WISCASSET — Despite a solid 6-0-1 mark entering Monday’s key Mountain Valley Conference matchup with Wiscasset, Jake Gentle’s Lisbon High School girls soccer squad was looking for respect.

Even though the Greyhounds had yet to lose, Lisbon sat in sixth place in the Western Maine Class C Heal Point standings, three places behind the Wolverines.

So, Lisbon’s 3-0 victory will likely move the ’Hounds up a couple spots, but more importantly, give them confidence with some tough challenges coming up against Dirigo (Thursday), MVC newcomer Oak Hill (Oct. 1), Madison (Oct. 4) and St. Dom’s (Oct. 11).

“It’s a quality win, but every win in our conference is quality, only having that one chance to play a team during the regular season,” said Gentle. “If you can get a win on a team like this, you can carry it throughout the season.”

“This is a really big win, and we are really happy for it,” said Lisbon forward Kayla Angelico, who scored two first-half goals to stake her team to a 2-0 halftime lead. “We have a lot of good chemistry going, no big drama, and we are just one big family, which really works well on the field.”

For Wiscasset (6-3-1), the loss ended a three-game winning streak, a period during which the Wolverines held opponents without a goal.

“I thought they did well beating us to a lot of balls, and when they struck the ball they struck it hard and played off each other well,” said Duane Goud, whose Wolverines travel to Spruce Mountain on Thursday. “We all have to get on the same page. We can’t afford a loss to come between us and our goal, and we need to continue to move forward. We should be a team to contend with in the playoffs, but we need to be there mentally.”

Lisbon jumps on top

Angelico was kicking herself after missing a clean breakaway after a lead pass from Chelsea Huston.

Two minutes later, she didn’t make the same mistake, taking a Huston pass, getting Wiscasset netminder Kayla Gordon to the ground and slipping the ball inside the near post with 23:53 to play in the first half.

“I try to look for openings and the space, and sometimes I wait for them and when they make their move, I go around them,” Angelico said. “The second time, I was able to go around their goalie and score.”

“We were spreading them out and getting the ball to Chelsea and sending it through to Kayla, and when she has space with the ball she is so tough to guard because she is so fast and talented,” Gentle said.

Wiscasset answered on the other end, but Kasey Cromwell’s hard shot after beating the Lisbon defense was knocked away by Greyhounds’ netminder Courtney Martel, one of her five saves.

“We had our chances, but we just couldn’t get the ball back into the net,” said Goud.

Angelico made it 2-0 with 10:55 left in the opening frame. She stole a Wiscasset clearing attempt and took two strides before blasting a shot from just inside the penalty area underneath Gordon.

“We were playing an even game, but we got beat a couple times while we were standing around,”Goud said.

“They won a lot of balls in the air and got the ball past us,” said Wiscasset midfielder Miranda McIntire. “I think we have the speed to match them when we put our minds to it. But, we need to communicate better and be there for each other. This is a sign of what we need to work on, and we have time to come back.”

Wiscasset again battled back, with the Wolverines pinning Lisbon inside its defensive zone for the final six minutes of the half. But, the Greyhound defense of Gabby Ouellette, Chantal Bisson, Dakota Bisson and Drew Stewart-Staples allowed few looks at the net.

“Sometimes we go through spells where we struggle to get the ball out of our zone, and it seems that we have a miss kick, another miss kick and another miss kick, and teams keep us pinned in,” said Gentle. “We have to get better at that as we move forward.”

Lisbon put the game away five minutes into the second half when Loren Grant finished off a pass from Jenna Clifford for a 3-0 Greyhounds lead.

Neither team threatened the rest of the way. Gordon finished with five saves for Wiscasset, with Lisbon owning a 3-1 advantage in corner kicks. Both teams were credited with nine shots.