England Defeats the United States to Win The USPA International Intercollegiate Challenge Cup
United States leads series 2-1
The United States Polo Association® (USPA) today announced that England defeated the United States to win Saturday’s USPA International Intercollegiate Challenge Cup at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California by a score of 16-13
The fast paced match was off and running with USA Team’s Kareem Rosser scoring a two-point goal. England matched those goals and the first chukker ended in a tie 5-5. The USA Team pulled ahead in the second chukker ending 9-6 at the half. By the third chukker England regained its footing and took the lead ending the period 12-10. In the fourth chukker, the USA came back strong immediately out of the gate and tied the score in the fourth chukker but weren’t able to gain the lead and eventually lost the match by 3 goals. Harold Hodges led England to victory with 8 goals and was named MVP. Kareem Rosser for the USA also had an impressive contribution at 7 goals.
The victorious England team consisted of Harold Hodges, Charlie Scott, Adam Dove and Lucy Bowman.
The United States team was comprised of players representing each of the USPA’s four I/I regions:
Northeastern: Drew Gale of Somers, Connecticut and the University of Connecticut polo team
Southeastern: Hunter Jelsch of China, Michigan and the Michigan State University polo team
Central: Kareem Rosser of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Colorado State University polo team
Western: Carina Deck of San Diego, California and the Oregon State University polo team
This arena polo match is an outgrowth of a recently inaugurated tradition of international competition between two national intercollegiate polo programs, the USPA Interscholastic & Intercollegiate (I/I) Polo program and the United Kingdom’s Schools & Universities Polo Association (SUPA). The match was the third time the teams are competing for the International Intercollegiate Challenge Cup. The United States leads the series 2-1.