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Girls Lacrosse: Old Bridge earns No. 1 seed in GMC Tournament

Lauren Knego
@laurenknego

The Old Bridge girls lacrosse team earned the No. 1 seed for the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament on Friday.

The Knights (7-3) last won the tournament crown in 2015 as the No. 4 seed. Defending champion North Brunswick earned the No. 2 seed, Monroe, last year's finalist, is the third seed and South Brunswick was given the No. 4 seed.

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The tournament starts on Saturday with No. 8 J.P. Stevens hosting No. 9 Bishop Ahr in a play-in game. The winner will face Old Bridge in the quarterfinals on May 9. The semifinals are slated for May 11 and the final is scheduled for May 13.

Here is the bracket.

9-Bishop Ahr at 8-J.P. Stevens, winner at 1-Old Bridge

5-East Brunswick at 4-South Brunswick

6-South Plainfield at 3-Monroe

7-Edison at 2-North Brunswick

Staff Writer Lauren Knego: lknego@gannettnj.com; on Twitter: @laurenknego