“YANKEES” CLAIM TIMES UNION CUP
Tamie Ehinger brought her “Yankees” squad to life to end their scoring drought and energized them to narrowly edge the “Red Socks” 8-7 to capture The Times Union Cup at Saratoga Polo on Thursday.
While the Red Socks were up early on goals from Jackie Czub and Matias Sosa, the Yankees could not put it together offensively at the start, being held scoreless over the first two chukkers and most of the third. Towards the close of the first half, Ehinger took advantage of a ball near her opponent’s goal mouth, got in front of the play and chipped the ball in between the posts to finally put the Yanks on the board and from there they never looked back.
The Yankees came out in the second half raring to go, matching the Red Socks goal for goal in the fourth chukker. In the fifth, the Yankees finally caught up on goals from Ehinger and Will Orthwein to knot the match up at 6 by the end of chukker.
In the sixth, Sosa had the last of his team-high 5 markers to keep the Red Socks in contention, but Will Ortwein notched the last 2 of his team-high 5 markers to give the Yankees the Cup with the thinnest of margins.
The next match at Saratoga Polo is The Red Bull Cup on Friday, August 31st at 5:30pm and will feature John Walsh from America’s Most Wanted and his Shamrock Team. The final match of the Saratoga Polo season is scheduled for Sunday, September 2nd at 5:30pm. For more information about Saratoga Polo, call (518) 584-8108 or visit SARATOGAPOLO.COM.
TOTAL GOALS SCORED
YANKEES – 8
Dave Peters – 0
Tamie Ehinger – 2
Will Orthwein – 5
Lael Peters – 1
Red Socks – 7
Jackie Czub – 1
Tab Orthwein – 1
Matias Sosa – 5