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Darien Scores and Standings, Oct. 4

Patch's daily digest of Darien sports.

UPDATES

• Field hockey: Having graduated 13 seniors, this was supposed to be the year the Darien field hockey team started to come back to the pack, or at least that's what some observers suggested. But it hasn't happened yet.

On Saturday, the Blue Wave edged Hand 1-0 in a rematch of last year's CIAC Class M state final, won by Darien, 4-2.  A week ago, Darien posted a 4-3 victory at Lakeland/Panas (N.Y.), which was ranked No. 1 in the country at the time.

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The defending four-time state champion Blue Wave have gotten off to a 7-0 start, extending their unbeaten streak to 83 games (80-0-3).

• Football: The Darien football team, which defeated St. Joseph 31-7 to improve to 3-0, has climbed to 15th in this week's New Haven Register top 10 state media poll.

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Xavier (3-0, 13 first-place votes) leapfrogged Masuk (3-0, 12) back into the No. 1 spot. The teams may jockey for the top ranking all year.

Ansonia (3-0) climbed over New Canaan (3-0), which needed a strong fourth quarter to defeat Fairfield Warde 28-14, into the No. 3 spot.

Completing the poll are: No. 5 Hand (3-0), No.6 New London (2-0), which routed Greenwich, 51-33, No. 7 Staples (3-0), No. 8 Windsor (3-0) No. 9 West Haven (3-0) and No. 10 Bunnell (3-0), which was unranked last week.

Staples, which rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat McMahon 24-21 on a last-second field goal, also fell one spot.

MONDAY'S RESULTS

  • Field hockey: Darien at McMahon
  • Girls volleyball: Darien 3, Staples 2 (25-14, 23-25, 25-18, 26-28, 15-8)

TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE

  • Boys soccer: Ridgefield at Darien, 4 p.m.
  • Boys cross country: Fairfield Ludlowe, Harding, Westhill, Darien at New Canaan, 4 p.m.
  • Girls cross country: Fairfield Ludlowe, Harding, Westhill, Darien at New Canaan, 4 p.m.

STANDINGS

  • Football
West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record Overall Points F/A Staples 3-0 93-36 3-0 93-36 Trumbull 2-0 82-21 2-0 82-21 Greenwich 2-0 65-11 2-1 98-62 Danbury 1-1 58-28 2-1 88-34 Westhill 0-3 48-117 0-3 48-117 Bridgeport Central 0-3 36-125 0-3 36-125 Central Division FCIAC Record
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A Ridgefield 2-1 78-44 2-1 78-44 Norwalk 3-0 87-39 3-0 87-39 McMahon
1-2 71-46 1-2 71-46 Stamford 1-2 83-59 1-2 83-59 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-3 21-114 0-3 21-114 Harding 0-3 7-110 0-3 7-110 East Division FCIAC Record
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A New Canaan 3-0 118-34 3-0 118-34 Darien
3-0 98-39 3-0 98-39 Wilton
3-0 116-40 3-0 116-40 Trinity Catholic 2-1 74-70 2-1 74-70 Fairfield Warde 1-2 55-72 1-2 55-72 St. Joseph 0-3 28-93 0-3 28-93 Bassick 0-3 20-140 0-3 20-140
  • Boys soccer
West Division FCIAC Record Points Staples 5-0-1 16 Trumbull 5-1-0 15 Danbury 3-1-2 11 Greenwich 3-1-2 11 Westhill 2-5-0 6 Bridgeport Central 0-5-2 2 Central Division FCIAC Record Points Norwlk 4-1-1 13 Fairfield Ludlowe 4-3-0 12 Stamford 3-3-1 10 Ridgefield 2-4-1 7 McMahon 1-4-0 3 Harding 0-6-0 0 East Division FCIAC Record Points Darien 6-0-1 19 New Canaan 4-0-1 13 Wilton 4-2-1 13 Fairfield Warde 3-3-1 10 Bassick
2-4-1 7 Trinity Catholic 1-3-0 3 St. Joseph 0-6-1 1
  • Girls soccer
West DivisionRecordPoints Westhill 6-0-0 18 Greenwich 5-1-1 16 Trumbull 1-0-3 6 Danbury 1-4-1 4 Central 0-5-0 0 Central DivisionRecordPoints Fairfield Ludlowe 3-1-1 10 Staples 3-2-1 10 Ridgefield 2-2-2 8 Norwalk 2-5-0 4 Stamford 1-5-0 3 McMahon 1-5-0 3 East DivisionRecordPoints St. Joseph 6-0-0 18 New Canaan 5-1-0 15 Darien 4-2-1 14 Fairfield Warde 2-2-1 7 Wilton 0-2-2 2 Trinity Catholic 0-6-0 0
  • Field hockey
West Division
FCIAC Record Points Staples 4-1-0-0 8 Stamford 3-1-0-0 6 Greenwich 2-3-0-0 4 Danbury 1-3-0-0 2 Ridgefield 0-2-2-0 2 Westhill 1-2-0-0 2 Trumbull 0-4-1-0 1 East Division Darien 5-0-0-0 10 Wilton 4-0-0-0 8 Norwalk 4-1-0-0 8 New Canaan 3-1-0-0 6 Fairfied Warde 1-2-1-1 4 McMahon 0-2-1-0 1 Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-4-0-0

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  • Girls volleyball
West Division Record Staples 7-0 Greenwich 6-2 Danbury 4-3 Trumbull 4-4 Westhill 3-3 Bridgeport Central 1-6 Central Division Ridgefield 6-2 Stamford 5-2 Fairfield Ludlowe
4-3 Brien McMahon 2-6 Norwalk 2-6 Harding 0-7 East Division Darien 8-0 New Canaan
7-1 Fairfield Warde 4-3 St. Joseph 2-4 Trinity Catholic
2-5 Wilton 2-5 Bassick 0-7

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