La Dolfina in
Tortugas Open semifinals with 13-8 win
By Alex Webbe
La Aguada – Las
Monjitas (Agustin Merlos, Magoo Laprida, Eduardo Novillo Astrada, Alejandro
Novillo Astrada) played La Dolfina (Adolfo Cambiaso, Pelon Stirling, Pablo
MacDonough and Juan MartÃn Nero) tight through the first four chukkers of their
Tortugas Open contest Thursday afternoon at the Buenos Aires club, but a second
half surge carried La Dolfina to a 13-8 win that eliminated La Aguada/Las
Monjitas from the competition.
La Dolfina took an early 2-1 lead after the first chukker,
but couldn’t manage to shake the persistent La Aguada/Las Monjitas foursome
through the first half of play.
The two teams exchanged goals in the second chukker, each
scoring twice. La Dolfina rode off the field
at the end of the period on top of a 4-3 score.
The defenses tightened in the third and fourth
chukkers. Each team managed just a
single goal in each chukker, ending the third with La Dolfina on top, 5-4 and
leading 6-5 at the end of the fourth period.
La Dolfina got some separation from La Aguada/Las Monjitas
in the fifth, picking up three goals. La
Aguada scored twice, but fell behind by two goals, 9-7.
Two more goals in the sixth extended the La Dolfina lead to
three goals. La Aguada/Las Monjitas attack scored twice but
trailed by three goals, 11-8 at the end of the sixth chukker.
La Aguada/Las Monjitas added two more goals in the seventh
while La Aguada/Las Monjitas was held scoreless. La Dolfina won, 13-5, and earned a berth in
Sunday’s 3:30PM semifinals against a 1-0 La Natividad team (Sapo Caset, Nachi
Heguy, Rodrigo Andrade and Lolo Castagnola).