2025 MIAA Girls Soccer Championships: High Five for Sutton; History for Hull; Natick, Duxbury, Medfield Shine

The 2025 MIAA Girls Soccer Tournament began with a total of 212 teams across five divisions, and after playing out over a span of three weeks, five champions stood at the end.

Three No. 1 seeds proved their lofty season-long rankings with state championships, while No. 3 and No. 4 seeds were crowned in the other two divisions.

Sutton High School made it five consecutive state championships, Hull High School earned its first title in program history, while Natick High School, Duxbury High School and Medfield High School all returned to the winners’ circle.

The Division 4 final was played Friday, November 21 at Doyle Field in Leominster, which also hosted the Division 1 and Division 2 title games on Saturday, November 22. The Divisions 3 and 5 winners were crowned Saturday, November 22 at Curry College in Milton.

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

Division 4

The first championship of the weekend went down to the last minute, and senior Ava Magnuson provided the thrilling finish for Sutton. Magnuson scored with 32 seconds to play and Sutton, the top seed in the 48-team bracket, secured its fifth straight state title by holding off No. 6 seed Littleton High School, 1-0.

Making their record 17th state final appearance, the Suzies have won all five statewide tournament titles, including the last three in Division 4. The championship was Sutton’s 13th overall, an MIAA record for Girls Soccer.

Sutton did not allow a goal in five tournament wins.

Littleton fell seconds short in the program’s first state championship appearance.

Division 1

In the highest-scoring matchup of the entire weekend, it was No. 4 Natick that provided the majority of the offense in a 4-2 victory over Franklin High School.

Senior captains Nicole Proia and Abby McCauley shared the offense with a pair of goals each for the Redhawks, who won for the third time in five seasons.

McCauley started the scoring in the third minute and got the eventual game-winner in the 36th minute as Natick led 3-2 at the half. Proia’s second goal was an insurance tally midway through the second half.

Franklin, the No. 6 seed in the 39-team bracket, got goals from Grace Marinella and Gwen Holland. The Panthers fell short of their first state title since 2012.

Division 5

Junior Meghan Duran scored the tiebreaking goal in the 66th minute and No. 3 seed Hull made history with its 3-1 victory over No. 4 Monson High School.

Junior Libby Harper slotted home a loose ball in the box in the 73rd minute and the Pirates successfully navigated the 41-team bracket after falling in the state final a year ago.

Sophomore Brianna Ramos gave Hull a 1-0 lead at the half before Monson tied it on junior Avery Beaudoin’s goal midway through the second half.

The Mustangs, playing in their third final in four years and seventh all-time, fell short of a third state championship.

Division 2

One year after falling in the state final, Duxbury returned to the mountaintop with a 3-1 victory over No. 2 seed Longmeadow High School.

In overcoming an early one-goal deficit, the Dragons capped the 42-team bracket with their first state championship since 2008 and fourth overall. Lilah MacQuarrie and Lily Ladieu answered to give Duxbury a 2-1 lead at the break, and Olivia Coperine sealed the win with her goal midway through the second half

Longmeadow, making its first state final appearance, took an early 1-0 lead on Gracie DiStefano’s tally.

Division 3

The lone rematch of a 2024 state final had a different and much happier ending for Medfield. The final score once again was 1-0, but this time it was Medfield winning the matchup of Warriors with a victory over defending champion Nipmuc Regional High School, the No. 2 seed in the 42-team bracket.

Sophomore Devon Weafer made sure of that with her goal in the 13th minute, and Medfield held on from there to earn the program’s first championship since 2012 and third overall.

For Nipmuc, the loss was the first in a state final in five total appearances.