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By Alex Webbe

Over 2,000 polo fans were on hand as Las Monjitas lined up to play Adolfo Cambiaso and the powerful Crab Orchard team on Field number five in the quarterfinals of the 2011 US Open Championships at the International Polo Club in Wellington.

So anticipated was this matchup that virtually all of the fieldside parking places were reserved by abandoned cars hours before the game began as one after another would drop off a car before driving back to the Isla Carroll West Field for the earlier quarterfinal between Lechuza and Bendabout.

Crab Orchard started out slowly even cautiously while Las Monjitas played like they had nothing to lose. Las Monjitas put up the first two goals on a goal from the field from Agustin Merlos followed by a penalty conversion from the Argentine 9-goaler. Adolfo Cambiaso answered for Crab Orchard with a single goal from the field and the chukker ended with Las Monjitas guarding a one goal, 2-1 lead.

Cambiaso tied it up in the second , but Santiago Toccalino kept Las Monjitas in the lead with his first goal of the game, and Las Monjitas took a 3-2 lead into the third period.

A disjointed Crab Orchard offense was held scoreless for the next seven minutes while Las Monjitas got goals from Merlos and Eduardo Astrada. The first half ended with Las Monjitas leading 5-2.

The Las Monjitas strategy seemed to be to double Adolfo Cambiaso down the field and try to force him to make a play, and for the first half it appeared to be working.

Las Monjitas got two penalty goals in the fourth chukker from Merlos while Crab Orchard settled for a single goal from Hilario Ulloa. The Las Monjitas lead was extended to four goals, 7-3, as the period ended

Crab Orchard staged a fifth chukker rally, converting two penalty goals (one from Nachi du Plessis and another from Ulloa). For the first time all afternoon, Crab Orchard outscored Las Monjitas, and cut the lead to a single goal, 7-6.

Hard riding was the rule in the final chukker, with Crab Orchard finally knotting it up at 7-7 on a penalty conversion by Ulloa, following a technical on Astrada. A hard bump put Cambiaso on the ground for nearly four minutes, but he remounted and the game played on. With seconds on the clock a Las Monjitas rush towards the Crab Orchard goal had team captain Camilo Bautista scoring the winning goal in the 8-7 contest.

The victory moves Las Monjitas into next week’s semifinals while Crab Orchard reflects on a disappointing season that saw them watching the finals of all three legs of the Triple Crown from the sidelines.

Camilo Bautista le dio el pase a semifinales al equipo de  Las Monjitas

By Juanchy Ramallo

Mas de 2000 personas asistieron a ver el choque por los cuartos de final del US Open 2011 entre Las Monjitas vs. Crab Orchard, en el Club Internacional de Polo de Wellington.

La estrategia de Crab Orchard fue la de comenzar a jugara poco a poco, incluso de manera cautelosa, Las Monjitas jugó como quien no tiene nada que perder.

Las Monjitas pusieron los dos primeros goles del partido el encargado de sumar fue Agustín Merlos un gol de campo y un penal. Adolfo Cambiaso respondió con un gol de campo para Crab Orchard y el primer chukker finalizaba con Las Monjitas en ventaja 2-1.

En el inicio del segundo chukker Cambiaso empató el juego 2-2, pero Santiago Toccalino convertía su primera conquista y Las Monjitas pasaban al frente 3-2 en el segundo periodo.

Crab Orchard no pudo sumar goles en el tercer chukker, mientras que por su parte Las Monjitas festejaban los goles de Merlos y Eduardo Astrada. El primer tiempo terminó con  Las Monjitas liderando las acciones 5-2.

Las Monjitas consiguió dos goles por la vía del penal anotados por Merlos, en tanto Crab Orchard llegó al gol gracias a un tanto anotado por Hilario Ulloa. Las Monjitas extendían a cuatro goles su ventaja en el cuarto chukker 7-3.

Crab Orchard mostró su mejor cara en el quinto chukker convirtiendo dos goles de penal (1 Nachi Du Plessis y 1 Ulloa), y de este modo por primera vez en el partido Crab Orchard superaba a Las Monjitas y quedaba abajo por un gol 7-6.

En el chukker final Crab Orchard finalmente llegaba al empate con una conversión de penal de Ulloa 7-7. Cambiaso sufrió un fuerte golpe que lo dejo tendido en el suelo por mas de cuatro minutos, pero volvió a montar y a seguir jugando.

