Barrossa and Gypsy/Tritech open Champions Cup with wins
By
Alex Webbe
Barrossa opened the 2012 Champions Cup at the Empire Polo
Club in Indio, California with a resounding 14-9 win over Tentnology while Gypsy/Tritech
managed to hold on to capture a hard-fought 10-9 victory at the expense of
Trinity in the 8-10 goal tournament.
Barrossa (Jessie Bray, Erik Wright, Santiago Trotz and
Jef Graham) spotted Tentnology (Gery Warner, Artie Cameron, Nicolas Maciel and
Miguel Gutierrez) two goals by handicap, but struck early and often,
registering four unanswered goals in the first chukker of play. Wright scored on a pair of penalty shots with
Bray and Trotz adding single gals for the early 4-2 lead.
Second chukker goals from Trotz and Bray had Barrossa up
by four goals, 6-2. Maciel managed to
get Tentnology on the scoreboard with a single goal to end the period trailing
Barrossa, 6-3.
Bray added two more goals from the field in the third,
but Tentnology managed to pick up three goals as Maciel scored once from the
field before converting on a pair of penalty shots. Tentnology had narrowed the gap, but trailed
by two goals, 8-6, at the end of the first half.
The two teams exchanged goals in the fourth with Bray
adding two more goals to the Barrossa pot.
Tentnology got single goals from Maciel Gutierrez. After four chukkers Barrossa continued to
lead by two goals, 10-8.
Barrossa scored three more goals in the fifth while
Tentnology’s attack fell short. Trotz
scored once from the field and converted a 40-yard penalty shot. Bray scored his seventh goal of the
game. Barrossa rode into the final
chukker of play with a 13-8 advantage.
Trotz opened the sixth chukker with a goal that had
Barrossa on top of a 14-8 score. Cameron
retaliated with a single goal, but Barrossa took home the 14-9 win.
Bray led all scoring with seven goals. Trotz registered five goals and Wright added
a pair of goals.
Maciel led Tentnology with five goals. Cameron and Gutierrez scored single goals and
the team received two goals by handicap.
GYPSY/TRITECH
10, TRINITY 9
Gypsy/Tritech (Suzanne Figi, Luis Rios, Graham Bray,
Gaston Von Wernich and Chris Maloney) charged out to an 8-4 halftime lead but
struggled to hold on to the lead in its 10-9 win over Trinity (Rick Paicius,
Robin Paicius, Clemente Zavaleta and Agustin Zavaleta) in Champions Cup action.
Von Wernich scored the first goal of the match on a
60-yard penalty shot. Agustin Zavaleta
responded in kind with a penalty goal for a 1-1 tie. Von Wernich added two more goals from the
field and the first chukker ended with Gypsy/Tritech holding a 3-1
advantage.
Trinity got a single goal from Agustin Zavaleta in the second
period, but Maloney answered with a goal for Gypsy/Tritech. The second period ended with Gypsy/Tritech
ahead, 4-2.
Trinity managed to come up with single goals from Agustin
Zavaleta and Clemente Zavaleta, but Gypsy/Tritech responded with four goals of
their own. Von Wernich scored once from
the field and once on a penalty shot.
Bray and Figi added single goals as Gypsy/Tritech built a commanding 8-4
halftime lead.
Bray scored the only goal of the fourth chukker as
Trinity was unable to break through the Gypsy/Tritech defense. After four periods of play, Gypsy/Tritech led
Trinity by five goals, 9-5.
Trinity rallied for four goals in the fifth chukker. Three goals from the field from Agustin
Zavaleta and a goal from Clemente Zavaleta were countered by a single goal from
Von Wernich. Gypsy/Tritech continued to
lead, but Trinity was with two goals of the lead, 10-8.
Defenses took to the forefront in the final chukker of
the game. Agustin Zavaleta managed a 60-yard
penalty goal, but that was where the Trinity rally stalled. Without scoring another goal, Gypsy/Tritech
celebrated the 10-9 victory.
Von Wernich led the Gypsy/Tritech team with six
goals. Bray added two goals and
teammates Figi and Maloney were credited with single goals in the win.
Agustin Zavaleta led all scoring with seven goals. Clemente Zavaleta scored twice in the loss.