2024 MIAA Girls Soccer Championships: Sutton Records Fourth Title in a Row; Wellesley, Masconomet, Nipmuc, Douglas Back on Top

The 2024 MIAA Girls Soccer Tournament began with a total of 207 teams across five divisions, and after playing out over a span of three weeks, five champions stood at the end.

Three championship matches featured the No. 1 seed beating the No. 2 seed in their respective brackets, while in the other two finals it was the No. 2 seed prevailing over the No. 4.

Sutton High School made it four consecutive state championships, while Wellesley High School, Masconomet Regional, Nipmuc Regional, and Douglas High School ended lengthy championship droughts.

The Division 3 final was played Friday, November 22 at Worcester State College, which also hosted the Division 1 and Division 2 title games on Saturday, November 23. The Divisions 4 and 5 winners were crowned Saturday, November 23 at Curry College in Milton.

Here is a recap of the championship matches, in the order they were played:

Division 3

Kyah Montano scored in the 67th minute and Nipmuc Regional, the No. 4 seed in a 44-team bracket, held on for a 1-0 victory over No. 2 Medfield High School at Worcester State.

It was a rematch of a regular-season matchup also won by Nipmuc, 4-1, on Oct. 19. This one didn’t feature nearly as much offense, as the teams were in a stalemate until Montano’s goal lifted Nipmuc to its first state championship since 2014 (and fourth overall).

Medfield suffered its first state title loss after winning its previous two appearances (2010, 2012).

Division 2

Masconomet Regional High School, the top seed in the 43-team bracket, left no doubt, thanks to a three-goal outburst from Amanda Schneider to cruise to a 5-0 victory over No. 2 seed Duxbury High School at Worcester State.

The championship was the first since 1989 for Masco, which got its other two goals from Maggie Blosser.

It was Blosser who started the scoring before Schneider’s first two made it 3-0 at halftime.

Duxbury was aiming for its fourth state title in five tries, but the Dragons’ first since 2008.

Division 1

Despite falling in an early one-goal hole, Wellesley High School -- the No. 2 seed among 36 teams -- got its offense untracked and rolled to a 3-1 victory over No. 4 seed Bishop Feehan High School at Worcester State.

It was the Raiders’ first state title since 2004, but a rare feat for coach Dave Wainwright, who led Natick to the championship in 2023 with a win over Feehan. Wellesley denied Natick a repeat with a win in the semifinals.

Peyton Keyes, who scored the overtime goal in the semifinals, converted a penalty kick to tie the game at 1-1 after the Shamrocks took the early lead on a penalty kick goal of their own from Megan Vieira.

Annie Comella gave Wellesley a 2-1 lead at the half, and Leila Eccher added the insurance tally in the second half, denying Feehan its first title since 2019.

Division 4

Sutton High School continued to cement its reputation as the true dynasty of MIAA soccer, winning its fourth straight state championship and record 12th in program history. The Suzies -- the No. 1 seed among 42 teams -- blanked No. 2 seed Hamilton-Wenham Regional, 2-0, at Curry College.

Ava Magnuson broke the ice in the 22nd minute for Sutton, which quickly doubled the lead seven minutes later on a goal from Addy Jerome.

Sutton beat South Hadley for the Div. 4 title last season, and also won in Division 5 in 2021 and 2022. Hamilton-Wenham, which won Division 4 in 2021, fell short of its second title.

Division 5

Douglas High School -- the No. 1 seed in the 42-team bracket -- didn’t flinch in the face of a first-half deficit, rallying past No. 2 seed Hull High School for a 3-2 victory at Curry College.

Meghan Brazeau snapped the tie in the 68th minute with a goal off a free kick for the Tigers, who picked up the program’s first state championship since 2002.

Brazeau also scored the tying goal for Douglas in the 56th minute. Sadie O’Toole gave the Tigers the lead in the 13th minute, but the Pirates stormed back to take the 2-1 lead at the break on goals from Libby Harper and Elly Thomas.

Hull was making its first state championship game appearance.