Suffield Improves Position In Girls Soccer Poll

SUFFIELD, CT — With high school teams wrapping up their regular season schedules and preparing for postseason play, the girls soccer team at St. Joseph High School collected all five first-place votes to top the latest weekly coaches poll in Classes LL/L.

The Cadets wound up the regular schedule with a 13-1-2 record, outscoring opponents by a 61-7 margin. Glastonbury maintained its spot in second position, while Staples moved up a spot into third.

Suffield, which has not allowed a goal all season in fashioning a 12-0-1 record, moved up a spot into fourth in the most recent balloting.

Granby kept its place atop the Classes M/S poll.

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

LL/L

1. St. Joseph (5) (lw: 1)
2. Glastonbury (lw: 2)
3. Staples (lw: 4)
4. Suffield (lw: 5)
5. Ridgefield (lw: 3)
6. Shelton (lw: 6)
7. Southington (lw: 7)
8. Newtown (lw: 10)
9. Mercy (lw: 8)
10. Masuk (lw: 9)

Also receiving votes: Amity Regional, New Canaan, RHAM, Tolland.

Coaches voting: Tom Cunningham, Fairfield Ward; Rachel Redding, East Lyme; Scott McMahon, Guilford; Jim Murray, Avon; David Sullivan, Suffield.

M/S

1. Granby Memorial (6) (lw: 1)
2. Immaculate (lw: 3)
3. Lewis Mills (1) (lw: 5)
4. Notre Dame-Fairfield (lw: 2)
5. Weston (lw: 4)
6. Morgan (lw: NR)
7. Plainfield (lw: NR)
8. Wolcott (lw: 6)
9. Cromwell (lw: 7)
10. Northwest Catholic (lw: T-9)

Also receiving votes: Housatonic Regional, Ellington, North Branford, Lyman Memorial, Old Lyme, East Hampton, Portland.

Coaches voting: Todd Sadler, Northwest Catholic; Chris Ghiglia, Waterford; David Laporte, Ellington; Nelson Mingachos, Immaculate; Chris Riviezzo, Wolcott; Mark Morello, Lyman Memorial; Paco Ruiz, Bolton.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen

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