All five Catholic high school girls basketball teams will be playing in the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association basketball tournament, which begins March 2 with eight games on campuses around the state. The highest seed is St. Elizabeth. The Vikings are seeded fourth in the 24-team field.
The Vikings finished with a record of 18-2, with their lone loss in-state coming to rival Ursuline. The Raiders joined the Vikings in the top eight seeds at No. 6. St. Elizabeth and Ursuline will play in the second round on March 4.
The other Catholic schools in the tournament include Saint Mark’s, the 14th seed; No. 15 Archmere; and No, 20 Padua. Saint Mark’s and Archmere will host first-round games, The Spartans welcome Delaware Military Academy. The teams met at DMA in mid-January, with the Spartans taking the 50-40 win. Archmere will host Seaford. The Auks and Blue Jays did not play each other this season. Padua, the 20th seed, will travel to No. 13 Dover. The Pandas did not play the Lady Senators this season.
All tickets will be sold electronically and are available at https://gofan.co/app/school/DIAA.
The field:
March 2, 7 p.m.
No. 24 Conrad at No. 9 Woodbridge
No. 23 Red Lion at No. 10 Cape Henlopen
No. 22 Wilmington Friends at No. 11 St. Georges
No. 21 Laurel at No. 12 A.I. duPont
No. 20 Padua at No. 13 Dover
No. 19 Delaware Military at No. 14 Saint Mark’s
No. 18 Seaford at No. 15 Archmere
No. 17 Appoquinimink at No. 16 Caesar Rodney.
March 4, 7 p.m.
Conrad/Woodbridge at No. 8 Lake Forest
Red Lion/Woodbridge at No. 7 Delmarva Christian
Wilmington Friends/St. Georges at No. 6 Ursuline
Laurel/A.I. DuPont at No. 5 Tatnall
Padua/Dover at No. 4 St. Elizabeth
Delaware Military/Saint Mark’s at No. 3 Wilmington Charter
Seaford/Archmere at No. 2 Sanford
Appoquinimink/Caesar Rodney at No. 1 Caravel
Quarterfinals at higher seed, March 7, 7 p.m.
Semifinals at the Bob Carpenter Center, March 9, 6:30 and 8:10 p.m.
Final at the Bob Carpenter Center, March 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Final: March 11, 7 p.m. at the Bob Carpenter Center