DeLuise smashes the record for goals - with 19



GUILDERLAND - Jackie DeLuise of Guilderland High School set the girls' soccer team record for goals in a season.

DeLuise finished her senior campaign with 19 goals. The last tally came on Friday in a 2-1 loss in a Class AA Section II first-round contest.

DeLuise broke the record when she scored two goals in a 3-2 overtime loss to Columbia on Oct. 16.

Leah Pranis, a 1997 graduate, set the previous record of 14 goals in 1996.

DeLuise set the record on a head ball with an assist from Danielle Tetreault. With one second left in the game, she scored her 16th goal with on a breakaway to tie the contest and force overtime.

On Oct. 18, DeLuise scored two more goals to add to her total in a 3-0 overtime win over Ballston Spa on Senior Night.

DeLuise finished her career with 35 goals to tie with Pranis for second place on the all-time scoring list at Guilderland.

Tasha Fluery, a 1990 graduate, holds the career scoring mark with 37 goals.

All the players were coached by Barb Newton who is in her 22nd year at the helm of the Lady Dutch soccer program.

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