SACO — Different season, same result. Thornton Academy will have to wait a little longer to beat Windham, as the rematch of last year’s Western Class A girls soccer regional final went to the Eagles in a 4-2 victory over the Trojans at Hill Stadium on Friday night.

“We knew that that was going to be ”¦ this is a team to beat; them, Scarborough, Marshwood. This was our first test, they’re first test, so we were really happy with our intensity and our first-half effort,” said Windham head coach Deb Lebel.

The Trojans (4-1) lost a pair of one-goal games to the Eagles (5-0) last season, with both games taking place at Windham. With homefield advantage this time around, the Trojans were hoping for a different result, even if they insisted revenge wasn’t on their minds.

“It’s a different year, different season,” said Thornton head coach Chris Kohl. “It’s just one of those things that right now they’re a very talented and outstanding team.”

Even if Kohl didn’t want to look back at the past, the way the game started flashed back to last year’s regional final, as the Eagles took a 2-0 lead into halftime.

Melissa Morton opened the scoring 8:36 in when she tapped in a pass from Jenna Soucy at the right post.

Soucy then doubled the lead eight minutes later, as she took a pass Cassie Symonds just outside the penalty box, then ripped a shot that rang off the right post and into the left side of the net.

“Jenna had an outstanding shot there,” said Kohl. “That second goal was beautiful.”

But just like the last time the two teams met, the Trojans rallied to tie the game ”“ and it was all thanks to Tori Daigle’s speed.

Daigle, who just missed on a couple shots in the first half, received a pass from Haley DaGraca on a counterattack and carried the ball into the box before blasting a shot past Windham goalie Elizabeth Mycock 12 minutes into the second half.

“Tori’s fast,” said Lebel. “We knew we had to stop her.”

Daigle struck again four minutes later, as she intercepted an Eagles backward pass 40 yards out, then sped past two defenders before beating Mycock again.

“Two great finishes against a really good team who hadn’t given up any goals,” Kohl said of Daigle’s scores. “We’ll take them.”

Windham regained its lead four minutes later, however, as the Trojans failed to clear the ball out of their own box and Morton made them pay.

“I’m really proud of our girls for digging down and not getting down on themselves,” Lebel said of her team recovering after losing the lead.

“It was nice for us that we tied it back up. I think we tied it back up and got a little tired there,” said Kohl.

Holly Spencer put the game away five minutes later, as she scored off a pass from Soucy.

The two regional finalists from last year both had easy schedules up until Friday’s duel, so the match-up was the first chance for both perennial powers to gauge where they are this season.

“I think that this shows ”¦ that we can handle the tough teams. I think it does show that we are still one of those top teams,” said Lebel.

“We really have to focus in on what we do well. Focus in on us and get better as the season goes on. This is a good litmus test to see what we’re doing,” said Kohl. “This is a sort of point of getting ourselves to be better, and be better for October and November. This is September; we know we have things that we need to work on.”

— Staff Writer Wil Kramlich can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 323 or sports@journaltribune.com. Follow him on Twitter @WilTalkSports.