LEOMINSTER — After suffering a 5-0 loss to Masconomet in last year’s MIAA Division II state championship game, the Duxbury girls soccer team was particularly inspired in Saturday’s title-game redux with Longmeadow.

The top-seeded Dragons fell into an early hole but didn’t panic, scoring three unanswered goals after conceding just seven minutes into the first half to capture a 3-1 victory over the second-seeded Lancers at Doyle Field.

It was the fourth state title in program history for Duxbury, and the first since 2008. The Dragons capped their title-winning season with an 18-2-3 record.

Longmeadow (17-3-4) scored first in Saturday’s final, tallying on one of its patented set pieces in the eighth minute. The Lancers have been dangerous on set pieces all season, and Cameron Greenman’s co

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