Forecast scrambles DIAA tournament schedules

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It has been said that April showers bring May flowers.

But May showers bring a pain in the neck for the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.

A forecast of a near 100 percent chance of rain on Saturday has the governing body of Delaware high school sports scrambling to adjust its schedules as postseason play begins in the spring sports.

The major event of the weekend — the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Dover High — had been scheduled for Friday and Saturday. After looking at the forecast on Wednesday, the DIAA track committee decided to compress the schedule and conduct the entire meet on Friday.

But several schools quickly mentioned that doing so would conflict with many proms scheduled around the state on Friday night. So DIAA has reversed course and gone back to the original Friday-Saturday track schedule. Monday will be the rain date if needed.

DIAA did move the first and second rounds of the DIAA Boys and Girls Tennis Tournaments up to Friday. The first round of the DIAA Girls Lacrosse Tournament has also been pushed up to Friday. But the opening round of the DIAA Division II Girls Soccer Tournament will remain on Saturday, with two doubleheaders to be played on artificial turf fields.

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Girls lacrosse

Seven-time defending state champion Cape Henlopen (14-1) again earned the No. 1 seed in the 10-team DIAA Girls Lacrosse Tournament when pairings were determined Wednesday.

Two first-round games will be played at 5:30 p.m. Friday, with No. 10 Smyrna traveling to No. 7 Caesar Rodney and No. 9 St. Andrew’s taking on No. 8 Ursuline at the Raiders’ Serviam Field.

Quarterfinal games will be played Tuesday. No. 3 Tower Hill will host No. 6 Archmere and No. 4 Charter of Wilmington will host No. 5 Caravel at 5 p.m. Cape Henlopen will host the St. Andrew’s-Ursuline winner at 7, and No. 2 Polytech will host the Smyrna-Caesar Rodney winner at 7.

Semifinals will be played May 26, with the championship game on May 31. The sites and times for the final two rounds have yet to be determined.

Girls soccer

Four-time defending state champion Padua (15-0) earned the top seed in Division I, and Indian River (14-1) was the No. 1 seed in Division II when the pairings for the DIAA Girls Soccer Tournaments were determined Wednesday.

The 12-team Division II field will kick things off with four first-round games on Saturday. Milford will be the site of an early doubleheader, as No. 9 Woodbridge meets No. 8 Tower Hill at 11 a.m. and No. 10 St. Georges takes on No. 7 Delmar at 1 p.m.

Caravel will be the site of a second Saturday doubleheader, with No. 12 Lake Forest going against No. 5 Delaware Military Academy at 5 p.m. and No. 11 Ursuline meeting No. 6 Sanford at 7 p.m.

No. 1 Indian River, No. 2 Caravel, No. 3 Archmere and No. 4 Newark Charter earned first-round byes and will open against the four first-round winners on May 25 or 26 at sites to be determined. The semifinals will be June 1 at sites TBA, with the championship game scheduled for 4 p.m. June 3 or 4 at Smyrna.

The eight-team Division I field will start play with two quarterfinal doubleheaders on May 26. Dover High will host one, with No. 8 Sussex Tech meeting Padua at 6 p.m. and No. 6 Smyrna taking on No. 3 Middletown at 8. The other doubleheader will be played at Caravel, with No. 7 Dover taking on No. 2 Caesar Rodney at 6 p.m. and No. 5 Appoquinimink going against No. 4 Charter of Wilmington at 8.

Division I semifinals will be played June 1, at sites and times to be determined. The championship game will be at 7 p.m. June 3 or 4 at Smyrna.

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Tennis

Colt Williamson (14-0) of Milford was named the top seed in boys first singles, and Grace Shiau (11-0) of Charter of Wilmington was named top seed in girls first singles when pairings for the DIAA Tennis Tournaments were determined Wednesday.

Other boys top seeds are Parker Barton (13-0) of Caesar Rodney in second singles, Spencer Johnson (12-0) of Tower Hill in third singles, Spencer Lutz and Sam Wayne (9-0) of Archmere in first doubles and Joseph Gravelle and Adam Ahern (15-0) of Caesar Rodney in second doubles.

