Berlin Places in Top 5 of Final Girls Soccer Poll

Ridgefield and Granby Memorial high schools were the big winners not only on the field, but in the final balloting of girls soccer coaches in Connecticut for the 2017 season.

Ridgefield (15-2-3), the Class LL champion, garnered three of five first-place votes to top the LL-L division. Class L winner St. Joseph (16-1-4) received the other two top votes.

In the M-S division, Class M champion Granby Memorial (19-1) was tabbed number one on four of seven ballots, while Class S titleholder Lyme-Old Lyme (20-0) collected the other three top votes.

Berlin, which was just 8-8 during the regular season, won four games over higher-seeded opponents in the Class M tournament before bowing to Granby in the title match. The Redcoats finished with the No. 5 ranking in M-S.

Here are the top 10 in each division, as well as all other teams receiving votes:

LL-L

1. Ridgefield
2. St. Joseph
3. Staples
4. RHAM
5. Daniel Hand
5. Suffield
7. Darien
7. Newtown
9. Glastonbury
10. Enfield

Also receiving votes: East Lyme.

Coaches voting: Tom Cunningham, Fairfield Warde; Marc Kenny, Newtown; Scott McMahon, Guilford; Jim Murray, Avon; David Sullivan Suffield.

M-S

1. Granby Memorial
2. Lyme-Old Lyme
3. Holy Cross
4. Lewis Mills
5. Berlin
6. Immaculate
7. Rocky Hill
8. Weston
9. St. Paul
10. Morgan

Also receiving votes: Sheehan, East Hampton, Woodland.

Coaches voting: Chris Riviezzo, Wolcott; Glenn Gustine, East Hampton; David LaPorte, Ellington; Mark Morello, Lyman Memorial; Chris Ghiglia, Waterford; Nelson Mingachos, Immaculate.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen