Pilara
Piaget and La Dolfina remain perfect at 2-0
By
Alex Webbe
Pilara Piaget (2-0) scored a convincing 22-13 win over
Magual (0-2) while La Dolfina (2-0) stays perfect in 18-13 win at the expense
of winless Alegria (0-2) Friday afternoon in the Hurlingham Open in Buenos Aires. Sebastian Merlos scored twelve goals in the
victory.
Pilara Piaget jumped out to an early 3-1 lead on its way
to a commanding 13-6 halftime lead over an out-gunned Magual lineup as play in
the 2012 Hurlingham Open championship got underway after rain delays.
The teams scored two goals apiece in the fifth as Magual
seemed to stem the Pilara Piaget surge.
Three unanswered goals from Pilara Piaget in the sixth
had Magual trailing by ten goals, 18-8 with just two chukkers left in
regulation time.
Magual outscored Pilara Piaget 3-2 in the seventh period,
20-11, but the rally was weak and short-lived.
Each team added two more goals to their totals in the
final chukker as Pilara Piaget rode away with the 22-13 victory.
La
Dolfina 18, Alegria 13
In a game that was much closer than anticipated, La Dolfina
trailed early before charging out to an 8-5 halftime lead on its way to an
18-13 win over Alegria in the second Hurlingham Open match of the day.
Alegria scored the only goal of the opening chukker for
the 1-0 early advantage and fended off La Dolfina in the second to continue to
lead by a single goal, 3-2 after two periods.
La Dolfina got its attack on track in the third chukker,
scoring three times to take its first lead of the game, 5-4.
The 40-goal La Dolfina machine got into gear in the
fourth, holding Alegria to a single goal while scoring three times to move
ahead, 8-5.
Three more goals from La Dolfina in the fifth had them
leading Alegria by four goals, 11-7 as they started to distance themselves from
the challenger with two chukkers left in the game.
Alegria made an effort to catch up in the seventh, but La
Dolfina appeared to be coasting as the period ended with Alegria trailing by
six goals, 16-10.
Alegria continued to press the attack with La Dolfina content
to deflect their passes. Alegria
outscored La Dolfina 3-2 in the final seven minutes of the game but still held
on for a comfortable 18-13 win.
Action will continue in Hurlingham Open play on Saturday
with Ellerstina (1-0) facing La Aguada (0-1) followed by a duel between La
Natividad (1-0) and La Aguada/Las Monjitas (0-1).