LISBON — Ties in high school soccer are all about interpretation.

On one hand, Lisbon now sees that it has the scoring punch, rock-solid goalkeeping and toughness to confront anybody after Saturday’s 2-2 draw with fellow girls’ unbeaten Monmouth. And deep down, the Greyhounds probably knew that already.

You don’t have to sweat too profusely over the statistical sheet or the game film, however, to find a different motivational message.

“Hats off to Monmouth. They’re the cream of the crop,” Lisbon coach Jake Gentle said. “It tells us where we really are. I know we’re 5-0-1, but watching the game you could see that they’re just a little more skilled, a little quicker and a little bit better with their execution. I think they just didn’t quite finish as well as they would have wanted to today.”

Monmouth (6-0-1) can view the result with the same either-or, yeah-but respective.

The Mustangs outshot the Greyhounds 41-7. At least three of those clanged the metal behind Lisbon sophomore goalie Ali Sult, who was brilliant with 25 saves.

“We must have hit crossbar, post seven times today. And we had a breakaway that we muffed, couldn’t get control of,” Monmouth coach Gary Trafton said. “We made a couple of mistakes, and they capitalized. They took their opportunities when they had it and scored.”

Still, it was Monmouth which twice battled back from one-goal deficits — each inflicted by a titanic boot from Greyhounds junior sniper Deliah Schreiber — to knot the game.

Sidney Wilson planted a penalty kick to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit with 34:28 to play.

Schrieber restored Lisbon’s advantage with a booming direct kick from 25 yards. She later missed a chance to make it a two-goal cushion when her penalty kick with 15:30 remaining veered wide right.

Monmouth pushed the issue thereafter, overcoming a furious effort by Lisbon defenders Chandler Riordan, Kailyn Hill and Drew Stewart-Staples in front of Sult to tie it with 4:19 to go in regulation.

Sophomore Haley Fletcher headed it to herself between two Greyhounds and walked in alone for the equalizer.

“They were physical. We knew that coming in, and the girls held up and played that way,” Trafton said. “We were down 1-0, and we tied it up. Down 2-1, and we tied it up. We never gave up.”

Sult made 14 stops in the second half and three more between the two five-minute overtime periods.

“You have a good day and you have a bad day. Today was our somewhat off day, but our defense held strong, and I’m proud of my team for it,” Sult said. “The key for me was probably my team having my back. As soon as they blow the whistle and the game starts, I know that they have my back, so I’m good to go.”

Sammy Grandahl and Wilson each rattled a point-blank bid off the crossbar in the first 15 minutes of the contest.

“They gave me a heart attack a few times, I’ll admit that,” Sult said. “It feels great knowing that we could tie this team. They’re a good team.”

Schreiber provided Lisbon’s halftime lead with the type of goal that has become her calling card in the MVC.

Confronted by three maroon shirts, Schrieber shook them off with dazzling footwork and fired over goalie Mikayla Cameron’s head to the upper right corner of the cage.

“We didn’t get a lot of shots, but when we did get the shots, we capitalized,” Gentle said.

Taylor Spadafora hit the post early in the second half for Monmouth.

In addition several sliding stops by Sult, the Mustangs just missed a handful of potential scoring connections.

“I was pleased. We’ve just got to make better touches,” Trafton said. “That’s one of the things we’ve been hounding all season long, that when we make a bad touch, the other team gets the ball. It shows in the offensive area. When you shoot it right at the goalie, you’re not going to beat a good goalie that way.”