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Defending Champions Top Preseason Connecticut Girls Soccer Polls
A pair of 2023 champions led the balloting in Classes LL/L and M/S, respectively.
CONNECTICUT — A pair of defending champions lead the polls in the preseason voting of Connecticut high school girls soccer coaches.
Class LL titleholder St. Joseph earned all 10 first-place votes in Classes LL/L, while 2023 Class M winner Bacon Academy garnered nine of 10 top nods in Classes M/S.
Other champions seeking to repeat that success this fall are Simsbury (L) and Cromwell (S).
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Here are the top 10 in each division, with first-place votes in parentheses, as well as all other programs collecting votes.
Classes LL/L
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- St. Joseph (10)
- Staples
- Notre Dame-Fairfield
- Ridgefield
- Mercy
- Simsbury
- Brookfield
- Fairfield Ludlowe
- Bethel
- Greenwich
Also receiving votes: Sacred Heart Academy, Norwich Free Academy, Fairfield Warde.
Classes M/S
- Bacon Academy (9)
- Suffield (1)
- Woodland Regional
- Cromwell
- Lewis Mills
- Weston
- (tie) Granby
7. (tie) Waterford
9. Daniel Hand
10. Watertown
Also receiving votes: Thomaston, Canton, Northwest Catholic, Lyman Memorial.
Coaches voting: Tom Cunningham, Seymour; Mark Morello, Lyman Memorial; Marcus Harley, Mercy; Iain Golding, Ridgefield; Barry Beattie, Staples; Barry O’Reilly, Brookfield; Mark Landers, Glastonbury; Rachel Redding, East Lyme; Gustavo Reaes, Weston, Erin Reed, Tolland.
Compiled by Tom Cunningham
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