Con pocos segundos en el reloj el capitán de Las Monjitas protagonizó una carrera hacia la meta de Crab Orchard y anotó el gol de la victoria 8-7.

Las Monjitas se clasificó a semifinales mientras que Crab Orchard quedo eliminado del US Open 2011.

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By Alex Webbe

Facundo Pieres opened the match with a penalty goal, and Sebastian Merlos followed up with a goal from the field for an early 2-0 lead, but few present believed that the Lechuza team that had been averaging 11 goals per game would be held scoreless for the entire first half of play.

Second chukker goals from Mariano Uranga and Carlitos Gracida had Zacara up 4-0, and still no effective offense from Lechuza. Gracida scored the only goal of the third chukker as Crab Orchard left the field at the end of the first half with a 5-0 lead.

Lechuza showed a little life in the fourth with Gaston Lisioli (substituting for Martin Espain) and 10-goaler Juan Martin Nero (60-yard penalty conversion) each scoring while holding Zacara scoreless for the first time all afternoon.

Lechuza cut further into the Zacara lead in the fifth, getting a pair of goals from Sapo Caset. Zacara responded with a single goal from Gracida for a 6-4 edge.

Facundo Pieres made it 7-4 with an early sixth chukker goal, but Lechuza continued to press the Zacara defense. Caset’s third goal of the game cut the Zacara lead to two goals, 7-5, with time running down on the clock. With just over a minute left in regulation time, Lisioli drove the ball through the Zacara goal posts, cutting the lead to a single goal, 7-6, but time expired before the ball could be bowled in.

The victory lifts the Zacara record to 1-2, not impressive by any means, but enough to make it into the tournament quarterfinals. Lechuza had already qualified for the quarterfinals on the strength of two earlier wins, and ends preliminary play with a respectable 2-1 record.

“We were in control of the game from the beginning,” offered Zacara’s 10-goaler, Facundo Pieres when asked about the low-scoring affair, and we didn’t want to press the horses. We did what we needed to do today.”

Pieres scored only twice in the win, and had been averaging eight goals a game coming in to the contest. Lechuza’s Sapo Caset scored three times after averaging seven goals a game in their two earlier matches.

The Zacara victory pairs Zacara (1-2) against Audi (3-0) at noon on Sunday, April 10 while Lechuza (2-1) will face Bendabout (3-0) on Saturday, April 9 at 3pm.

CRAB ORCHARD 16, PIAGET 9

Crab Orchard made a case for being the 2011 US Open favorite as they took apart Piaget 16-9 in the noon contest.

Hilario Ulloa lit up the scoreboard with four first chukker goals as Crab Orchard raced out to an early 5-1 lead. Nachi du Plessis added the fifth Crab Orchard goal of the chukker with Nachi Heguy converting a penalty shot for Piaget’s only score.

Crab orchard added three more goals in the second frame, getting a pair of goals from Adolfo Cambiaso and another goal from Ulloa. Piaget responded with penalty conversions from Heguy and Lolo Castagnola, but at the end of the second chukker Crab orchard led 8-3.

Two goals from Castagnola cut the Crab orchard lead to three goals, 8-5 when Ulloa notched his sixth goal of the game for a 9-5 halftime lead.

Cambiaso showed the onlookers why he is considered one of the greatest players to play the game as he demonstrated masterful stickwork and accomplished horsemanship in the second half. He reeled off three more goals to run the Crab orchard total to 12 goals while Heguy’s third goal of the game had Piaget trailing 12-6 after four chukkers of play.

Two more penalty goals from Heguy in the fifth kept faint hopes alive for a rally, but the optimism was short-lived. Goals from Cambiaso and Ulloa closed out the fifth chukker with Crab Orchard holding on to a comfortable 14-8 lead.

Cambiaso scored his seventh goal of the game in the sixth while Ulloa tallied his eights. Heguy answered with a goal from the field for the final score of the game in the 16-9 Crab orchard win.

The victory boosts the Crab orchard record to 3-0 and will put them in a quarterfinal game against Las Monjitas (1-2) on Saturday at 5pm.

HAWKS 12, FARAWAY 10

A patchwork Faraway team fell short of a win against the Hawks Sunday morning in US Open play when they dropped their third consecutive game by a 12-10 score.

Faraway fell behind early as the Hawks put up three unanswered goals (two from Freddie Mannix and one from Mariano Aguerre) for a 3-0 first chukker.

