Latest Girls Soccer Poll Features 3 New Entries

The top girls soccer teams from last week's Connecticut high school coaches poll remained intact, while seven other squads improved their positioning in the most recent balloting.

Granby retained the top spot in Classes M/S, collecting five of six first-place votes, while Staples remained the frontrunner in Classes LL/L, earning four of six top nods.

Here are the top 10 in each division, with first-place votes and last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other schools receiving votes.

M/S

1. Granby (5) (lw: 1)
2. Weston (1) (lw: t-3)
3. Notre Dame-Fairfield (lw: t-3)
4. Holy Cross (lw: 5)
5. Lewis Mills (lw: 2)
6. Old Lyme (lw: 7)
7. Wolcott (lw: N/R)
8. Plainfield (lw: 9)
9. Housatonic Regional (lw: N/R)
10. (tie) Portland (lw: 6)
10. (tie) Watertown (lw: 8)

Also receiving votes: Nonnewaug, Haddam-Killingworth, Tolland.

Coaches voting: Nelson Mingachos (Immaculate), Mark Morello (Lyman Memorial), Erin Prescott-Reed (Tolland), Tom Cunningham (Seymour), Chris Ghiglia (Waterford), Paco Ruiz (Bolton).

LL/L

1. Staples (4) (lw: 1)
2. Southington (2) (lw: t-4)
3. Ridgefield (lw: 3)
4. St. Joseph (lw: t-4)
5. Glastonbury (lw: 2)
6. South Windsor (lw: 7)
7. Wilton (lw: 10)
8. (tie) Suffield (lw: 8)
8. (tie) New Canaan (lw: 6)
8. (tie) Masuk (lw: N/R)

Also receiving votes: Farmington, Guilford, Newington, RHAM.

Coaches voting: Jim Murray (Avon), David Sullivan (unaffiliated), Marc Kenney (Newtown), Iain Golding (Ridgefield), Marvin Miller (Shelton).