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Coaches voting in 2004 poll:
Cookie Bromage, Enfield
Janet Dickey, Westbrook
Linda DIrga, Pomperaug
Kathy Dziedzik, Nonnewaug
Dominique Fox, Windsor
Dawn Hough, New Milford
Kitty Palmer, Guilford
Kyle Seaburg, Norwalk
Previous poll champions
2004 -- Fairfield Warde
2003 -- Pomperaug
2002 -- Pomperaug
2001 -- Shepaug
2000 -- Granby
1999 -- Canton
1998 -- Canton
1997 -- New Canaan
1996 -- Cheshire
1995 -- Canton
1994 -- Enfield
1993 -- Enfield
1992 -- Canton
1991 -- Canton
1990 -- Greenwich
1989 -- Cheshire
1988 -- Old Saybrook
1987 -- Cheshire
1986 -- Canton
1985 -- Cheshire

2003 state field hockey poll
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Connecticut field hockey coaches poll

2003 state finals
Sat., Nov. 15, Trinity Coll., Hartford
Class L: Pomperaug 1, Guilford 0
Class M:  New Canaan 2, Wilton 1
Class S: Granby 3, Lewis Mills 1

Week 8, FINAL (Nov. 17)
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug (9)   22-0      180       1
2. Guilford            16-3-1    146       2
3. Granby            12-5-1-1  138      nr
4. New Canaan    12-4-3     134      nr
5. Greenwich       12-3-2-1    87      9
6. Branford           13-4-1      77       5
7. Lewis Mills       14-4-1      70      nr
8. Wilton              11-3-3-2   68      nr
9. Canton             13-4-1      38     11
t10. Shepaug        13-2-2      28      3
t10. Hand             11-6-2      28     nr
Others receiving votes: 11. Norwalk 8-4-3, 25 votes, 12. South Windsor 13-4-1, 16; 13. Cheshire 12-5-0-1, 15.

Week 7 (Nov. 3) [final regular season]
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug (9)  16-0       180       1
2. Guilford            13-2-1     154       3
3. Shepaug          12-1-2     148       2
4. Avon                12-2-1     116       4
5. Branford          12-3-1      111       5
6. Darien             10-2-2        64     11
7. H-Killingworth   12-2-2        58      8
8. Cheshire          11-4-0-1     55      7
9. Greenwich       10-2-2-1      48      6
10. So. Windsor   12-3-1        35      9
Others receiving votes: 11. Canton 11-3-1, 26 votes; 12. Stonington 12-2-1, 26, 13. New Milford 10-3-1, 16.

Week 6 (Oct. 27, 2003)
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug (9)  16-0        180      1
2. Shepaug          11-1-1      152      4
3. Guilford            12-2-1      130      2
4. Avon                11-2-1      113      3
5. Branford          10-3-1         97      6
6. Greenwich       10-2-2-1      79      8
7. Cheshire          10-3-0-1     76       5
8. H-Killingworth   12-1-2        66       9
9. South Windsor  11-2          39     13
10. New Milford    10-3-1        35     10
Others receiving votes: 11. Darien 10-2-2, 20 votes, 12. Stonington 11-2-1 and Westhill 11-2-1-1, 14 votes; 14. Brookfield 7-2-2, 13 votes.

Week 5 (Oct. 20, 2003)
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug (8)  14-0       160       1
2. Guilford            10-0-1     126       2
3. Avon                10-1        124       6
4. Shepaug          10-1-1      112      3
5. Cheshire          10-1-0-1   103      4
6. Branford             9-2-1       89      6
7. Canton               9-3          55      7
8. Greenwich         8-1-2-1     40     nr
9. H-Killingworth   10-1-2       39      8
10. New Milford      8-3-1       32     10
Others receiving votes: 11. Brookfield 6-2-2, 18 votes; 12. Hand 5-4-2 15; 13. South Windsor 9-2 14; 14. Lewis Mills 8-3-1, 13.