A second period goal from Luis Escobar finally got Faraway on the scoreboard, but Aguerre scored for the second time to maintain the three goal lead, 4-1 as the chukker ended.

The pace accelerated in the third period with the Hawks getting goals from Aguerre as well as brothers Julian and Freddie Mannix. Mike
Azzaro got the Faraway troops going with three goals from the field and the first half ended with the Hawks leading, 7-5.

Faraway put up four more goals to start the second half (a pair from Luis Escobar and two from Lucas Monteverde), but the Hawks responded with single goals from Freddie Mannix, Aguerre and Mariano Gonzalez. Faraway had cut deeper into the Hawks lead and now trailed by a single goal, 10-9.

A scoreless fifth chukker was followed by Julian Mannix opening of the final chukker with his second goal of the morning. Monteverde responded with his third goal of the game, bur Gonzalez shut the door on any thoughts of a Faraway comeback with his second goal of the game for the 12-10 Hawks win.

The Hawks will take their perfect 3-0 record to the field on Sunday afternoon at 3pm where they will face Valiente (2-1) in the 2011 US Open quarterfinals.

Zacara 7, Lechuza 6

By Juanchy Ramallo

Zacara abrió el partido con goles individuales de Facundo Pieres y Sebastián Merlos 2-0, los presentes en el Club Internacional de Polo de Wellington quedaron sorprendidos ya que Lechuza no anotó goles en la primera mitad.

En el segundo chukker Zacara volvía sumar dos goles por intermedio de Mariano Uranga  y Carlitos Gracida, Zacara ganaba 4-0. Gracida anotó el unico gol del tercer chukker 5-0, Lechuza cerraba la primera mitad si haber podido sumar goles.

En el cuarto chukker llegaron los goles de Lechuza Gastón Lisoli y Juan Martín Nero (penal) rompían la barrera del cero anotando un cada uno, por su parte Zacara no obtuvo goles en este periodo 5-2.Lechuza seguía achicando las distancias en el marcador  Sapo Caset conseguía un par de goles, Zacara contestaba con un gol de Gracida y conservaba su ventaja de dos goles 6-4.

Facundo Pieres anotaba el séptimo gol de Zacara en el chukker final, Lechuza presionaba con su ataque y así llego el tercer gol de Caset 7-5. Quedaba más de un minuto por jugarse, Lisoli se adueño de la bocha y la llevo a través de la meta de Zacara 7-6.

Lechuza intento empatar  el partido pero el tiempo expiro, triunfo de Zacara 7-6.

Zacara (1-2) se enfrentara con Audi (3-0) al mediodía del próximo domingo, mientras que Lechuza (2-1) será rival de Bendabout (3-0) el sábado 9 de Abril a las 3pm.

Crab Orchard 16, Piaget 9

En el mediodía de ayer domingo Crab Orchard derrotó a Piaget 16-9. Hilario Ulloa marcó cuatro goles en el primer chukker y Nachi Du Plessis sumaba el quinto gol de Crab Orchard, Nachi Heguy anotó el unico gol de Piaget en el chukker inicial 5-1.

Crab Orchard seguía sumando goles en el segundo periodo, un par de goles de Adolfo Cambiaso y otro gol más de Ulloa. Piaget descontaba con los goles de Heguy y Lolo Catagnola ambos anotaron de penal, el segundo chukker se esfumaba con Crab Orchard arriba 8-5.

Ulloa anotó su sexto gol del partido y de este modo Crab Orchard se marchaba al descanso de medio tiempo 9-5.

En el comienzo de la segunda mitad Cambiaso dejo en claro porque es considerado el mejor jugador del mundo, aportando tres goles a la causa de su equipo. Heguy sumaba su tercer gol del match y el marcador quedaba 12-6 a favor de Crab Orchard.

En el quinto chukker Heguy aportaba un par de goles (penales) para Piaget y de este modo el equipo de Piaget se ilusionaba con tener mejor suerte en lo que quedaba de partido, pero Cambiaso y Ulloa cerraban el quinto periodo con un gol cada uno. Crab Orchard de a poco construía una cómoda victoria  14-8.

Cambiaso sumó su séptimo gol del encuentro en el chukker final, mientras que Ulloa anotaba un gol más. Heguy respondía con un último gol para ponerle cifras definitiva al marcador 16-9.

Hawks 12, Faraway 10

Hawks en el partido de la mañana de ayer domingo en el US Open 2011 derrotaba a Faraway (0-3) por un resultado final de 12-10.

