Although neither Kasey Cromwell nor Sarah Hanley was sure about whose foot was responsible for the kick, both seniors and their team are happy nonetheless.

Wiscasset was able to win its playoff opener October 25 on the kick in overtime and lift Wiscasset over Lisbon, 1-0.

The play unfolded as Cromwell was finally able to gain a little ground on stingy Greyhound defense and bring the ball into the box where she unloaded a screaming kick. The kick ricocheted off Lisbon goalie Alexandra Sult and skittered on the edge of goal – half-in and half-out – before Hanley ended any uncertainty to which side by drilling the ball all the way through.

“It had to go in,” Cromwell said. “I was thinking 'This is it. It has to go in; I'm tired.'”

Hanley said there was no way she was going to let the ball eke out on a night when offense was hard to come by.

“I wasn't sure if it bounced off the goalie or the crossbar,” she said. “I jumped and made sure it went in.”

Cromwell's was one of 28 shots for the Wolverines against five for Lisbon. Sult, who as a freshman was playing in her first playoff game, was able to stifle and stymy the Wolverines for 86 minutes and 51 seconds.

“We knew we had to put a lot of pressure on them,” Hanley said. “We just kept playing hard and kept the pressure up.”

The win pits the fourth ranked Wolverines against Saturday's winner of the Mt. Abram and Waynflete tilt at a later date.

Ben Bulkeley can be reached at 207-633-4620 or bbulkeley@boothbayregister.com. Follow him on Twitter: @BBRegisterBen