As we’ve hit the final week of October, that means tournaments are just ahead, and tournament pairings are the frequent topic of the day. For Tuesday, it’s the MIAA girls volleyball tournament brackets and matchups.
Here are the pairings and schedules for each of the 12 regions across the state:
DIVISION 1 NORTH
SEEDS: 1. Winchester (21-0); 2. Haverhill (17-2); 3. Lawrence (16-2); 4. Masconomet (16-4); 5. Woburn (13-6); 6. North Andover (12-6); 7. Reading (13-7); 8. Marblehead (12-7); 9. Central Catholic (10-7); 10. Methuen (11-9); 11. Lexington (11-9); 12. Peabody (10-10).
First round
GAME 1 – Central Catholic at Marblehead … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 2 – Peabody at Woburn … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 3 – Methuen at Reading … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 – Lexington at North Andover … 11/1, 6 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 5 – Game 1 winner vs. Winchester … 11/4, 6 p.m.
GAME 6 – Game 1 winner vs. Masconomet … 11/4, 6 p.m.
GAME 7 – Game 1 winner vs. Haverhill … 11/4, 6 p.m.
GAME 8 – Game 1 winner vs. Lawrence … 11/4, 6 p.m.
Semifinals
GAME 9 – Game 5 vs. Game 6 winner
GAME 10 – Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner
Championship
GAME 11 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner
DIVISION 2 NORTH
SEEDS: 1. Lynnfield (20-0); 2. O’Bryant (18-0); 3. Danvers (20-0); 4. Lynn Classical (18-2); 5. Melrose (17-3); 6. Burlington (16-4); 7. Charlestown (14-4); 8. Tewksbury (13-4); 9. Greater Lawrence (15-5); 10. Bishop Fenwick (13-5); 11. East Boston (11-5); 12. Whittier (13-7); 13. Boston English (9-5); 14. Newburyport (12-8); 15. Bedford (11-8); 16. North Reading (10-8); 17. Brighton (7-7); 18. Wayland (7-12).
Preliminary round
GAME 1 – Brighton at North Reading … 10/31, 4 p.m. (new matchup)
GAME 2 – Wayland at Bedford … 10/31, 4 p.m. (new matchup, date and time)
First round
GAME 3 – Game 1 winner at Lynnfield … 11/2, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 – Greater Lawrence at Tewksbury … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 5 – Boston English at Lynn Classical … 11/2, 6 p.m.
GAME 6 – Whittier at Melrose … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 7 – Game 2 winner at O’Bryant … 11/2, 6 p.m.
GAME 8 – Bishop Fenwick at Charlestown… 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 9 – Newburyport at Danvers … 11/1, 4:30 p.m. (new matchup, time)
GAME 10 – East Boston at Burlington … 11/2, 6 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 11 – Game 3 vs. Game 4 winner
GAME 12 – Game 5 vs. Game 6 winner
GAME 13 – Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner
GAME 14 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner
Semifinals
GAME 15 – Game 11 vs. Game 12 winner
GAME 16 – Game 13 vs. Game 14 winner
Championship
GAME 17 – Game 15 vs. Game 16 winner
DIVISION 3 NORTH
SEEDS: 1. Mystic Valley (19-1); 2. Essex Tech (17-3); 3. Burke (12-3); 4. Mount Alvernia (11-3); 5. Austin Prep (15-5); 6. Greater Lowell (14-6); 7. Ipswich (12-6); 8. Lowell Catholic (13-7); 9. Winthrop (10-8); 10. Lynn Tech (11-9); 11. Fellowship Christian (9-9); 12. Innovation Academy (9-9)
First round
GAME 1 – Winthrop at Lowell Catholic … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 2 – Innovation Academy at Austin Prep … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 3 – Lynn Tech at Ipswich … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 – Fellowship Christian at Greater Lowell … 10/31, 6 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 5 – Game 5 winner at Mystic Valley … 11/4, 6 p.m.
