White Birch 9-goaler Mariano Aguerre scored three times in White Birch win.
By Alex Webbe
White Birch (Herndon Radcliff, Mariano Aguerre, Matias Magrini and Remy Muller) charged out to a 5-3 halftime lead over Airstream (Peter Orthwein, Kris Kampsen, Guille Aguero and Mariano Gonzalez) and held on to register an 8-7 win in Fall Cup play Wednesday afternoon at the Greenwich Polo Club.
Airstream got on the scoreboard first on a goal from the field from Mariano Gonzalez, 1-0. Matias Magrini responded with a goal for White Birch, 1-1. Gonzalez added another goal for Airstream, 2-1, but Herndon Radcliff tied it up with his first goal of the day to end the chukker all even at 2-2.
Gonzalez gave Airstream a 3-2 lead with the opening goal of the second period, but from that point on, White Birch controlled the chukker. Consecutive goals from Mariano Aguerre, Muller and Magrini closed out the period with White Birch on top of a 5-3 score.
Defense was the byword of the third chukker as backhander and ride-offs kept both sides from scoring. At the end of the first half White Birch maintained their two goal lead, 5-3.
Aguerre and Guille Aguero exchanged single goals to open the second half of play. The period ended with White Birch maintaining their two goals advantage, 6-4.
Magrini scored the first goal of the fifth chukker, 7-4. Gonzalez answered back with a goal for Airstream, 7-5. Aguerre scored the final goal of the chukker for a three goal, 8-5 White Birch lead.
Airstream battled their way back into the game in the final chukker. Two goals from Aguero brought Airstream to within a goal of the lead, 8-7, but time ran out, and White Birch celebrated the victory.
Gonzalez led all scoring with four goals. Aguero added three goals in a losing effort. Aguerre and Magrini scored three goals apiece for White Birch. Radcliff and Muller each added a goal in the win.