SARABOCA TAKES ANOTHER BARRANTES WIN
The match was tight earlier on, but SaraBoca relied on some stirring play in the second half to roll to a second straight victory in the USPA Hector and Susan Barrantes Memorial Cup Tournament at Saratoga Polo on Wednesday with a final score of 15-11 over Bloomfield/Ramirez Financial.
Bloomfield jumped out to an early lead with a pair of goals from Omar Sosa, but SaraBoca responded in kind with a run of their own. Lance Vetter capped off his squad’s scoring run with a brilliant goal at the end of the first to give SaraBoca the lead at the end of the first chukker.
SaraBoca took Vetter’s momentum into the second to extend their lead by 2, but Sosa responded in kind with 3 unanswered to knot it up by the end of the chukker. This tight back and forth scoring continued into the second half, but by the end of the fourth chukker SaraBoca started to pull away. Minimizing Bloomfield/Ramirez Financial’s opportunities and capitalizing on their own, SaraBoca built up a 6-goal margin by the final two minutes of the match. Luis Galvan tried to close the margin with a late scoring run, but SaraBoca’s lead proved to be insurmountable by the time he got the boll rolling in Bloomfield/Ramirez Financial’s direction.
The next match at Saratoga Polo is scheduled for Thursday, August 15th at 5:30pm. The Barrantes Cup continues on Friday, August 16th at 5:30pm. For more information about Saratoga Polo, call (518) 584-8108 or visit SARATOGAPOLO.COM.
TOTAL GOALS SCORED
BLOOMFIELD/RAMIREZ FINANCIAL – 11
Sam Ramirez – 0
Will Orthwein – 1
Omar Sosa – 7
Luis Galvan – 3
SaraBoca (+1 on handicap) – 15
Lance Vetter – 1
Raul Colombres – 3
Gaston Lisioli – 10
Peter Lusardi – 0