal,
4-0, ending the Cougars’ postseason hopes.
ConVal (4-10) needed a win to catch Laconia (4-9-1) for the 14th and final playoff spot.
Elizabeth Gonyea and Teagan Kirby each scored twice; Gonyea added two assists and Chelsea Dupuis had an assist as well.
“We have had such a hard and emotional week following the tragedy we had at Conant,” said head coach Jackie Brown. “My entire team played so well today!”
This marks the first season since 2012 that Conant won eight games.
No. 11 Conant (8-6) travels to No. 6 Gilford (8-6) Wednesday at 3 p.m. The two teams did not meet in the regular season.