CAMBRIDGE — Andover, Chelmsford and Acton-Boxboro have dominated the girls swimming scene since 2004, with Andover capturing 13 state titles and Acton-Boxboro as the two-time defending champions in Division 1.

Well, none of those squads had Needham to deal with until now.

Needham knocked off Acton-Boxboro with a final score of 335 to capture the school’s first state title in the Division 1 Fall State Championships. The Revolution finished second with a 277.5 but trailed throughout.

The Rockets did things the hard way without a gold medal in any event until the final two relays to cap off an unbelievable first season in Division 1 and for head coach Kate Curtain.

“We had an unbelievable season. Going into this year, I knew we had some really good seniors and a really strong group returning,” said Curtain, who was an assistant the past two seasons but has coached most of the girls on the club level for the past decade. “We had a couple of hiccups here and there, but our record was good, we beat Wellesley on senior night and that’s kind of when we felt something (special).”

Lucy Mackey, Rebecca Hwang, Julia Shulman, and Isabella Bobocea grabbeed gold in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.77) and followed it up moments later with a first-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle (3:37.89) medley with Chloe Wukitch replacing Hwang on the second leg to finish the season, breaking the Rockets’ NHS record time.

The depth of the roster made the difference throughout.

Wukitch snapped up silver medals in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.59) and 500-yard freestyle (5:19.21), while Bobocea grabbed a bronze medal in the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.39) and the senior tacked on a silver in the 100-yard freestyle (54.50) event to help the Rockets take an early lead.

In a pivotal individual event midway through, the 100-yard butterfly had Needham place fifth, sixth, and seventh, grabbing a total of 38.5 points. Shulman (1:02.24), Sophie Guarrera (1:02.94) and Natalie Guarrera (1:03.41) put the Rockets out front for good with their combined efforts.

Newton North posted a third-place finish with a 268, Haverhill (208) was fourth, with Winchester taking fifth at 199.

The only reason Wukitch placed second in her two individual events was Elle Michaud (Winchester), as the senior was the only swimmer to grab gold in two separate individual events.

Michaud posted gold medal times in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.38) and 500-yard freestyle (5:12.35) events for the fifth-place Red and Black.

“As a senior and as a captain, it will be my last high school meet of my career”, said Michaud, who is uncommitted next season. “It was really nice to end on this note with two personal bests, and winning gold.”

Coach Curtain pointed to the strong senior class, key underclassmen, as well as the point of being a second half team.

“Overall, I am so proud of this team and how hard they worked to get where they are today,” said Curtain. “I think this season we emphasized the importance of teamwork. This is a team sport as much as it’s an individual sport and that’s when the relays play a huge role in that, and the team comes together.