Ellerstina and La
Aguada score Hurlingham Open wins
By Alex Webbe
Ellerstina (Facundo Pieres, Gonzalo Pieres Jr., Mariano
Aguerre and Nicolas Pieres) and La Aguada (Facundo Sola, Guillermo Caset Jr., Miguel
Novillo Astrada and Ignacio Novillo Astrada)
registered demonstrative wins Sunday afternoon in 2014 Hurlingham Open
competition, completing first round play in the prestigious event.
Ellerstina scored a 24-14 victory over a Chapaleufu lineup
(Pepe Heguy, Nachi Heguy, Francisco Bensadon and Bautista Heguy) that was
missing an injured Eduardo Heguy.
The two teams played evenly in the opening seven minutes of
play, trading goal for goal. The score
was all even at 3-3 at the end of the first chukker.
Ellerstina began to get into rhythm in the second
period. Three Ellerstina gals were
answered by a pair of scores from Chapaleufu.
Ellerstina took a narrow 6-5 lead into the third chukker.
Two more Ellerstina goals went unanswered as Facundo Pieres
began to demonstrate why he is one of the top two players in the game
today. Chapaleufu was unable to score
and fell behind, 8-5.
The Ellerstina team began to click in the fourth. Ellerstina put five goals on the scoreboard
while holding the veteran Chapaleufu team to a single score. At the end of the first half Ellerstina was
in possession of a seven goal, 13-6 lead.
Ellerstina continue to pick up speed in the fifth. The Ellerstina defense allowed a single goal
while adding four more goals, stretching their lead to ten goals, 17-7.
Chapaleufu made a brief rally in the sixth, scoring three
times, but Ellerstina had no intentions of letting the game slip away. Matching Chapaleufu, goal-for-goal, Ellerstina
rode off the field at the end of the sixth chukker on top of a 20-10 score.
Ellerstina added two goals in the seventh period without a
response from Chapaleufu. The lead
swelled to twelve goals, 22-10.
Chapaleufu had one of its most productive chukkers in the
eighth, scoring four times. Ellerstina
was on cruise control but managed to add two more goals for the overwhelming
24-14 win.
Facundo Pieres led all scoring with thirteen goals (four on
penalty shots). Gonzalito Pieres and
Nico Pieres each scored five times while Mariano Aguerre added a goal for the
win. Bautista Heguy (substituting for
Eduardo Heguy) scored seven of his eight goals on penalty conversions. Pepe Heguy, Nachi Heguy and Francisco
Bensadon added two goals apiece in the loss.
La Aguada 19, Magual
10
In the final Hurlingham Open game of the weekend La Aguada ran
over Magual (Alejandro Muzzio, Ignacio Toccalino, Marcos Di Paola and Jaime
Garcia Huidobro) 19-10.
Jumping out to a 4-2 lead after the first chukker, La Aguada
continued to control the game from start to finish.
La Aguada outscored Magual 3-2 in the second period and held
a comfortable 10-6 lead after the fourth chukker.
Second half play was no kinder to Magual. La Aguada added three goals in the fifth
chukker while Magual struggled to tally a single score. La Aguada stretched their lead to six goals,
13-7.
Facundo Sola continued to decimate the Magual defense
scoring time and again. Two more sixth
period goals went unanswered as La Aguada move in front by eight goals, 15-7.
Magual sowed some life in the seventh chukker, scoring twice
while shutting out the La Aguada offense for the first time all day. Magual shaved two goals off of the La Aguada
lead but remained six goals off the lead, 15-9.
La Aguada ended the game with a flourish. La Aguada added four more goals while
limiting the Magual attack to a single goal.
When the final horn sounded it
was La Aguada with an impressive 19-10 win.
Facundo Sola led all scoring with ten goals (one on a
penalty conversion). Sapo Caset scored
four times (once on a penalty shot); Miguel Novillo Astrada added three goals
and Ignacio Novillo Astrada scored twice in a losing effort,
Hurlingham Open play continues on Wednesday, October 22nd
with Alegria (1-0) facing Miramar (0-1) at 2PM followed by a showdown between
La Dolfina (1-0) and La Aguada/Las Monjitas (0-1) at 4:30PM.