Mt. Brilliant/ELG
wins 11-9 in Wanderers Classic match
By Alex Webbe
Mt. Brilliant/Equine Law Group charged out to an 8-4
halftime lead before hanging on to score an 11-9 win over Floridian Community
Bank in Friday’s 14-goal Wanderers Cup play.
Mt. Brilliant/ELG rang up three first chukker goals with
Julian Daniels and Kris Kampsen each scoring on penalty goals and Avery Chapman
adding a goal from the field. Floridian
Community Bank got a single goal on a 40-yard penalty conversion from Luis
Escobar. After the first chukker, Mt.
Brilliant/ELG was on top, 3-1.
Two more goals from Kampsen (one on a penalty shot) in
the second and a goal from Chapman put Mt. Brilliant/ELG in the lead by a 6-3
score. Floridian Community Bank
registered single goals from Escobar and Zenon Cardoner but trailed by three
goals.
Mt. Brilliant/ELG’s Bo Goodman scored twice in the third
while holding Floridian Community Bank to a single goal on a penalty conversion
from Escobar. At the end of the first
half Mt. Brilliant/ELG held the lead, 8-4.
It was more of the same for Floridian Community Bank in
the fourth chukker with Mt. Brilliant/ELG picking up single goals from Goodman
and Daniels. Floridian Community Bank
answered with a single goal from the field from Escobar but trailed, 10-5.
Goodman’s fourth goal of the game had Mt. Brilliant/ELG
in the lead by six goals, 10-4, when the Floridian Community Bank stirred. A pair of goals from the field from Escobar
cut the lead down to four goals, 11-7, as the fifth chukker ended.
The Floridian Community Bank team tried to turn it around
in the sixth and final chukker, but Mt. Brilliant/ELG would have none of
it. Single goals from Diego Arellano and
Cardoner brought them to within two goals of Mt. Brilliant/ELG, but that was
where it ended. Mt. Brilliant/ELG (1-1)
celebrated its first win in Wanderers classic competition while the Floridian
Community Bank record fell to 0-3.
Luis Escobar led all scoring with six goals (two on
penalty shots). Cardoner added two goals
and Arellano added a goal in the loss.
Goodman’s four goals set the pace for a balanced Mt. Brilliant/ELG
attack. Kampsen added three goals (two
on penalty shots) and Daniels and Chapman each scored twice in the win.
TONKAWA
11, EQUUS & COMPANY 10
Nic Roldan and Brandon Phillips each scored four goals in
leading Tankawa to an 11-10 win over Equus & Company Friday afternoon in
Wanderers Classic competition. The
victory gives Tankawa an unblemished 3-0 record while Equus & Company fell
to 1-1.
Equus & Company received two goals by handicap, with
Brad Blake (4) filling in for Matias Obregon (5), and managed a single goal
from Jared Zenni for a first chukker lead of 3-2. Tonkawa’s Nic Roldan scored twice in the
first seven minutes as Equus & Company took the early 3-2 lead.
Tonkawa stepped it up a notch in the second period. Brandon Phillips converted two penalty shots
and Roldan added a goal. A disciplined
defense shut down the Equus & Company attack as Tonkawa moved in front,
5-3.
Brad Blake added two goals from the field to the Equus
& Company total with Tonkawa being limited to a single goal from
Phillips. Tonkawa continued to lead, but
the margin was cut to a single goal, 6-5, at the end of the first half.
Zenni tied it up with a goal from the field to open the
second half, but a spirited Tonkawa team responded with force. Single goals from Phillips, team captain Jeff
Hildebrand and Agustin Arellano were followed by a penalty goal from Equus
& Company’s Blake. After four
chukkers of play, Tonkawa held a 9-7 advantage.
Blake got Equus & Company right back into the thick
of it in the fifth. A 40-yard penalty
goal and a goal from the field had it all even at 9-9. However, Roldan closed out the scoring with his
fourth goal of the day to put Tonkawa ahead, 10-9.
The tempo of the game continued to build into the final
chukker f play. Blake squeezed one more
goal out of a miserly defense to knot it up at 10-10, but that would be as
close to a win as they would get.
Hildebrand scored the winning goal for his team with the final score of
the match.
Blake led all scoring with six goals. Zenni added two and the team received two
goals by handicap. Roldan and Phillips
scored four goals apiece. Hildebrand was
credited with two goals and Arellano scored once in the win.