En el primer chukker Hawks sumaba tres goles consecutivos (2 Freddie Mannix y 1 Mariano Aguerre) para ir ganando 3-0.

Faraway debutaba en el marcador con un gol de Luís Escobar, pero Aguerre sumaba su segundo gol y Hawks seguía liderando el juego 4-1.

En el tercer chukker Hawks consiguió los goles de Aguerre, Freddie Mannix y Julián Mannix. Mike Azzaro sumaba tres goles para Faraway, Hawks era el dueño de la pizarra por 7-5.

En el comienzo de la segunda mitad Faraway sumaba cuatro goles (2 Luís Escobar y Lucas Monteverde), pero Hawks contrarrestaba esto con goles individuales de Freddie Mannix, Aguerre y González. Faraway solamente perdía por un gol 10-9.

En el quinto chukker los equipos no sumaron goles, pero en el periodo final Julián Mannix anotaba su segundo gol de la mañana.

Monteverde respondía con un gol, y González convertía un gol más y de este modo Hawks se alzaba con la victoria por 12-10.

Hawks (3-0) jugara el próximo domingo a las 3pm versus Valiente (2-1).

Gonzalito Pieres follow by Agustin Merlos

By Alex Webbe

In the final US Open contest of the day Audi (3-0) kept its unblemished record intact with a 14-12 win over Las Monjitas (1-2) going in to next weekend’s quarterfinals.

Audi’s Marc Ganzi opened the scoring with a goal from the field at the four minute mark. Gonzalito Pieres made it 2-0 on a penalty conversion. Agustin Merlos and Eduardo Astrada tied it at 2-2 with single goals from the field, and Merlos closed out the opening chukker with a beautifully executed 180 yard run down the field for the 3-2 go-ahead score.

Second chukker action began with Merlos converting a penalty shot for a goal followed by a pair of goals from Gonzalito Pieres that tied it at 4-4. Ganzi scored the final goal of the chukker for a 5-4 Audi lead.

Penalties continued to get the Audi team into trouble as Merlos converted a pair of penalty shots to open the period giving Las Monjitas a 6-5 advantage. A 40-yard penalty goal from Gonzalito Pieres and another goal from Ganzi (on a pass from Gonzalito Pieres) ended the first half with Audi holding a 7-6 edge over a talented and dangerous Las Monjitas foursome.

Gonzalito Pieres opened the fourth chukker with a 70-yard shot for a goal and Rodrigo Andrade made it 9-6 with his first goal of the game. Merlos converted a penalty shot for a goal and Astrada scored on a 120 yard run for Las Monjitas. Merlos tied the game on another penalty conversion and the chukker ended in a 9-9 tie.

Andrade put Audi up 10-9 with a goal in the fifth followed by a spectacular individual effort by Gonzalito Pieres on a 200-yard run down the field for a score. Las Monjitas was held scoreless and Audi went up, 11-9.

Gonzalito Pieres scored in the opening 30 seconds of the final chukker followed by goals from Ganzi and another goal from Gonzalito Pieres in the goals mouth for a commanding 14-9 lead. Astrada scored again and Merlos added two more goals, but it was Audi with the 14-12 victory.

Espectacular fall of Santiago Toccalino

VALIENTE 12, ORCHARD HILL 11

Lucas Monteverde and Hector Galindo of Orchard Hill on the ball

Orchard opened its afternoon meeting in US Open competition with Valiente with a boom. Three straight Orchard Hill goals from Hector Galindo and Lucas Criado (two goals from the field) for a 3-0 lead were tempered by a pair of goals from Polito Pieres and the first chukker ended with Valiente trailing 3-2.

Orchard Hill got single goals from team captain Steve Van Andel and 10-goaler Pablo MacDonough, but Valiente responded with goals from Miguel Astrada and his brother Nacho Astrada. Orchard Hill continued to lead after two chukkers of play, 5-4.

Nacho Astrada tied the score with the first goal of the third chukker and Bob Jornayvaz put Valiente ahead, 6-4, with his first goal of the match. MacDonough tied it again at 6-6, but a foul against Orchard Hill allowed Nacho Astrada to give Valiente a penalty shot, which Nacho Astrada converted for a 7-6 lead. With time running out, MacDonough took a pass from Criado and knotted it up at 7-7 as the final horn sounded.

Both teams tightened up their defenses in the fourth chukker, with a 60-yard penalty conversion from Nacho Astrada accounting for all of the scoring. The teams entered the fifth chukker with Valiente holding a one goal, 8-7 advantage over Orchard Hill.

