Audi and Lucchese
record wins in Saturday cup play
By Alex Webbe
Lucchese (John Muse, Andres Weisz, Magoo Laprida and Nico
Pieres)and CT Energia (Alessandro Bazzoni, Kris Kampsen, Joao Paulo Ganon and
Nick Manifold) battled to a 6-6 halftime tie before Lucchese edged their way
into the lead and a 13-11 win as competition continued in the 2015 Joe Barry
Memorial Cup at the International Polo Club Saturday morning.
Lucchese 8-goaler Nico Pieres scored the first goal of the
game in the opening minute of play for a 1-0 lead, but CT Energia was in an
attacking mode. Nick Manifold found
himself on the scoring end of a 100-yard long pass from teammate Joao Ganon on
the lip of the Lucchese goal, 1-1. CT
Energia went up 2-1 after Ganon stole the ball from Pieres deep in the Lucchese
end of the field and scored the final goal of the chukker to make it 2-1.
Four more second chukker goals from CT Energia gave them a
6-2 advantage with Kris Kampsen scoring three times (once on a 4-yard penalty
conversion) and Manifold scoring for the second time in the game. Lucchese managed a single penalty goal from
Pieres but trailed by four goals at the end of the chukker.
Lucchese regrouped between chukkers and returned to the
field in the third with a vengeance.
Andres Weisz scored a goal in the opening 30seconds of the third period
followed by a goal from Magoo Laprida two minutes later, 6-4. An oppressive Lucchese defense kept CT
Energia off of the score board as Pieres converted a 30-yard penalty shot for a
goal, 6-5. Laprida scored the final goal of the period to tie it at 6-6 at the
end of the first half.
Two more goals from Laprida had Lucchese on top of an 8-6
score in the fourth period. Kampsen kept
CT Energia alive with a penalty goal at the 2:50 mark to bring his team to
within a goal of the lead, 8-7.
Pieres converted a penalty short penalty shot for a 9-7
lead, but CT Energia fought back.
Manifold scored to make it 9-8, with team captain Alessandro Bazzoni
scoring on a beautifully executed cut shot from the left side of the goal to
level the score at 9-9.
Ganon scored on a pass from Manifold as CT Energia moved in
front, 10-9, in the opening seconds of the sixth chukker. Less than a minute later, Weisz tied it at
10-10 with his second goal of the day. The two teams exchanged 30-uyard penalty
shots with Pieres scoring first at 5:30 for the 11-10lead. Kampsen responded with a penalty conversion
at 4:41to make it 11-11. Pieres
converted his second penalty shot of the chukker with 3:29 left to play and
sealed the deal with a goal from the field for the 13-11 victory.
Pieres was credited with a game high seven goals on the day
(five on penalty shots). Laprida added four goals and Weisz scored twice. Kampsen led the CT Energia attack with five
goals (three on penalty conversions).
Ganon added three goals; Manifold scored twice; and Bazzoni accounted
for a goal in a losing effort.
Audi 10, Tonkawa 8
In the second match of the day Audi (Marc Ganzi, Nic Roldan,
Freddie Mannix and Lucas Lalor) rode a seven goal day for Nic Roldan into a
10-8 win over last year’s Joe Barry Memorial Cup finalist, Tonkawa (Lucas
Arellano, Gonzalo Deltour, Inaki Laprida and Jeff Blake), in first round play.
Audi team captain Marc Ganzi jumped all over the ball in the
first chukker, taking the ball out of the throw-in and racing down the field
for the first goal of the game, 1-0.
Tonkawa 7-goaler Gonzalo Deltour converted a 60-yard penalty shot, 1-1. Roldan scored on a penalty shot of his own to
move Audi in front. Magoo Laprida tied
the game at 2-2 with just three seconds on the clock in the opening
chukker.
Jeff Blake broke the tie with his first goal of the game to
give Tonkawa a 3-2 edge. Roldan leveled
the score at 3-3 with his second score on the day at the 5:48mark. Three-and-a-half minutes passed before
another goal was scored as both teams played aggressive defense. Ganzi’s second goal of the afternoon gave the
lead back to Audi, 4-3. Deltour tied it
with a well-executed cut shot and gave the lead back to Lucchese by converting
a 60-yard penalty shot to end the chukker ahead, 5-4.
Audi wasted little time with Roldan tying the score at 5-5
in the opening 20 seconds of the third chukker.
Roldan converted a30-yard penalty shot that had Audi in the lead, again,
6-5, and another goal from the field with 2:51 left in the period had Tonkawa
trailing by two goals, 7-5. Deltour
closed out the scoring in the first half with a goal from the field. Audi left the field at the end of the first
half with a narrow 7-6 lead.
Freddie Mannix scored at 5:59 of the fourth chukker with
both defenses excelling. Deltour
responded with a 30-yard penalty conversion for the only other score. With just two periods remaining, Audi held on
to the lead by a single goal, 8-7.
Roldan came through for Audi again in the opening seconds of
the fifth chukker as he stretched their lead to two goals, 9-7. Two minutes later Laprida matched the effort
with his second goal of the game to keep it close, 9-8.
The scoring ground to a halt in the sixth chukker with Audi
unable to extend their lead, and Tonkawa unable to level the score. Roldan’s finally got on the scoreboard with an
insurance gal for Audi with just 36 seconds on the clock. With the final horn
sounded Audi celebrated the 10-8 win while a disappointed Tonkawa team rode off
the field.
Roldan scored five of his seven goals from the field. Ganzi added two goals and Mannix scored once
on the day. Deltour scored twice from
the field and added three penalty goals to lead Tonkawa with five scores on the
day. Laprida added two goals and Jeff
Blake scored once in the loss.
Joe Barry Cup play continues with three games scheduled to
be played on Sunday. In a
10AMgameMerchant Hub (0-1) will face Orchard Hill (1-0). Lechuza (1-0) will meet Flight Options (0-0)
at noon; and Coca-Cola (0-1) will be featured in the 3PM contest against Villa
Del Lago (1-0).