THOMASTON — There can be good ties and there can be bad ties.

The Lisbon girls’ soccer team experience a little bit of both in a 2-2 stalemate with unbeaten Georges Valley on Monday.

The Greyhounds typically might have been satisfied with a tie on the road against the Bucs. After holding the lead for much of the second half and watching Georges Valley tie the game in the final seconds, however, this result gave the Greyhounds a bit of a bittersweet feel.

“Ties are always one of those funny things,” said Lisbon coach Jake Gentle, whose club tied the Bucs 0-0 here last year. “You don’t always know how to feel. When you tie a team like Georges Valley, you have to hold your head up high because they’re a good team. When you tie a team that you know that you’re better than, you don’t feel as good about it.

“I think the girls know that they had a chance to win. We hit the crossbar a couple of times. They know Georges Valley had a chance to win the game, but I think the girls are okay with the tie.”

The Greyhounds end the regular season at 10-3-1. Lisbon was ranked eighth in the latest Western B standings and have been trying to hold that final tourney spot down the stretch. Oak Hill’s tie Friday confirmed the Greyhounds postseason berth, but the girls didn’t know that. Monday’s result should help Lisbon’s standing. Gentle figures the tie could bump his team up to sixth or seventh. After a strong game against Hall-Dale and Monday’s tie with Georges Valley, the Greyhounds are saving some of their strongest play for the stretch run. Lisbon was shut out by both the Bulldogs and Bucs in previous games this year.

“We showed a lot of heart,” said sophomore midfielder Brooke Lawrence. “We stepped it up today. This built us up. We should have a big game in the playoffs. I think we’ll do well if we play as hard as we did today.”

Senior forward Ashley Beaulieu continued to establish a new scoring record at Lisbon with her 28th and 29th goals this season, but Jill Bradbury answered with two for the Bucs. The second one came with just eight seconds left.

Georges Valley (12-0-2) pressured the Greyhounds after Beaulieu’s second goal of the game midway through the second half. As the final minutes ticked down, the Bucs had the Lisbon defense scrambling. The Greyhounds couldn’t get the ball out, leading to a corner kick with 20 seconds remaining. Danielle Frye sent it toward the goalmouth. Several Lisbon defenders had a chance to touch it out of harm’s way, but Bradbury was the only one to put a foot on it.

It was a devastating moment for the Greyhounds, who had to regroup to play overtime against a surging Georges Valley club.

Lawrence had the best chance at the game-winner in overtime. She had a free kick that she curled toward the corner of the net, but it hit the right post with 3:41 left in the second five-minute stanza.

Despite missing the early opportunity, the Greyhounds struck first with eight seconds left in the first half. Kayla Angelico won the ball in the midfield and put it ahead for Beaulieu. She scooted around a defender and fired a shot off the hands of keeper Kennadi Grover.

Grover had a fine game with seven saves while Lisbon’s Kyrstin Ramich was equally up to the task with 10 saves.

The Bucs tied the game at 6:37 of the second half. Lisbon bounced back and took the lead again with 19:10 remaining. Angelico sent a pass ahead from the midfield for Beaulieu. She outran a defender and put a shot past a charging Grover. Two Bucs defenders chased after it but couldn’t stop it before it reached the net.

“That’s what our main goal was today — to get it to the flag and then cross to the middle,” said Beaulieu. “Both me and Kayla are very fast and we’ve got a good midfield.”

The Bucs threatened the rest of the way. Beth Snow had a shot off a corner that went wide, and Erica Brooks had an open net to shoot at but missed in the final minutes.

“We’re understanding what it’s going to take to play in big games in the playoffs,” said Gentle. “The last two games were like playoff games for us.”