Suffield Prevails in Girls Soccer Tournament Opener

SUFFIELD, CT — After a two-day delay, the CIAC Class LL and L girls soccer tournaments finally got underway Wednesday, with Suffield, the school at the center of the controversy, and 53 other teams taking the pitch.

State play had been scheduled to begin Monday, but matches in Classes LL and L were postponed just hours before gametime due to discovery of a CIAC error which had placed the Wildcats in Class L, rather than LL.

"The Suffield High School team was incorrectly placed in the Class L tournament when the success in tournament factor used in designating soccer tournament divisions should have placed them in Class LL," the CIAC stated on its web site. "The oversight was discovered [Monday] morning and CIAC notified schools as promptly as possible to re-seed the LL and L tournaments and make the corrections in the seeding and tournament schedules."

Once on the field, Suffield continued its season-long dominance, crushing Simsbury 6-0 to advance to the second round Friday.

Here are Wednesday's results for schools within Hartford and Tolland counties. Click on the class header for a complete bracket.

Class LL (first round)
No. 4 Enfield 2, No. 29 Hamden 0 (next: No. 13 Wilton at Enfield, Friday 5 p.m.)
No. 2 Suffield 6, No. 31 Simsbury 0 (next: No. 18 Fairfield Warde at Suffield, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 10 Newington 4, No. 23 Manchester 2 (next: Newington at No. 7 Amity Regional, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 6 South Windsor 2, No. 27 Hall 0 (next: No. 11 Middletown at South Windsor, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 17 Shelton 4, No. 16 Southington 0
No. 13 Wilton 1, No. 20 E.O. Smith 0
No. 3 Ridgefield 5, No. 30 East Hartford 1
No. 11 Middletown 4, No. 22 Conard 0

Class L (first round)
No. 17 Farmington 7, No. 16 Bullard Havens 0 (next: Farmington at No. 1 RHAM, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 10 Berlin 6, No. 23 North Haven 2 (next: Berlin at No. 7 Daniel Hand, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 11 Avon 4, No. 22 Wethersfield 2 (next: Avon at No. 6 Pomperaug, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 9 Sheehan 2, No. 24 Rockville 0
No. 13 Joel Barlow 6, No. 20 Bristol Eastern 1

Class M (second round)
No. 17 Tolland 6, No. 1 Plainfield 0 (next: Tolland at No. 8 Watertown, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 10 Northwest Catholic 3, No. 26 Rocky Hill 2 (next: No. 15 Immaculate at Northwest Catholic, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 3 Lewis Mills 4, No. 19 Morgan 1 (next: No. 27 New Fairfield at Lewis Mills, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 8 Watertown 3, No. 9 Granby Memorial 1
No. 4 Notre Dame-Fairfield 4, No. 20 East Catholic 1

Class S (second round)
No. 1 Capital Prep 4, No. 17 Stafford 3 (next: No. 24 Portland at Capital Prep, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 12 St. Paul 4, No. 5 Housatonic Regional 2 (next: No. 13 Old Saybrook at St. Paul, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 7 Coventry 2, No. 10 Holy Cross 1 (next: Coventry at No. 2 Old Lyme, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 14 Bolton 6, No. 3 Innovation 0 (next: Bolton at No. 11 Terryville, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 24 Portland 5, No. 8 Public Safety/Aerospace 1
No. 2 Old Lyme 4, No. 18 Somers 1

Photo credit: Tim Jensen