GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland girls’ soccer looked like it would escape unscathed from Wednesday’s Class AA Section II quarterfinal game.

But Columbia had different ideas.

The Blue Devils tied the game with 10 seconds remaining to force overtime and scored in the fourth extra session to pull an upset over the third-seeded Lady Dutch.
"We dominated the game," said Guilderland Coach Barb Newton after the game. "We had more shots. It was just a defensive mistake in the last 10 seconds. This is very disappointing."

Guilderland did dominate the second half and finally broke the scoreless deadlock with a goal from Devon Rosenberry with 18:50 left in the game.

Rosenberry hit a shot from outside the penalty area that went in the upper left corner of the goal.

The Dutch had other opportunities to score in the second half as they possessed the ball more than the Blue Devils but could not convert on the goal that would have sealed the victory.

And that came back to hurt them.

Columbia started pressuring the Guilderland net in the last two minutes and finally cracked the defense when Marissa Wing got to the ball in front of the goal and got past Dutch goalie Julie Malkowski to tie the game.

Guilderland had two good shots in the second overtime from Jackie DeLuise and Kayla Best.

Columbia had some quality chances in the first overtime but didn’t get a great shot off as the Dutch defense made big stops.

Junior Katie Murdock stopped one breakaway chance with stellar defense.

The game finally came to an end in the fourth overtime as Stephanie Caouete scored to end the game with about three minutes left.
"I thought we could go further," Newton said. "It’s frustating that we gave up a game like that."

The Dutch dominated with 21 shots to Columbia’s nine. They also had seven corner kicks to Columbia’s two.

Malkowski made eight saves for the Lady Dutch.
"We made some mistakes on defense," Newton said. "It’s not like we got outplayed."

"Quality season"

The loss ends a very good season for Guilderland. The Lady Dutch finished with a 12-4-2 record during the regular season; that included a tie with Shenendehowa, which was ranked number-one in the country going into that game.

Guilderland’s record was good enough to win the Gold Division of the Suburban Council and earn the number-three seed in the Class AA tournament and a bye into the quarterfinals.

The game also ended the high-school careers of nine seniors. Though some will continue to play in college.
"We had some quality seniors," Newton said. "Some of them will move on to the collegiate level. Christina Rodriguez is looking to play; Jen Mihok is looking and Kayla Best is looking to play soccer and lacrosse in college. It’s a reflection of the program, that we have girls that can play at the next level. That is one of the goals of the program."

The other seniors on the team were Taylor Stringer, Krystal Myers, Kaitlyn Gescedi, Bianca Germain, Carolyn Powers, and Sam Ruppenthal.

The way their season ended on a cold, windy day on Don Snyder Field was a shock to everyone in attendance — especially Newton and her players.
"There is no reason we should have lost this game," Newton said. "We had a quality season. We should be in the next round on Saturday night."