Staples remains No. 1 in state top 10 field hockey poll
Defending Class L state champion Staples remains No. 1 in the state field hockey top 10 poll in voting by the state coaches. The Wreckers (8-1), who averaged 9.8 goals a game in their first seven games of the season against FCIAC competition, dropped their first game of the season on Saturday in a 3-2 loss to Camden Catholic, New Jersey in the MAX Field Hockey High School National Invitational in Pennsylvania.
Staples beat Palmyra Area High of Pennsylvania, 5-0, on Saturday. In national preseason rankings from MaxPreps, Staples was ranked No. 18 with Camden Catholic at No. 6 and Palmyra at No. 13.
Undefeated Darien (7-0) remains at No. 2 with Hand (6-1) at No. 3. Fairfield Ludlowe, who has won six straight matches, leaped into the top 10 at No. 4.
Avon (5-1), which has won five of their first six games, received votes for the first time this season. The Falcons’ only loss is to No. 4 Glastonbury.
The top 10 state field hockey poll as voted by state coaches.
Week 2, Monday, Sept. 23
| School | Rec. | Pts. | LW | Class |
| 1. Staples (7) | 8-1 | 158 | 1 | L |
| 2. Darien (1) | 7-0 | 146 | 2 | L |
| 3. Daniel Hand | 6-1 | 101 | 3 | S |
| 4. Fairfield Ludlowe | 6-1 | 100 | nr | L |
| 4. Glastonbury | 7-0 | 100 | 7 | L |
| 6. Guilford | 6-0-0-1 | 76 | 5 | M |
| 7. North Branford | 5-0 | 46 | 8 | S |
| 8. Wilton | 6-1 | 44 | 4 | L |
| 9. Stonington | 6-0-0-1 | 38 | nr | S |
| 10. Ridgefield | 6-2 | 33 | 6 | L |
| Also receiving votes: Branford (5-1) 31, Greenwich (4-3) 21, Joel Barlow (6-1-12) 17, Sacred Heart Academy (4-1-1-1) 15, Immaculate (6-1) 13, New Milford (7-2) 9, Avon (5-1) and Pomperaug (4-2-1) 6 | ||||
| Coaches Voting: Matt Arinello, Immaculate, Margaret Bristol, Canton; Janet Dickey, Westbrook, Dawn Hough, New Milford, Kitty Palmer, Guilford, Maureen Perkins, Glastonbury, Kyle Seaburg, Norwalk; Jenna Tucchio, Stonington | ||||