Port Mayaca beat Crab Orchard 12-11 in overtime while Faraway ran away from Goose Creek 11 to 7 Thursday afternoon at the International Polo Club to earn invitations to Sunday morning’s Haas Cup 20-goal finals (subsidiary of the Ylvisaker Cup).
Port Mayaca fell behind early but rallied to defeat a power-packed Crab Orchard lineup in sudden-death overtime in the 1pm contest.
The 19-goal Port Mayaca team received one goal by handicap from the 20-goal Crab Orchard entry for a 1-0 lead. Matias Magrini put Crab Orchard on the scoreboard early in the opening chukker to tie it up at 1-1. Port Mayaca responded with a goal from the field from Marianito Obregon and Crab Orchard trailed 2-1. A foul committed I n the Port Mayaca goalmouth resulted in a Penalty 1, which awarded Crab Orchard a free goal, 2-2. A penalty conversion by Mariano Aguerre ended the first chukker with Crab Orchard defending a 3-2 advantage.
The two teams battled up and down the field in the second period. Magrini notched his second goal of the day, but Obregon answered back with a goal from Oregon. At the end of the second chukker Crab Orchard held on to their one goal lead, 4-3.
Consecutive goals from Aguerre (one from the field and one on a penalty conversion) had Crab Orchard in front, 6-3 before Port Mayaca fired back. Carlucho Arellano converted a penalty shot for a goal and Obregon added his third goal in as many chukkers. At the end of the first half Crab Orchard clung to a one goal, 6-5 lead.
A regrouped Port Mayaca team returned to the field in the fourth chukker, but it was Crab Orchard that scored first on a penalty conversion from Magrini, 7-5. Stevie Orthwein and Carlucho Arellano each cashed in on a penalty shot for a goal to tie it up at 7-7. Stevie Orthwein added a final goal from the field to end the chukker with Port Mayaca leading for the first time since the opening chukker with an 8-7 score.
A goal from Robert Orthwein extended the Port Mayaca lead to two goals, 9-7 in the fifth period when Crab Orchard rattled its sabers once again. A pair of penalty goals from Felipe Viana and a goal from Aguerre had Crab Orchard up, 10-9. A penalty goal from Arellano closed out the chukker in a 10-10 deadlock.
Arellano scored the first goal of the sixth chukker for an 11-10 lead, but Crab Orchard wasn’t going to concede anything. With 2:25 on the clock, Aguerre scored his fifth goal of the game to knot it up at 11-11 and force sudden-death overtime.
After a brief recess both teams returned to the field on fresh mounts. Port Mayaca took early control of the ball and drove toward the Crab Orchard goal. Seven-goaler Marianito Obregon drove the ball through the goal posts for the 12-11 victory.
Arellano and Obregon scored four goals apiece for the win. Stevie Orthwein added two goals and Robert Orthwein scored once. The team received one goal by handicap. Aguerre led the Crab Orchard attack with five goals. Magrini was credited with three goals and Viana added two penalty goals in the loss. Crab Orchard also received one goal on a Penalty 1.
FARAWAY 11, GOOSE CREEK 7
The second Haas Cup semifinal of the day had Faraway scoring a solid 11-7 win over a makeshift Goose Creek team that was forced to replace one of its players in the second chukker.
A stagnant first chukker saw only one goal scored by Goose Creek’s Luis Escobar for a 2-0 lead (Goose Creek received one goal on handicap from the 20-goal Faraway foursome).
An injury to Goose Creek 5-goaler Cote Zegers brought 6-goaler Gringo Colombres to the lineup, forfeiting the aforementioned goal on handicap. Pelon Escapite tied it up at 1-1 on a penalty shot, but Escobar put Goose Creek back in front, 2-1, with his second goal of the game. Santiago Chavanne scored the final goal of the chukker to leave it all even at 2-2.
Third period action had Faraway team captain Hutton Goodman convert a penalty shot for a go-ahead goal, 3-2. Teammate Santiago Chavanne scored his second goal of the game for a 4-2 edge when Goodman got on a roll. Within the span of less than two minutes Goodman added two more goals from the field, including a well-executed 70-yard shot through the goal posts for a 6-2 edge. Chavanne added the icing to the cake with his second goal of the chukker for a commanding five goal, 7-2 halftime advantage.
Colombres (filling in for the injured Zegers) scored on a 60-yard neck-shot for Goose Creek in the fourth period, followed by a goal from the field from Chavanne. Faraway held its five goal lead, 8-3.
The fifth chukker belonged to Goose Creek as they shut out the Faraway attack and picked up a pair of goals from 6-goaler Tano Vial. A penalty conversion followed by a well-placed backhander cut the Faraway to three goals, 8-5.
Chavanne opened the final chukker with a gal from the field followed by a penalty conversion from Escapite for a 10-5 lead. Goodman scored his fourth goal of the game before goal by Goose Creek’s Maureen Brennan and Escobar ended the game with Faraway riding off with the 11-7 win and a date in the Haas Cup finals with Port Mayaca at 10am Sunday morning.
Chavanne scored five times for Faraway. Goodman accounted for four goals and Escapite scored twice. Escobar registered three goals for Goose Creek. Teammates Colombres and Vial added two goals apiece in the loss.