Week 7 Connecticut girls soccer coaches polls: St. Joseph, East Hampton on top as postseason begins

We have reached the postseason, and the top teams in the two girls soccer coaches polls remain favorites in their respective conference and CIAC tournaments.

St. Joseph retained the No. 1 spot in the Class LL/L poll despite having a scoreless tie with Fairfield Ludlowe last week. The Cadets have 10 first-place votes and are the top seed in both the FCIAC and Class LL tournaments.

Undefeated Simsbury and Glastonbury are second and third, respectively, and received the remaining five first-place votes: three for Simsbury and two for Glastonbury. Greenwich and Ridgefield dropped to fourth and fifth, respectively, but both have home games in the FCIAC tournament quarterfinals.

Notre Dame Prep has one first-place vote in the LL/L poll. The Lancers are the defending SWC champion. Hall moved into the No. 10 spot, and Farmington dropped out.

Undefeated East Hampton now has 11 first-place votes out of 13 in the Class M/S poll. The Bellringers are the top seed in both the Shoreline Conference and Class M tournaments.

Tolland (second) and Stonington (third) each have one first-place vote. Old Saybrook and Lauralton Hall round out the top five. Seymour makes its first appearance in the Top 10, replacing Hand.

Class LL/L Girls Soccer Poll

Team (1st-place votes)RECPTSLAST1. ST. JOSEPH (10)13-0-213912. SIMSBURY (3)15-0-012723. GLASTONBURY (2)15-0-012554. GREENWICH13-1-111635. RIDGEFIELD13-0-310646. NOTRE DAME PREP (1)14-0-28767. AMITY11-1-36678. TRUMBULL12-3-04789. MERCY11-2-229910. HALL11-2-213NR

Results are through Saturday’s games. Dropped out:Farmington (10).Others receiving votes: Farmington (10-4-1), 10; Cheshire (10-2-3), 7; Masuk (11-2-3), 7; Staples (9-5-2), 4.

Coaches voting: PJ Louis, Conard; Katy Kreiner, Masuk; Wayne Mones, Notre Dame Prep; Eric Rothbart, Cheshire; Alex Joslyn, Berlin; Marcus Harley, Mercy; Richard Geremia, Avon; Ryan Kaufman, South Windsor; Kim Rasmussen, Fairfield Warde; Ken Goodale, East Catholic; Angelo Tsingerliotis, McMahon; Mark Landers, Glastonbury; Marvin Miller, Westhill; Gui Estes, E.O. Smith; Marc Kenney, Brookfield; Barry O’Reilly, Ridgefield.

Class M/S Girls Soccer Poll

Team (1st-place votes)RECPTSLAST1. EAST HAMPTON (11)15-0-011912. TOLLAND (1)12-3-011523. STONINGTON (1)14-1-110344. OLD SAYBROOK11-2-37555. LAURALTON HALL9-5-1606T6. FORAN9-4-25737. LEWIS MILLS9-4-2476T8. GRANBY MEMORIAL11-3-24389. SUFFIELD11-2-036910. SEYMOUR12-1-210NR

Results are through Saturday’s games. Dropped out: Hand (9). Others receiving votes: Thomaston (13-2-0), 9; New Fairfield (10-3-3), 9; Hand (8-4-3), 8; Coginchaug (11-4-1), 8; Holy Cross (11-4-0), 7; Barlow (8-3-3), 4; Housatonic (14-2-0), 3; Weston (9-5-2), 2.

Coaches voting: Thomas Cunningham, Seymour; Matt Rafala, Bacon Academy; Gustavo Reaes, Weston; Moose Dzielak, Granby Memorial; Rob McConville, Hand; Adam Brutting, Nonnewaug; Christian Ghiglia, Waterford; Erin Reed, Tolland; Andrea Giuliano, East Hampton; Cait Hernon, Woodland; DJ Reese, Northwestern; April Parady-Walter, Montville; MaryKate Simoes, Holy Cross.

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