Status Quo Maintained In Latest Field Hockey Poll

This week's Connecticut high school field hockey poll is nearly a copy of its predecessor, with the top 10 teams intact save for a switch of positions between two schools.

New Canaan maintained the top position, collecting six of eight first-place votes, with Darien garnering the other two.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other programs receiving support.

1. New Canaan (lw: 1)
2. Darien (lw: 2)
3. Newtown (lw: 3)
4. Guilford (lw: 4)
5. Norwalk (lw: 5)
6. Immaculate (lw: 6)
7. North Branford (lw: 7)
8. Staples (lw: 9)
9. New Fairfield (lw: 8)
10. Amity (lw: 10)

Also receiving votes: Wethersfield, Granby, Westbrook, Greenwich, Ridgefield.

Coaches voting: Matt Ariniello, Immaculate; Janet Dickey, Westbrook; Dawn Hough, New Milford;, Sandy Wickman Mason, Granby; Kitty Palmer, Guilford; Maureen Perkins, Glastonbury; Kyle Seaburg, Norwalk; Jenna Tucchio, Stonington.