Staples Ranks Near Top of Field Hockey Coaches Poll

WESTPORT, CT — An 11-game unbeaten streak to open the season has landed Staples High School in the number three spot in the latest weekly Connecticut Coaches Field Hockey Poll, as reported by GameTimeCT.com.

The Wreckers shut out Norwalk and Ridgefield by identical 3-0 scores in their last two outings to improve to 10-0-1. They have outscored their opponents 58-1.

The most recent top 10 teams and updated current records through Oct. 11:

1. Wilton (8-1-2)
2. Glastonbury (9-0)
3. Staples (10-0-1)
4. Darien (10-1-1)
5. Enfield (8-0)
6. Cheshire (8-0-1-1)
7. Granby Memorial (9-0)
8. Immaculate (9-0)
9. Branford (7-1)
10. Joel Barlow (9-1)

Also receiving votes: Norwalk (9-2-0-1), Nonnewaug (9-0-1), South Windsor (8-2), Westbrook (9-1).

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.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen