10-goaler Adolfo Cambiaso led the La Dolfina attack with 13 goals in the 20-13 win.
The final of the 2013 Argentine Open Championships has been set. Following La Dolfina’s (Adolfo Cambiaso, Pelon Stirling, Pablo MacDonough and Juan Martín Nero) 20-13 win over La Natividad (Sapo Caset, Nachi Heguy, Rodrigo Andrade and Lolo Castagnola), La Dolfina will meet Alegría (Polito Pieres, Lucas Monteverde, Hilario Ulloa and Frederick Mannix) on Saturday, December 7th to decide the 2013 Argentine Open Champion.
La Dolfina scored three times in the opening chukker while limiting the La Natividad offense to a single goal. At the end of the first chukker, La Dolfina had the early 3-1 lead.
Two more second period goals by La Dolfina had them on top, 5-1. La Natividad scored the final goal of the chukker for the three goal, 5-2 advantage.
Three more third chukker goals had La Dolfina firmly in control of the match. La Natividad was unable to score and trailed by six goals, 8-2.
The two teams exchanged goals in the fourth. Both La Dolfina and La Natividad managed a pair of goals. At the end of the first half La Dolfina held a comfortable 10-4 lead.
For the first time all day, La Natividad outscored La Dolfina in fifth chukker action. Three goals from La Natividad were countered by two goals from La Dolfina. La Dolfina continued to hold a solid five goal lead, 12-7.
The La Dolfina machine continued to perform in the sixth. Three more La Dolfina goals had them on top of a 15-9 score, limiting the La Natividad offense to two goals and reestablishing their six goal advantage.
La Natividad continued to press in the seventh period, but there was little give to the La Dolfina defense. The two teams traded goals with each picking up a pair. At the end of the chukker La Dolfina led 17-11.
Adolfo Cambiaso and company knew they had the game in hand as they rode onto the field for the eighth period. La Natividad put two goals on the score board but La Dolfina scored three times and jubilantly rode off the field in the 20-13 romp.
Adolfo Cambiaso scored eight of his game high 13 goals on penalty conversions. Pablo MacDonough added four goals and Juan Martin Nero scored three times in the win. Sapo Caset scored eight goals (seven on penalty shots) for La Natividad. Lolo Castagnola chipped in three scores with Nachi Heguy and Rodrigo Andrade adding single goals.
LA AGUADA/LAS MONJITAS 15, MAGUAL 8
Earlier in the day, La Aguada/Las Monjitas (Lucas James, Magoo Laprida, Eduardo Novillo Astrada, Alejandro Novillo Astrada) closed out their high-goals season with a resounding 15-8 win over Magual (Alejandro Muzzio, Ignacio Toccalino, Marcos Di Paola and Jaime Huidobro) on Palermo’s Number 2 field.
Just a week after upsetting La Natividad 14-12, and for all intents and purposes eliminating them from the competition, Toccalino and company fell behind early, giving up three goals in the opening chukker. Unable to score, Magual found themselves trailing, 3-0.
A second chukker Magual offensive outburst saw them put up five straight goals. This time it was La Aguada/Las Monjitas who couldn’t score. After two, Magual was leading, 5-3.
A determined La Aguada/Las Monjitas foursome returned to the field in the third and scored twice while shutting down the Magual offense, 5-5; and repeating the feat in the fourth for a 7-5 halftime lead.
A four goal fifth chukker extended the La Aguada/Las Monjitas lead to five goals. Magual was held to one goal and trailed 11-6.
Two more sixth chukker goals watched the La Aguada/Las Monjitas lead grow. Magual scored once but fell further behind, 13-7.
The two teams exchanged single goals in the seventh, 14-98, with La Aguada/Las Monjitas scoring the only goal of the final chukker for the 15-8 win.
Alejandro Novillo Astrada scored five goals from the field and another three on penalty conversions for a total of eight goals. Magoo Laprida was credited with five goals and Eduardo Novillo Astrada scored twice in the win. Ignacio Toccalino led the Magual attack with four goals. Alejandro Muzzio scored three times and Marcos De Paola added a goal in the loss.
The final of the 2013 Argentine Open is scheduled to be played between La Dolfina and Alegria on Saturday, December 7th.