Week 4 (Oct. 13, 2003)
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug (8)   11-0      160      1
2. Guilford             7-0-1     126      4
3. Shepaug           9-0-1     123       5
4. Cheshire             8-1      114       3
5. Branford            6-1-1       95       7
6. Avon                   8-1        75      2
7. Canton               8-2         65      8
8. H-Killingworth    8-0-2       46     nr
9. Brookfield         6-1-2       35       9
10. New Milford     7-2-1       33     11
Others receiving votes: 11. Glastonbury 8-2, 32 votes; 12. Wilton 7-0-2-2, 28

Week 3 (Oct. 6, 2003)
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug (7)    8-0      176      1
2. Avon (1)             7-0       156      2
3. Cheshire (1)       7-0       150       t3
4. Guilford              5-0-1    117       5
5. Shepaug            6-0-1    100       t3
6. Glastonbury        7-1        70      10
7. Branford             6-1-1      69       9
8. Canton               7-2         62      6
9. Brookfield           5-0-2      54      8
10. Wilton              6-0-1-2   52       7
Others receiving votes: 11. New Milford 5-1-1, 35 votes; 12. North Branford 7-1-1. 25.

Week 2 (Sept. 29, 2003)
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug (7)   7-0      176      1
2. Avon (1)     5-0      136      2
3. Cheshire (1)      4-0       100      4
3. Shepaug    5-0      136      3
5. Guilford    3-0-1       96      7
6. Canton       5-192    11
7. Wilton     6-0-165      9
8. Brookfield   5-0       64     10
9. Branford  4-1-143       8
10. Glastonbury     5-1        38      6
Others receiving votes: 11. New Milford 4-1, 32 votes

Week 1 (Sept. 23, 2003)
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Pomperaug 4-0      143      1
2. Avon          4-0      122      nr
3. Shepaug    4-0      107      2
4. Cheshire    3-0      100      nr
5. Westhill     4-0 62     nr
6. Glastonbury       3-0 55    12
7. Guilford    2-0-154    11
8. Branford   2-1-142     3
9. Wilton        5-040     nr
10. Brookfield4-0 38     nr
Others receiving votes: 11. Canton 2-1, 35; 12. North Branford 4-0-1, 32; 13. New Milford 3-1, 25; 14. New Canaan 3-1 and Greenwich 1-0-1-1 23; 16. South Windsor 4-1 22.

Connecticut field hockey coaches poll (2004)

2004 state finals
Sat., Nov. 20, Trinity Coll., Hartford
Class L: Fairfield Warde 3, Greenwich 2
Class M:  Branford 3, Darien 1
Class S: Granby 3, Canton 1

FINAL
Team                    Rec     Votes   LW
1. Fairfield Warde (5)  17-2-0-1  146     9
2. Branford (2)        18-0-1-1   138   5
2. Granby              17-1-2      138   7
4. Greenwich (1)     19-1-1      116  1
5. Darien                17-2-1       98   3
6. Canton              15-2-3        82  10
7. Hand                 15-3-1       66    4
8. South Windsor   13-1-3-1    54    8
9. Guilford             14-4-1       40   11
10. Pomperaug      16-3-0       25    2
Others receiving votes: Lewis Mills 14-2-3, Avon 10-5-2.
n Of note: Greenwich had beaten Fairfield Warde, known as Fairfield High up to this year, seven straight times but the Mustangs finally broke through to win its first Class L championship and earn the top spot in the state coaches poll for the first time. … Granby won a record ninth state title with a dominating 3-1 win over Canton in the coaching finale for 19-year coach Nancy Grace. … Branford won its ninth Class M championship by outlasting Darien. ... Granby and Branford tied for second place in the poll.

