La Aguada’s Miguel Novillo Astrada scored four times in La Aguada’s 16-12 win in Hurlingham Open play.
Following a fall and injury to La Aguada’s Nacho Novillo Astrada (broken left collarbone) in Hurlingham Open play against Chapaleufú on Saturday, October 19, the two teams resumed play where they left off, forty seconds into the third chukker, with La Aguada leading 3-2. South African 7-goaler Nachi Du Plessis replaced the sidelined Nacho Novillo Astrada.
Eduardo Heguy converted a penalty shot as action got underway, tying the game at 3-3. Consecutive La Aguada goals ended the chukker with La Aguada in the lead, 5-3.
The two teams traded goals in the fourth, each registering a pair of goals. The first half ended with La Aguada maintaining a two goals lead, 7-5.
Pepe Heguy cut the lead back to a single goal with the opening goal of the fifth period, 7-6. La Aguada closed out the chukker with consecutive goals to extend the lead to three goals, 9-6.
Goals were hard to come by in the sixth. The two teams each managed a single goal. With two chukkers left in regulation play, La Aguada sat on top of a 10-7 score.
La Aguada racked up four goals in the seventh chukker while Chapaleufú struggled to score twice. The La Aguada lead stood at five goals, 14-9, going into the final period.
In eighth chukker play, Chapaleufú outscored La Aguada for the first time all day, 3-2, but it wasn’t enough. La Aguada left the field with their second win,16-12, and a showdown with La Dolfina (2-0) on Friday, October 25th to decide the tournament’s first finalist.
Facundo Sola set the pace for the La Aguada attack with seven goals (three on penalty conversions). Miguel Novillo Astrada scored four times; Guillermo Terrera added three and Nachi Du Plessis chipped in a pair of goals for the victory. Francisco Elizalde and Bautista Heguy scored four goals apiece for Chapaleufú. Eduardo Heguy converted three penalty shots for goals and Pepe Heguy scored once from the field.
Hurlingham Open action continues on Tuesday, October 22 with La Natividad (1-0) meeting Magual (0-1) followed by a battle between Ellerstina (1-0) and La Aguada/Las Monjitas. Ellerstina will take the field with Paco de Narvaez replacing the injured Nico Pieres (muscle tear).