Granby Memorial in Top 10 of State Field Hockey Coaches Poll

With no clear-cut favorite emerging among the top teams in Connecticut, Greenwich came out on top of the most recent weekly field hockey coaches poll.

Eight coaches voted in the poll, with no school receiving more than two first-place votes.

Granby Memorial (5-0) tied for seventh in the latest balloting. The Bears have allowed just a single goal while finding the cage 19 times this season.

Here are the top 10 plus all other vote-getters, with records through Wednesday, Sept. 27:

1. Greenwich (6-1)
2. Daniel Hand (5-0-1)
3. Glastonbury (6-0)
4. Darien (7-0-1)
5. Norwalk (6-0)
6. Enfield (5-0)
7. New Fairfield (5-1)
   7. Granby Memorial (5-0)
   9. Pomperaug (5-0-2)
   10. Cheshire (5-0-0-1)

Others receiving votes: North Branford (8-0-1), Avon (4-0-0-1), Immaculate (5-0-1), Staples (5-1), South Windsor (6-0-1), Branford (3-1-0-1).

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.

Compiled by Janet Dickey

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