SACO — Julia Geaumont has racked up a locker full of accomplishments ”“ both on the mound and at the plate ”“ during her stellar four-year softball career at Thornton Academy.

However, hitting a walk off home has not been among them.

Friday, the Thornton senior added that piece to her glittering resume, slamming the first pitch of the bottom of the seven inning over the left-field fence, lifting the Golden Trojans to a hard fought 4-3 win over Kennebunk, in an SMAA contest.

“I was rounding second, and it actually hit me that I got it over,” said Geaumont, who is bound for Bowdoin College in the fall. “When I first hit it, I thought it was a pop up. I thought, ”˜oh, no. Coach (Jon Provost) is going to be mad I went for a high pitch.’ It was the opposite.”

Even without the dramatic swat, Geaumont had little chance of drawing any ire from Provost.

After all, she did strikeout 13 Rams (8-4), and also blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to give Thornton (10-2) a 3-2 lead.

“She (Geaumont) is a great pitcher,” said Kennebunk coach Jim Lang. “She has pin point control. She lives on the outside corner. She’ll come in on the inside when you try to cheat. She’s one of the best.”

Most of the contest was a showcase for two of the best hurlers in the county, Geaumont and Kennebunk senior Hannah King.

The two have battled each other often during the past four years.

“Most of them have been like today,” said Lang. “One run games.”

Kennebunk jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, after hits by Elizabeth Cable and Janelle Bouchard.

Carinn Burns followed, and with two out, sliced a single to left, which scored both runners.

“The early runs can take a toll,” Geaumont said. “Instead, I try to use it as a motivator. Take it and run with it.”

King worked well with the slim lead through the first four innings, allowing just one hit, a bloop single by Geaumont to center in the third.

She recorded six of her eight strikeouts during that span.

“She had us off-balance,” said Provost. “We were having a hard time staying off that high pitch.”

Matters changed in the bottom of the fifth, when Meghan Agger slugged a lead off homer to center field, making it 2-1.

King fanned the next two Trojans, but an errant pitch struck Morgan Dube on the foot, which brought up Geaumont.

She said she wasn’t swinging for the fence in that situation.

“Every time I get up there,” said Geaumont, “I just try to get a base hit. Just to try to get myself on base and move the team forward a little bit more.”

Instead, she wound up hitting her first homer of the game, and gave Thornton the lead.

Kennebunk knotted the game, 3-3, in the top of the sixth, after Bouchard beat out an infield single and later scored on an error.

In the top of the seventh, the Rams had an opportunity to manufacture the go ahead run, but when Meg Cadigan tried to steal third, she was gunned down by catcher Katherine Zafirson.

Given the chance to help her own cause one final time, Geaumont cashed in with a dramatic flair.

“I went up there looking for a line drive base hit,” said Geaumont. “I guess I just cleared my mind and that’s what happened.”

Both teams will resume play Monday, with Thornton set to visit Marshwood while the Rams will host Noble.

— Contact Dan Hickling at 282-1535.