The Pioneer girls hockey team has known nothing but defeat against Grosse Pointe South for the past four years, and lost to them in back-to-back state finals in 2008 and 2009.

Those losses made the Pioneers’ 5-2 win over the Blue Devils at City Sports Center in Detroit all the more sweet on Thursday.

Pioneer got on the board first with a power play goal from Shelby Supica late in the first period, but Grosse Pointe South took a 2-1 lead after back-to-back goals in the second.

Pioneer’s seniors refused to let their careers end without having beaten their nemesis, though, accounting for every single point of Pioneer’s next four goals.