4 New Teams Crack Bottom Half Of Latest Connecticut Field Hockey Poll

CONNECTICUT — Amid a considerable shakeup of the top 10 teams in the latest Connecticut high school field hockey coaches poll, Darien remained the one constant, receiving all seven first-place votes.

Four schools absent from the previous week's top 10 made the rankings in the most recent balloting, with Southington making the biggest jump to No. 6.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams collecting votes.

1. Darien (lw: 1)
2. Guilford (lw: 5)
3. Wilton (lw: 2)
4. North Branford (lw: 3)
5. New Canaan (lw: 4)
6. Southington (lw: NR)
7. Cheshire (lw: T-7)
8. Masuk (lw: NR)
9. Glastonbury (lw: NR)
10. Canton (lw: NR)

Also receiving votes: Immaculate, Staples, Ridgefield, Branford, Simsbury, Greenwich, New Milford, Stonington.

Voters: Matt Arinello, Immaculate; Margaret Bristol, Canton; Janet Dickey, Westbrook; Kitty Palmer, Guilford; Maureen Perkins, Glastonbury; Kyle Seaburg, Norwalk; Jenna Tucchio, Stonington.
Compiled by Janet Dickey