Week 5, Nov. 2
Team                    Rec     Votes   LW
1. Greenwich (7)    14-0-1      158     1
2. Pomperaug (1)   14-1-0      136     2
3. Darien               13-0-1      128     3
4. Hand                 13-1-1-1   102     4
5. Branford             13-1-0-1    79     7
6. New Milford        12-1-0-1    72     5
7. Granby              12-1-2       57     8
8. South Windsor   10-0-2       56     6
9. Fairfield Warde   12-1-0-1    52     t10
10. Canton             11-1-3      40     t10
Others receiving votes: Guilford 11-3-1, Norwalk 10-2-0-1, Simsbury 9-0-3-1
n Of note: Guilford beat Hand last week 1-0 to force Hand to share the SCC title with Branford. ... Granby went 2-0 last week while Canton tied Suffield and Stafford to give the Bears the NCCC title. .. Southington (4-0-1) won the CCC East title while Simsbury (4-0-1) won the CCC West.

Week 4, Oct. 26
Team                    Rec     Votes   LW
1. Greenwich (7)    13-0-1    158     t1
2. Pomperaug (1)   12-1-0    134     2
3. Darien               12-0-1    122      3
4. Hand                 11-1-1      99     4
5. New Milford        11-1-0-1   87     6
6. South Windsor     9-0-2     79     5
7. Branford             11-1-0-1  74      7
8. Granby              10-1-2      63   12
9. Norwalk             10-1-0-1   53     8
10. Canton             11-1-1     43     9
10. Fairfield Warde 11-1-0-1   43     11
Others receiving votes: Guilford 9-2-1

Week 3, Oct. 19
Team                    Rec     Votes   LW
1. Greenwich (10)    10-0-1    200     t1
2. Pomperaug          9-1-0     153     t1
3. Darien                10-0-1    138      7
4. Hand                   9-1-1     132     6
5. South Windsor     6-0-1     115     5
6. New Milford       8-0-0-1     100     8
7. Branford            8-1-0-1      91      3
8. Norwalk            8-0-0-1       83     4
9. Canton                8-0-1       71     10
10. Guilford             8-1-1       62     9
Others receiving votes: Fairfield Warde 9-1, Granby 6-1-2

Week 2, Oct. 12
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Greenwich (4)   8-0-1      136      3
1. Pomperaug (2)  7-1-0      136      2
3. Branford (2)     7-0-0-1     110      5
4. Norwalk            7-0-0      102      8
5. South Windsor  6-0-1        93     4
6. Hand                7-1-0        91     1
7. Darien              7-0-1        89      6
8. New Milford     4-0-0-1       79      7
9. Guilford            6-1-0         65     10
10. Canton           7-0-1         29     12
Other teams receiving votes: Avon 5-2, Fairfield Warde 7-1, Farmington 7-2
n Of note: Pomperaug has been ranked No. 1 for 13 of the last 14 weeks. … Pomperaug had a 49-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 1-0 loss to Greenwich on Oct. 11. The Panthers were 21-0-1 in 2002 and 22-0 in 2003 before going 6-0 this season.

Week 1, Oct. 5
Team                  Rec     Votes   LW
1. Hand (8)           5-1-0      160      --
2. Pomperaug       5-0-0      133      --
3. Greenwich        6-0-1      122      --
4. South Windsor  4-0-1        97     --
5. Branford          4-0-0-1       77
6. Darien              5-0-1        73
7. N. Milford         4-0-0-1      65
8. Norwalk            5-0-0        57
9. Farmington       6-1-0        50
10. Guilford           4-1-0        43
Other teams receiving votes: Avon (4-1), Canton (3-0-1)
n Of note: Pomperaug drops from the No. 1 spot after 12 straight weeks dating back to mid-season in 2002. ...  It could be Hand's first time at No. 1. Connecticut Sports Online's research includes the top team in each poll back to 1991 but the poll began in 1985. ... Since 1991, Pomperaug's 12 weeks at No. 1 is the longest since Canton had 11 weeks at No. 1 from 1991-92.