La Dolfina repels last chukker Pilara Piaget rally to wina berth in finals
By Alex Webbe
An aggressive Pilara Piaget (Hilario Ulloa, Pancho Bensadon,Sebastian Merlos and Paco de Narvaez) attack took La Dolfina (Adolfo Cambiaso,Pelon Stirling, Pablo MacDonough and Juan Martin Nero) by surprise in the openingchukker as they galloped off to a 3-2 lead after the first chukker.
It took La Dolfina little time to right the ship,however, as they surged to a 6-4 lead after the second period.
The two teams exchanged goals in the third, with La Dolfinamaintaining a two goal lead, 8-6.
Both teams step up their defenses in the fourthchukker. Two goals from La Dolfina areanswered by a single goal from Pilara Piaget. La Dolfina leaves the field at the end of the first half with a threegoal lead, 10-7.
Pilara Piaget took control of the fifth chukker byoutscoring La Dolfina 3-1. La Dolfinacontinued to lead, but the lead was cut to a single goal, 11-10.
La Dolfina went to whip and spur in the sixth chukker, puttingup three goals while holding Pilara Piaget to a pair. At the end of the period La Dolfina was ontop of a 14-12 score, but Pilara Piaget made no signs of giving up.
The ongoing pressure by Pilara Piaget has forced La Dolfinato play their A Game, putting up three more goals in the seventh chukker whileallowing a single goal. With one chukkerleft in regulation time, La Dolfina has expanded its lead over Pilara Piaget tofour goals, 17-13.
Pilara Piaget made a run at La Dolfina in the finalchukker, scoring three unanswered goals but fell just short. La Dolfina managed to hold on for the 17-16win and a position in Saturday’s Hurlingham Open finals.
Alegria20, Magual 13
Earlier in the day Alegria (1-2) scored its first victoryof the Hurlingham Open by handing Magual (0-3) a convincing 20-13 beating.
Magual took an early 2-1 lead after the first chukker andran it up to 6-4 after the second, but that was where it ended.
By the end of the third period, Alegria had taken anarrow one-goal 8-7 edge, a margin they held through the fourth chukker withtheir 10-9 advantage.
Alegria exploded in the second half with five goals whileholding Magual to a single score. Afterfive chukkers of play, Alegria enjoyed a five goal, 15-10 lead.
Magual outscored Alegria 3-1 in the sixth period, but continuedto trail by three goals, 16-13.
Magual was held scoreless in the final two chukkers whileAlegria managed to pick up a pair of goals in each period for the 20-13 final.