GAME 6 – Game 6 winner at Mount Alvernia … 11.4, 6 p.m.
GAME 7 – Game 7 winner at Essex Tech … 11/4, 6 p.m.
GAME 8 – Game 8 winner at Burke … 11/4, 6 p.m.
Semifinals
GAME 9 – Game 5 vs. Game 6 winner
GAME 10 – Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner
Championship
GAME 11 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner
DIVISION 1 SOUTH
SEEDS: 1. Dartmouth (20-0); 2. Barnstable (17-2); 3. Bishop Feehan (15-3); 4. Oliver Ames (16-4); 5. Brockton (15-5); 6. North Attleboro (13-5); 7. Durfee (13-7); 8. Hingham (13-8); 9. Plymouth North (11-7); 10. Whitman-Hanson (12-8); 11. New Bedford (10-10); 12. Weymouth (10-10).
First round
GAME 1 – Plymouth North at Hingham … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 2 – Weymouth at Brockton … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 3 – Whitman-Hanson at Durfee … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 – New Bedford at North Attleboro … 10/31, 6 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 5 – Game 1 winner at Dartmouth
GAME 6 – Game 2 winner at Oliver Ames
GAME 7 – Game 3 winner at Barnstable
GAME 8 – Game 4 winner at Bishop Feehan
Semifinals
GAME 9 – Game 5 vs. Game 6 winner
GAME 10 – Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner
Championship
GAME 11 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner
DIVISION 2 SOUTH
SEEDS: 1. Dennis-Yarmouth (18-2); 2. Cardinal Spellman (17-3); 3. Duxbury (17-3); 4. Old Rochester (14-4); 5. Apponequet (14-4); 6. Falmouth (12-6); 7. Greater New Bedford (13-7); 8. Plymouth South (11-7); 9. Milton (11-7); 10. Bishop Stang (9-7); 11. Norwell (8-8).
First round
GAME 1 – Milton at Plymouth South … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 2 – Bishop Stang at Greater New Bedford … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 3 – Norwell at Falmouth
Quarterfinals
GAME 4 – Game 1 winner at Dennis-Yarmouth
GAME 5 – Apponequet at Old Rochester
GAME 6 – Game 2 winner at Cardinal Spellman
GAME 7 – Game 3 winner at Duxbury
Semifinals
GAME 8 – Game 4 vs. Game 5 winner
GAME 9 – Game 6 vs. Game 7 winner
Championship
GAME 10 – Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner
DIVISION 3 SOUTH
SEEDS: 1. Rockland (19-1); 2. Sacred Heart (18-2); 3. Southeastern (16-2); 4. Sturgis East (13-3); 5. Old Colony (16-4); 6. Case (13-5); 7. Holbrook (14-6); 8. Westport (12-6); 9. Bristol-Plymouth (11-7); 10. Calvary Chapel (8-5); 11. South Shore (12-8); 12. Fairhaven (11-8); 13. Archbishop Williams (11-9); 14. St. John Paul (11-9); 15. Abington (11-9); 16. Atlantis Charter (8-8); 17. Nantucket (8-8).
Preliminary round
GAME 1 – Nantucket at Atlantis Charter … 10/31
First round
GAME 2 – Game 1 winner at Rockland … TBA
GAME 3 – Bristol-Plymouth at Westport … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 – Archbishop Williams at Sturgis East … 10/31, 5:30 p.m.
GAME 5 – Fairhaven at Old Colony … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 6 – Abington at Sacred Heart … 11/1, 4 p.m.
GAME 7 – Calvary Chapel at Holbrook … 11/1, 7 p.m.
