Suffield Stays In Top 5 of Girls Soccer Poll

SUFFIELD, CT — An unbeaten regular season lifted Glastonbury High School back into the top position in the most recent Class LL/L girls soccer coaches poll.

The Tomahawks (15-0-1) moved up a spot from last week, switching places with previous No. 1 St. Joseph (13-1-2). Staples (13-0-3) held on to the No. 3 ranking.

Suffield (14-0-1), which enters Tuesday's regular season finale against Somers without having allowed a single goal all year, kept its spot at No. 4.

Granby Memorial High School (15-0-1) maintained the top spot in Classes M/S.

Brackets for the CIAC state tournaments will be released Friday.

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

Also receiving votes: Masuk, New Canaan.

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

M/S

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

Also receiving votes: Northwest Catholic, Platt Tech, Parish Hill, North Branford.

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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