LISBON FALLS – Midway through the second half, Monmouth boys’ soccer coach Gary Trafton knew it.

Not only did the Lisbon team know it as well, but the Greyhounds also started to believe it.

One shot was all it was going to take Thursday afternoon, and it was the winless Greyhounds that produced it.

With 13:19 left in the game, Shane Drake redirected a Tim Larson cross that lifted Lisbon to its first win in a 1-0 stunner over Monmouth.

“It’s amazing,” said Drake. “I’ve never felt any better. I thought I was going to have a heart attack.”

Lisbon held off a late Mustang charge and relied on goaltender Mike Wilkins to save the day. Wilkins had 16 saves, a few of them game-savers as Monmouth outshot Lisbon, 31-8.

“All the credit goes to Mike,” said Lisbon coach Scott Barden. “He made save after save after save. It’s kind of weird, but we expect that kind of game from him. He makes saves like that every game.”

Monmouth (5-4-3) had controlled much of the game. Despite the superiority in possession, the Mustangs couldn’t finish. Lisbon (1-8-2) did a fine job clogging the middle and clearing loose balls. Many Monmouth shots were over the net or right at Wilkins. When the Mustangs did manage a challenging shot, Wilkins came up big.

“We go in spurts,” said Trafton, the Monmouth coach. “We went five games with eight goals and then all of a sudden we broke loose and scored 11 goals in like three games. Now we just don’t finish, and we’re not doing the little things either.”

It seemed inevitable that the Mustangs would score but as the second half wore on, the Greyhounds could sense the opportunity.

“We break down two or three times in a game and teams seem to find when we breakdown,” said Trafton.

Jason Hayes nearly scored for Lisbon with a nice rush that Monmouth keeper Kyle Pelletier made a leaping save on. Lisbon then threatened with a corner kick that nearly was put in by Kyle Neagle.

The Greyhounds still had one more opportunity. Larson played a ball on the left wing and crossed it toward the net. Drake went to the goal and redirected it just over Pelletier’s reach and under the crossbar.

“I just came in and it hit right off my shin, and it went in,” said Drake. “I was trying to push it in but ended up getting it off my shin instead.”

Monmouth tried furiously to tie it and nearly did with 1:04 left. Nate Armstrong’s shot seemed destined for the left corner, but Wilkins made a diving save, barely getting a hand on the ball.

“I knew it was going to be close,” said Wilkins. “I knew I could get a hand on it, but I didn’t know if it was going to go in or not.

“I just anticipated it. I was on my toes the whole time. I knew he was going to go opposite. So I went with it.”

Hayes and Turner Huston are the only seniors on the Lisbon squad. 14 of the players are either freshmen or sophomores.

“We’re really young and each game we’ve been building,” said Barden. “We’ve been playing well the last three or four games. It’s about time we were able to do something.”