Other girls top seeds are Abby Podolsky (12-0) of Archmere in second singles, Natasha Sijan (13-0) of Caesar Rodney in third singles, Katherine Tamesis and Micaela Thorogood (14-0) of Caesar Rodney in first doubles and Clare Mangubat and Caroline Pangle (8-0) of Caesar Rodney in second doubles.

The first and second rounds of both tournaments will be played Friday. The third round is scheduled for Monday, the semifinals on Tuesday and the championship matches on May 25. All of the early rounds will be played at various sites, with all of the finals to be held at the University of Delaware’s Field House courts.

Contact Brad Myers at bmyers@delawareonline.com. Follow on Twitter: @BradMyersTNJ.

DIAA GIRLS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT

First round

Friday

No. 9 St. Andrew’s (10-5) vs. No. 8 Ursuline (9-5) at Serviam Field, 5:30

No. 10 Smyrna (9-6) at No. 7 Caesar Rodney (8-7), 5:30

Quarterfinals

Tuesday

St. Andrew’s-Ursuline winner at No. 1 Cape Henlopen (14-1), 7

No. 5 Caravel at No. 4 Charter of Wilmington, 5

Smyrna-Caesar Rodney winner at No. 2 Polytech (13-2), 7

No. 6 Archmere at No. 3 Tower Hill, 5

Semifinals

Thursday, May 26

St. Andrew’s-Ursuline-Cape Henlopen winner vs. Caravel-Charter of Wilmington winner, site and time TBA

Smyrna-CR-Polytech winner vs. Archmere-Tower Hill winner, site and time TBA

Championship

Tuesday, May 31

Semifinal winners, site and time TBA

DIAA GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENTS

DIVISION I

First round

Thursday, May 26

No. 8 Sussex Tech (8-7) vs. No. 1 Padua (15-0) at Dover High, 6

No. 5 Appoquinimink (11-3-1) vs. No. 4 Charter of Wilmington (10-3-1) at Caravel, 8

No. 7 Dover (9-6) vs. No. 2 Caesar Rodney (14-1) at Caravel, 6

No. 6 Smyrna (9-6) vs. No. 3 Middletown (13-0-2) at Dover High, 8

Semifinals

Wednesday, June 1

Sussex Tech-Padua winner vs. Appoquinimink-Charter of Wilmington winner, site and time TBA

Dover-Caesar Rodney winner vs. Smyrna-Middletown winner, site and time TBA

Championship

Friday, June 3 or Saturday, June 4

Semifinal winners at Smyrna, 7

DIVISION II

First round

Saturday

No. 9 Woodbridge (11-3-1) vs. No. 8 Tower Hill (11-4) at Milford, 11 a.m.

No. 10 St. Georges (10-4-1) vs. No. 7 Delmar (10-5) at Milford, 1 p.m.

No. 12 Lake Forest (8-7) vs. No. 5 Delaware Military Academy (11-3-1) at Caravel, 5

No. 11 Ursuline (7-6-2) vs. No. 6 Sanford (11-3-1) at Caravel, 7

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, May 25 or Thursday, May 26

Woodbridge-Tower Hill winner vs. No. 1 Indian River (14-1), site and time TBA

Lake Forest-DMA winner vs. No. 4 Newark Charter (11-4), site and time TBA

St. Georges-Delmar winner vs. No. 2 Caravel (11-3-1), site and time TBA

Ursuline-Sanford winner vs. No. 3 Archmere (12-1-2), site and time TBA

Semifinals

Wednesday, June 1

Woodbridge-Tower Hill-Indian River winner vs. Lake Forest-DMA-Newark Charter winner, site and time TBA

St. Georges-Delmar-Caravel winner vs. Ursuline-Sanford-Archmere winner, site and time TBA

Championship

Friday, June 3 or Saturday, June 4

Semifinal winners at Smyrna, 4