GAME 8 – St. John Paul at Southeastern … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 9 – South Shore at Case … 11/1, 4 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 10 – Game 2 vs. Game 3 winner
GAME 11 – Game 4 vs. Game 5 winner
GAME 12 – Game 6 vs. Game 7 winner
GAME 13 – Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner
Semifinals
GAME 14 – Game 10 vs. Game 11 winner
GAME 15 – Game 12 vs. Game 13 winner
Championship
GAME 16 – Game 14 vs. Game 15 winner
DIVISION 1 CENTRAL EAST
SEEDS: 1. Newton North (12-1); 2. Quincy (18-2); 3. King Philip (16-4); 4. Boston Latin (12-6); 5. Latin Academy (13-7); 6. Revere (13-7); 7. Belmont (11-8); 8. Newton South (10-10); 9. Medford (7-11).
First round
GAME 1 – Medford at Newton South … 11/1, 6 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 2 – Game 1 winner at Newton North … 11/4
GAME 3 – Latin Academy at Boston Latin … 11/4
GAME 4 – Belmont at Quincy … 11/4
GAME 5 – Revere at King Philip … 11/4
Semifinals
GAME 6 – Game 2 vs. Game 3 winner
GAME 7 – Game 4 vs. Game 5 winner
Championship
GAME 8 – Game 6 vs. Game 7 winner
DIVISION 1 CENTRAL WEST
SEEDS: 1. Needham (18-0); 2. Hopkinton (18-0); 3. Algonquin (16-2); 4. Lincoln-Sudbury (16-2); 5. Concord-Carlisle (16-2); 6. Franklin (14-3); 7. Shrewsbury (16-4); 8. Natick (12-4); 9. Acton-Boxboro (14-5); 10. Shepherd Hill (12-8); 11. Doherty (12-8); 12. Westford Academy (10-8); 13. Wachusett (11-9).
First round
GAME 1 – Acton-Boxboro at Natick … TBA
GAME 2 – Wachusett at Lincoln-Sudbury … 10/31, 4:30 p.m.
GAME 3 – Westford Academy at Concord-Carlisle … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 – Shepherd Hill at Shrewsbury … 10/31, 4 p.m.
GAME 5 – Doherty at Franklin … 11/2, 2 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 6 – Game 1 winner at Needham … 11/4
GAME 7 – Game 2 vs. Game 3 winner … 11/4
GAME 8 – Game 4 winner at Hopkinton … 11/4
GAME 9 – Game 5 winner at Algonquin … 11/4, 6 p.m.
Semifinals
GAME 10 – Game 6 vs. Game 7 winner
GAME 11 – Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner
Championship
GAME 12 – Game 10 vs. Game 11 winner
DIVISION 2 CENTRAL
SEEDS: 1. Ashland (17-2); 2. Canton (17-3); 3. North Middlesex (16-3); 4. Westboro (13-3); 5. Nashoba (14-6); 6. Medfield (14-6); 7. Burncoat (14-7); 8. Medway (13-7); 9. Westwood (11-7); 10. Tantasqua (12-8); 11. Foxboro (11-9); 12. Holliston (9-9); 13. Milford (9-9).
First round
GAME 1 – Westwood at Medway … 10/31, 4:30 p.m.
GAME 2 – Milford at Westboro … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 3 – Holliston at Nashoba … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 – Tantasqua at Burncoat … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 5 – Foxboro at Medfield … 11/1, 5 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 6 – Game 1 winner at Ashland
GAME 7 – Game 2 vs. Game 3 winner
GAME 8 – Game 4 winner vs. Canton
GAME 9 – Game 5 winner vs. North Middlesex
Semifinals
GAME 10 – Game 6 vs. Game 7 winner
GAME 11 – Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner
Championship
GAME 12 – Game 10 vs. Game 11 winner
DIVISION 3 CENTRAL
SEEDS: 1. Advanced Math & Science (19-1); 2. Whitinsville Christian (18-2); 3. Nipmuc (16-4); 4. Hopedale (13-5); 5. Keefe Tech (14-6); 6. University Park (14-6); 7. Tri-County (11-7); 8. Millbury (12-8); 9. Douglas (12-8); 10. Monty Tech (12-8); 11. Blackstone Valley (10-8); 12. Bethany Christian (10-8); 13. Oxford (10-10); 14, Maimonides (5-5); 15. Bellingham (9-12).
