Catamount tops Santa Clara in Everglades Classic, 14-13
By Alex Webbe
Catamount staves off last chukker Santa Clara rally to
record a 14-13 win in 16-goal Everglades Classic competition at the
International Polo Club in Wellington Tuesday afternoon.
Seven goals were scored in the opening chukker as
Catamount squared off against Santa Clara.
Nick Roldan opened the scoring with a 60-yard penalty conversion for
Catamount, 1-0. Santa Clara responded
with a goal from the field from Carlos Avendano and a penalty goal from
Carlucho Arellano to take a one goal, 2-1 lead.
Roldan added a goal from the field to tie it up at 2-2, with Scott Devon’s
first goal of the day giving the lead back to Catamount, 3-2. Arellano made it all even at 3-3 with his
second goal of the chukker, but a final goal from Kris Kampsen had Catamount
back on top, 4-3, as the period ended.
Arellano tied it up, 4-4, in the second with a penalty
conversion for a goal, and Pablo Spinacci gave them a one goal lead, 5-4. Roldan’s third goal of the afternoon ended
the chukker in a 5-5 deadlock.
Spinacci opened the scoring in the third period with a pair
of goals from the field, 7-5. Roldan got
Catamount on the scoreboard with a single goal, but Arellano closed out the chukker
with his fourth goal of the game for an 8-6 halftime lead for Santa Clara.
A regrouped Catamount team took the field in the fourth
and scored four unanswered goals.
Kampsen converted a 40-yard penalty shot for a goal and followed it up
with a goal from the field. Roldan drove
the ball through the goalposts from 60-yards out on a Safety and Devon added
his second goal of the day. At the end
of four chukkers, Catamount possessed an envious 10-8 advantage.
Two more goals from Roldan in the fifth ere answered by a
60-yard penalty goal from Spinacci and a goal from the field from
Avendano. At the end of the fifth,
Catamount continued to hold a two goal, 12-10 lead.
Santa Clara pressed the Catamount defense in the final chukker
of play resulting in penalty goals from Francisco Escobar and Arellano. Arellano added another goal from the field,
but Catamount capitalized on goals from Devon and Kampsen to secure the 14-13
victory.
Roldan set the pace for Catamount with seven goals (three
on penalties). Kampsen scored one
penalty goal and added three more from the field for a total of four
goals. Catamount team captain, Scott
Devon, added three goals in a winning cause.
Arellano accounted for six Santa Clara goals. Spinacci scored four times; Avendano added
two goals and Escobar scored once in a losing effort.