What a day for our Ann Arbor Pioneer field hockey program. The No. 1 overall seed took down Southeastern Conference rival Dexter 2-0 at Tom Holzer Field in Northville on Saturday to capture the first-ever MHSAA-sponsored state championship — Pioneer's 31st overall, and the first since the sport moved under MHSAA sponsorship in the program's 46th year. Zoe Shuchman, a junior, got us on the board with 4:03 left in the first quarter, and senior Maggie Lamb doubled the lead off a Dexter turnover with 2:47 to play in the third — her 10th goal of the season. And the headline of the whole run: freshman goalie Mara Boullion did not surrender a single goal across the entire tournament, stopping all seven shots Saturday while Dexter dug for chance after chance. This was no cakewalk. Dexter, 15-4-4 and making its fourth-straight title game appearance, outshot us 9-7 and earned 10 penalty corner opportunities. Pioneer answered every one. Twenty-seven seasons in, coach Jane Nixon has her group on top again.
Feel free to follow the link below to keep tabs on our champion Pioneer squad and the rest of Michigan's high school field hockey scene.
Read the full story at mhsaa.com →