Southington Volleyball Ranks High in Coaches Poll

In a wacky week which saw eight different schools receive first-place votes, RHAM High School emerged as the pacesetter in the weekly high school girls volleyball coaches poll, as published by GameTimeCT.com.

The Sachems (5-0) were named first on 17 of 33 ballots to claim the top spot.

Southington (3-1) placed second, sweeping its first three opponents in straight sets before falling to RHAM Tuesday night.

Here are the top 10, with records through Sept. 19:

1. RHAM (5-0)
2. Southington (3-1)
3. Farmington (3-0)
4. Cheshire (5-0)
5. Ridgefield (4-0)
6. Killingly (5-0)
7. Torrington (5-0)
8. Coventry (4-0)
9. Lyman Memorial (4-0)
10. St. Joseph (6-1)

Coaches voting: Craig Brown, East Haven; Lidania Cibere, Ridgefield; Peter Georgiou, Brien McMahon; Julie Johnson, Foran; Mike Smeriglio, Stamford; Richard Heitz, Southington; Steve Brienza, Wilton; Matt Warner, Glastonbury; Tim Guernsey, RHAM; Victoria Sperrazza, Sheehan; Scott Dumond, Bacon Academy; Adam Bottone, Woodstock Academy; Steve Lapham, Greenwich; Seth Davis, Amity Regional; Curt Burns, Avon; Kevin Wesche, Naugatuck; Mackenzie Moosbrugger, Weston; Stacy Loch, Jonathan Law; Kevin Savejs, Maloney; Albina Belisle, Enfield; Jack Biggs, East Lyme; Laura Meyer, Guilford; Sue Bavone, Cheshire; Fred Huhn, Cheney Tech; Matt Narwold, Fairfield Warde; Dan Vogt, Killingly; Amanda Nappi, Lyman Memorial; Laurie LaRusso, Darien; Laura Arena, Farmington; Jeff Babineau, St. Joseph; Bill Howard, Norwich Free Academy; Traci Capodice, Cromwell; Tony Nocera, New Milford.

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