Nacho Astrada scored the first goal of the fifth chukker to extend the Valiente lead to two goals, 9-7. When Orchard Hill responded by converting a 60-yard penalty shot MacDonough responded with a penalty conversion of his own that brought them to within one goal of the lead, 9-8. A second Valiente goal from Pieres ended the period with Orchard Hill trailing 10-8.

Orchard Hill charged back in the final chukker of play as Criado buried the ball between the Valiente goal posts from over 120 yards out to cut the lead to a single goal, 10-9. A second goal from Criado was scored following the throw-in, and it was all even at 10-1- with over five minutes left to play.

Pieres added another goal at the 4:49 mark and then MacDonough tied it up for the fifth time on a penalty shot to make it 11-11 with just over a minute left in regulation time.

The ball was thrown-in and both teams struggled for control of the ball when Pieres emerged with possession of the ball. Fighting a ride-off and maintaining control of the ball, Pieres managed to carry it through the goal posts for the Valiente as the final horn sounded.

The victory ups the Valiente record to 2-1 while Orchard Hill (0-3) suffered its third loss of the tournament.

Pablo Mac Donoght Between Polito Pieres & MIguel Novillo Astrada

BENDABOUT 11, PONY EXPRESS 9

Julio Arellano in action

In what amounted to little more than a practice game in the morning competition, Bendabout remained unbeaten in 2011 US Open play, as it captured an 11-9 game from Pony Express despite the heroic actions of its team captain, Bob Daniels.

It was less than four weeks ago when Daniels was part of a three horse collision that sent him to the hospital with broken ribs and a fractured scapula. Saturday morning, against all odds, Daniels not only returned to the field to play in a US Open contest, but scored five goals to boot.

Daniels opened the scoring in the first chukker with a goal and added another to end the chukker. Pony Express teammate Juan Garcia Grossi scored a goal as well with Bendabout‘s Gillian Johnston scoring to keep her team from being shutout. Pony Express left the field at the end of the first chukker with Daniels in the saddle and holding a 3-1 lead.

Gillian Johnston and Magoo Laprida scored single goals for Bendabout in the second period, but two more goals from Daniels kept Pony Express ahead 5-3 as the chukker ended.

A penalty conversion from Bendabout’s Julio Arellano and a goal Johnston’s third goal of the day had it all even at 5-5 in the third, but the offense was just getting started. A goal from Pony Express 9-goaler, Bautista Heguy, gave Pony Express a 6-5 lead, but the lead was only temporary. Goals from Laprida and Johnston had Bendabout in front 7-6 until Maureen Brennan (substituting for Daniels in the third) tied it up with her only goal of the day. After three chukkers of play, the score was knotted up at 7-7.

Both teams’ defenses tightened up in the fourth, with Bendabout’s Sugar Erskine accounting for the only goal of the period. Bendabout took an 8-7 lead with two chukkers left to play.

Arellano converted another penalty shot for a goal from Bendabout, 9-7, but Daniels, back on the field after a third chukker respite, Daniels scored his fifth goal of the match, cutting the Bendabout lead to a single goal, 9-8, when Laprida responded. Picking up his third goal of the morning match, Laprida put Bendabout up, 10-8. Santiago Chavanne closed out the scoring in the fifth chukker for Pony Express for his first score of the game, and the period ended with Bendabout holding on to a narrow 10-9 lead.

Both teams stepped up their games in the final chukker of play, but it would be Johnston’s fifth goal of the match that would put Bendabout ahead by two goals, 11-9, as time expired.

The win boosted the Bendabout record to 3-0 while Pony Express falls to 0-3.

Sugar Erskine -Beandbout-

Audi y Bendabout siguen invictos en el US Open 2011

By Juanchy Ramallo

Julio Arellano le dio el gol de la victoria a Bendabout en un emocionante tiempo extra, 9-8 final y con este resultado Bendabout se mantiene invicto (2-0) mientras que Las Monjitas sufrieron ayer miércoles su primer derrota (1-1). En el US Open torneo que se juega en el Club Internacional de Polo de Wellington.

El factor fundamental de la victoria de Bendabout fue que Agustín Merlos solo anotó dos goles para Las Monjitas. Merlos venia de ser el jugador con mas goles anotados para su equipo en las ultimas presentaciones.