First round
GAME 1 – Douglas at Millbury … 11.1, 6 p.m.
GAME 2 – Oxford at Hopedale … 10/31, 4 p.m.
GAME 3 – Bethany Christian at Keefe Tech … 10/31, 4 p.m.
GAME 4 – Bellingham at Whitinsville Christian … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 5 – Monty Tech at Tri-County … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 6 – Maimonides at Nipmuc … 11/1, 5 p.m.
GAME 7 – Blackstone Valley at University Park … 11/1, 4 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 8 – Game 1 winner at AMSA
GAME 9 – Game 2 vs. Game 3 winner
GAME 10 – Game 4 vs. Game 5 winner
GAME 11 – Game 6 vs. Game 7 winner
Semifinals
GAME 12 – Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner
GAME 13 – Game 10 vs. Game 11 winner
Championship
GAME 14 – Game 12 vs. Game 13 winner
DIVISION 2 WEST
SEEDS: 1. Minnechaug (18-0); 2. Longmeadow (13-5); 3. Amherst-Pelham (14-4); 4. Westfield (14-6); 5. Chicopee (14-4); 6. Chicopee Comp (11-7); 7. Holyoke (17-1); 8. Ludlow (12-8); 9. Pittsfield (14-6); 10. West Springfield (9-9); 11. Springfield Central (14-6); 12. Springfield Putnam (15-5).
First round
GAME 1 – Pittsfield at Ludlow … 10/31, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 2 – Springfield Putnam at Chicopee … 10/31, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 3 – West Springfield at Holyoke … 10/31, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 4 – Springfield Central at Chicopee Comp … 10/31, 6:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 5 – Game 1 winner at Minnechaug … 11/5, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 6 – Game 2 winner at Westfield … 11/5, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 7 – Game 3 winner at Longmeadow … 11/5, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 8 – Game 4 winner at Amherst-Pelham … 11/5, 6:30 p.m.
Semifinals
GAME 9 – Game 5 vs. Game 6 winner … TBA, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 10 – Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner … TBA, 6:30 p.m.
Championship (at West Springfield)
GAME 11 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner … 11/9, 2:30 p.m.
DIVISION 3 WEST
SEEDS: 1. Lee (16-2); 2. Frontier (10-8); 3. Lenox (15-4); 4. Paulo Friere (8-2); 5. Mount Greylock (13-6); 6. Turners Falls (13-7); 7. Easthampton (12-6); 8. South Hadley (12-6); 9. Mahar (13-7); 10. Wahconah (10-8); 11. Southwick Tolland (14-6); 12. Sabis (10-10); 13. Ware (12-8); 14. Pioneer Valley Christian (10-10).
First round
GAME 1 – Mahar at South Hadley … 10/31, 6 p.m.
GAME 2 – Sabis at Mount Greylock … 11/1, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 3 – Ware at Paulo Friere … 11/1, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 4 – Wahconah at Easthampton … 10/31, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 5 – Southwick Tolland at Turners Falls … 11/1, 6 p.m.
GAME 6 – Pioneer Valley Christian at Lenox … 11/1, 6:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
GAME 7 – Game 1 winner at Lee … 11/4, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 8 – Game 2 vs. Game 3 winner … 11/4, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 9 – Game 4 winner vs. Frontier … 11/4, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 10 – Game 5 vs. Game 6 winner … 11/4, 6:30 p.m.
Semifinals
GAME 11 – Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner … 11/6, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 12 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner … 11/6, 6:30 p.m.
Championship (at West Springfield HS)
GAME 13 – Game 11 vs. Game 12 winner … 11/9, noon
In the Slot Sports 