Staples soccer player Evelyn Chudowsky controls the ball during action earlier this fall. She had the lone goal in the Wreckers’ 2-1 loss to St. Joseph’s of Trumbull in the FCIAC final on Friday. / Photo by Andy Hutchison

By Andy Hutchison

The Staples High field hockey and girls soccer teams, on Friday, both saw their FCIAC championship hopes dashed after impressive runs to the pinnacle round.

In field hockey action, No. 2 Staples was blanked by top seed Darien 3-0 at neutral site Wilton High.

On the soccer pitch, No. 2 Staples fell 2-1 to top seed St. Joseph’s of Trumbull in New Canaan. Evelyn Chudowsky had the lone Staples goal.

The field hockey team gets back at it in the Class L State Tournament’s first round when the No. 2 Wreckers host No. 15 Hamden at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8. Darien is the top seed.

The girls soccer team is the No. 3 seed in Class LL and will have a first-round bye, then host No. 14 Brien McMahon or No. 19 Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at either 2 or 4 p.m. St. Joe’s is the LL bracket’s No. 2 seed.

(Game schedules are subject to change; click for the latest CIAC updates.)

Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories in Fairfield County, since the 1990s.

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