Las Monjitas mantuvieron su arco en cero jugado los dos primeros chukkers, avanzando a una ventaja de medio tiempo 4-2 en su favor. El primer chukker finalizaba 3-0 Las Monjitas arriba los goles fueron anotado por  Agustín Merlos, Eduardo Astrada y Agustín Toccalino.

Bendabout recién rompió el cero en el marcador allá por el tercer chukker con dos goles anotados por Arellano. El segundo gol de Astrada en el partido le bajaba el telón al primer tiempo Las Monjitas 4, Bendabout 2.

En el cuarto chukker Arellano anotaba un par de goles (penales) y a esto se le sumaba un gol de Magoo Laprida para Bendabout. Merlos lograba con su gol empatar el partido 5-5.

En el sexto chukker fue Bendabout quien rompía la paridad sumando un gol, pero Astrada volvió a dejar todo como estaba hasta entonces 7-7. Las monjitas logran anotar su octavo gol 8-7, pero Bendabout gracias a Julio Arellano empataba el partido 8-8 y forzaba a un chukker suplementario.

Arellano recorrió 240 yardas  con la bocha en su poder y así anotó el gol de la victoria 9-8. Bendabout dejo el campo de juego victorioso.

Audi 15, Orchard Hill 9

Audi (2-0) comenzó con un ritmo lento pero logró doblegar a Orchard Hill (0-2) ya que se alzo con una cómoda victoria 15-9, en su segunda presentación en el US Open 2011.

Nico Pieres llevó por primera vez la bocha a través de los mimbres de la meta de Orchard Hill. Pablo MacDonough respondió con un gol para Orchard Hill, pero Gonzalito Pieres cerró el chukker dándole la victoria parcial de 2-1 a favor de Audi.

Nico Pieres y MacDonough sumaban un gol por bando en el segundo chukker, Audi seguía en ganador 3-2.

En el tercer chukker Gonzalito Pieres agregó dos goles mas al tanteador de Audi y por su parte Nico Pieres festejaba su tercera conquista del partido. Orchard Hill sumaba los goles de MacDonough y Héctor Galindo, pero terminaba el primer tiempo perdiendo por 2 goles 6-4.

El segundo tiempo Macdonough reducía la distancia en el tanteador al convertir un gol de penal, pero Gonzalito Pieres aprovechó un penal y así Audi seguía en la cima de la pizarra. MacDonough contestaba con un gol le permitía corta la distancia a un solo gol abajo 7-6. Rodrigo Andrade anotó un par de goles y de esta forma Audi ganaba por tres goles 9-6.

Lucas Criado anotó su primer gol para Orchard Hill en el quinto chukker, pero Audi que dominaba el juego respondió con los goles de Gonzalito Pieres y un muy buen gol de Marc Ganzi. Audi seguía construyendo su victoria y finalizaba el quinto periodo 11-7 a su favor.

MacDonough convirtió un penal y además un gol de campo, pero nada podía detener el paso arrollador de Audi. Un par de goles de Gonzalito Pieres se complementaban con goles individuales de Nico Pieres y Andrade Audi se llevó su segunda victoria por 15-9.

Valiente 14, Pony Express 7

El partido tuvo un comienzo cauteloso Pony Express lograba obtener el primer gol del partido con un penal de 60 yardas convertidos por Bautista Heguy.

Valiente se recuperó rápidamente con un gol de Polito Pieres. El chukker inicial terminó 1-1.

Pieres anotó su segundo gol del juego para abrir el segundo chukker. Heguy empato de nuevo 2-2, el equipo de Valiente seguía presionando a Pony Express. Un par de conversiones de penal de Nacho Astrada cerraba el segundo periodo con Valiente en la delantera 4-2.

Valiente aceleró su marcha  en el tercero tres goles de Naco Astrada y un gol de Pieres estiraba la ventaja a cuatro goles 8-4. Pony Express sumaba los goles de Santiago Chavanne y Heguy.

Pieres y Nacho Astrada anotaron un gol cada uno en el cuarto periodo, solo Heguy podía sumara un gol para Pony Express. Valiente entró a jugar el quinto periodo con un resultado a su favor de 10-5.

Pieres anotó su quinto gol de la tarde para poner a Valiente arriba 11-5, pero Heguy descontaba con su gol y el marcador quedaba 11-6.

Miguel Astrada anotó tres goles de campo en el chukker final Valiente se llevaba un cómodo triunfo por 14-7. Heguy fue quien anotaría el séptimo gol para Pony Express.