Darien Scores and Standings, Oct. 26

UPDATES

• Volleyball: Darien's 3-0 victory over Wilton on Monday, coupled with Ridgefield's 3-1 win over Staples, enabled the Blue Wave (16-0) to clinch the top seed for the FCIAC playoffs.

Darien has two games remaining in the regular season: one at Trumbull on Wednesday and one at home on Friday.

• Field hockey: Lexi Perticone, Sloane Bessey, Maggie Wells, Lilly Cassidy, and Hollis Perticone scored for the Blue Wave (16-0), who completed an undefeated regular season with a 5-0 win over Greenwich. Darien has the top seed for the FCIAC playoffs and will face the No. 8 seed (yet to be determined) in the quarterfinals on Saturday at McMahon.

• Football: Saturday's battle of unbeatens between Darien (6-0) and Staples (5-0) will be televised on Monday at 7:30 p.m. across all regions on MSG Varsity, (channel 14 on Cablevision’s iO TV). The contest gets under way early with a 10:30 a.m. kickoff at Staples.

Darien is ranked third in the latest FCIAC standings with 118.3 points behind New Canaan (123.3) and Staples (118.3). Greenwich, the other team still unbeaten in conference play, is fourth, with 116.0 points.

The FCIAC uses a points formula similiar to the CIAC's system to determine the state playoff participants. Teams receive 100 points for each win and 10 bonus points for every victory achieved by an opponent it has defeated.

Because of the bonus points involved, the winner of Saturday's contest figures to have the inside track to the FCIAC championship Nov. 18 at Trumbull's McDougall Stadium.  

• FCIAC playoff races:

Boys soccer

• 1. Norwalk 13-1-1 40*
• 2. Darien 11-2-3 36*
• 2. Trumbull 10-1-3 34*
• 4. Staples 9-2-4 31*
• 5. Greenwich 9-4-2 29*
• 5. Wilton 9-5-2 29*
• 7. New Canaan 7-3-5 26
• 7. Westhill 8-5-2 26
• 9. Danbury 6-2-7 25
• 10. Fairfield Warde 6-5-3 21

Girls soccer

• 1. St. Joseph 13-1-1 40*
• 2. Westhill 11-1-3 36*
• 3. New Canaan 11-2-2 35*
• 3. Greenwich 10-1-4 34*
• 5. Wilton 8-2-5 29*
• 6. Darien 8-4-3  27
• 7. Fairfield Warde 8-5-2 26 (defeated Trumbull)
• 8. Trumbull 7-3-5 26 
• 9. Staples 6-5-3 21
• 10. Fairfield Ludlowe 6-7-1 19

Girls volleyball

• 1. Darien 16-0*
• 2. Ridgefield 14-2* (defeated Staples)
• 3. Staples 14-2
• 4. New Canaan 13-3*
• 5. Greenwich 13-4*
• 6. Danbury 11-5*
• 7. Westhill 10-6 (defeated Stamford)
• 8. Stamford 10-6
• 9. Fairfield Ludlowe 8-7
• 9. Fairfield Warde 8-8

Field hockey

• 1. Darien 13-0-0-0 26*
• 2. Wilton 11-2-0-0 22*
• 3. Norwalk 10-2-1-0 21*
• 4. Staples 7-2-3-1 18*
• 5. Stamford 8-4-1-0 17*
• 6. New Canaan 7-4-1-0 15*
• 7. Greenwich 3-5-3-2 11
• 7. Westhill 5-6-1-0 11
• 9. Fairfield Ludlowe 4-6-1-1 10
• 9. McMahon 4-6-2-0 10

* clinched playoff spot

TUESDAY'S RESULTS

• Field hockey: Darien 5, Greenwich 0

WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE

• Girls volleyball: Darien at Trumbull, 5:30 p.m.
• Girls swimming: St. Joseph at Darien, 3 p.m. (Darien YMCA)

STANDINGS

• Football

• Boys soccer

• Girls soccer

• Field hockey

• Girls volleyball