La Ensenada vs. KIG

03/04/2012, 10:00 am |

La Ensenada - 6, KIG - 5

In a Sunday morning contest that was delayed by rain, La Ensenada rode off with a 6-5 win and the 2012 IPO Cup at the International Polo Club.

With damp grounds, both teams took the field and set off at a tenuous pace with La Ensenada received one goal by handicap from the 20-goal KIG lineup with Carlitos Gracida scoring the only goal from the field in the opening chukker (on a penalty shot) to put La Ensenada ahead, 1-0.

Tommy Biddle got KIG back in it in the second with a pair of goals (one from the field and one by penalty), tying it up at 2-2. Carlos Gracida put La Ensenada back on top, 3-2, with the closing goal of the period.

Both defenses stiffened in the third with La Ensenada team captain Ernesto Gutierrez scoring the only goal of the chukker. At the end of the first half, La Ensenada held a 4-2 halftime advantage over a talented Circa team that couldn’t find the opposing goal posts.

Defenses continued to rule in the fourth, but this time it was La Ensenada that was held scoreless. A penalty goal from Biddle cut the lead to a single goal, 4-3.

Biddle tied it up at 4-4 in the fifth, but Matias Magrini scored on a penalty shot as La Ensenada continued to lead, 5-4.

Sugar Erskine’s first goal of the day deadlocked it at 5-5 in the final chukker of play, but Magrini finally put it away with a goal from the field in a hard-fought 6-5 victory.

Biddle led all scoring with four goals (three on penalty shots). Erskine added a goal in a losing effort.

Magrini led the scoring for La Ensenada with two goals. Gutierrez, Carlitos Gracida and Carlos Gracida scored single goals in the win.