PARIS — Nicole Godbout had already seen a teammate thwarted on a breakaway in overtime. The junior midfielder — on the attack during a penalty corner in 7-on-7 overtime — wasn’t going to miss her chance.

Godbout took a feed from Erica Jackson and pounded the ball past Bangor keeper Rachel Luc with 3:40 to play in the first overtime to lift the Vikings to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Rams at the Gouin Athletic Complex on Monday, sending the team’s seniors off with a win in their final home game.

“Seven-on-seven, sometimes it can be an advantage because you can just spread out,” Oxford Hills coach Cindy Goddard said. “Especially on this field, it’s fast, it’s not going to be bumpy and we can have a good passing game. That was a great finish by Nicole.”

Earlier in the overtime period, Tayla Smedberg snuck free behind the Bangor defense and found herself along in front of Luc, but the Rams’ keeper calmly kicked the ball aside to keep her squad in the game.

Godbout wasn’t going to make the same mistake, and with Luc shifted to confront a shot from another direction, Godbout rattled the ball home.

“Tayla hit the ball toward the stroke line, and I pulled it back and hit it to the corner,” Godbout said. “I didn’t want to hit the goalie, she was right there.”

The Vikings finished the regular season at 5-8-1, and with enough points to earn the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Class A playoffs, where they’ll likely take on No. 2 Messalonskee in the quarterfinals.

Monday belonged to the Vikings, though. After dominating most of the first half territorially with nothing to show for it on the scoreboard, the Vikings broke through with 27 ticks remaining when Abby Angevine’s shot from the right side of the circle tipped off of Luc’s right leg pad and into the cage.

“We were all jumping, doing what we all know not to do,” Bangor coach Kasey Danforth said. “It shows. You don’t do what you’re supposed to do, do your job, you have to pay for it.”

Undeterred, the Rams came out flying in the second half, and wasted little time knotting the game back up at one. Torrie Nightingale took advantage of a play-on call from officials after the ball touched an Oxford Hills defender in the foot, dribbled closer to the cage and rifled a shot to the far post. The ball redirected near the goal line and into the cage at the 1:00 mark of the second half.

“We always stress intensity and urgency,” Danforth said. “Really, that was all that was said (at halftime). Some of these girls, this was the last time they were going to play, so I think that was more exciting for them.”

Both teams struggled to generate offense through the remainder of the second half, but with overtime using a 7-on-7 format, the teams’ speed became a factor.

“You need to have the faster players, and you need to be good on your one-on-ones,” Godbout said. “And you need to pass a lot.”

Going forward, big wins down the stretch have the Vikings thinking positively with the playoffs looming.

“We kind of came on strong at the end of the season,” Goddard said. “We scored some goals, which we struggled with early on. That’s been a plus, and I think the team has gotten better.”