Coca-Cola vs. Zacara
04/15/2012, 4:00 pm | Piaget Field
Zacara - 13, Coca-Cola - 7
In the opening game of the day Zacara took control early, running out to a 3-0 start before Coca-Cola got on the scoreboard. Magoo Laprida opened the scoring with a goal from the field followed by a pair of goals from Pieres. With just a minute left to play in the chukker, Coca-Cola’s Hilario Ulloa broke through the Zacara attack for a goal to end the period trailing, 3-1.
Two more goals from Pieres in the second period went unanswered as the Zacara defense shut down any attempt to get near the Zacara goal. After the first two chukkers of play, Zacara led by four goals, 5-1.
Coca-Cola got it going a bit in the third with another goal from Ulloa and a 40-yard penalty conversion from Julio Arellano. Two more goals from Pieres kept Zacara four goals ahead with a 7-3 halftime lead.
A renewed Coca-Cola team took to the field in the fourth, scoring three times in the first three minutes. Pieres scored on a penalty shot to keep Zacara from being blanked, cutting the lead to two goals, 8-6.
Zacara snapped back in the fifth period with goals from Mike Azzaro and a goal from the field from Pieres. Dogged defense shut out the Coca-Cola attack for the second time as Zacara reclaimed its four goal lead, 10-6.
Arellano scored his first goal from the field, but that would be the end of the Coca-Cola offense. Laprida drove the ball through the goalposts from 80yards out with Pieres closing out the scoring with two more penalty goals. The 13-6 victory boosted the team into Wednesday’s semifinals.
Pieres lit it up with ten goals on the day (three on penalty shots). Laprida scored twice and Azzaro added a goal in the win.
Arellano (two penalty goals) and Ulloa scored three goals apiece for Coca-Cola. Team captain Gillian Johnston added a goal in a losing effort.
Joe Barry Memorial Cup
Coca-Cola vs. Zacara
01/13/2012, 1:00 pm | Everglades
Coca-Cola - 12, Zacara - 11
The Barry Memorial Cup action shifted over to the Everglades Field where Coca-Cola scraped out a 12-11 win in the final seconds of regulation play at the expense of a talented Zacara foursome.
Coca-Cola’s Julio Arellano set the pace early, scoring two first chukker goals (one from the field and one on a penalty shot). Zacara picked up a single goal from Gonzalo del Tour to end the period with a 2-1 lead.
Jeff Blake converted a pair of 60-yard penalty shots for Zacara in the second, but single goals from Arellano (penalty conversion) and Sugar Erskine kept Coca-Cola in the lead by a narrow 4-3, one-goal margin.
Three consecutive goals from Arellano in the third were answered by a goal from Marcos Llambias. Arellano ended the first half with his fourth goal of the chukker and an 8-4 advantage.
A re-focused Zacara team took the field in the second half with intent and purpose. Six unanswered goals had Coca-Cola reeling as del Tour scored three times with Llambias adding two and Blake converting a penalty shot for a goal. After four periods of play, Zacara finally took the lead, and left the field with a two-goal, 10-8 lead.
Del tour put Zacara up by three goals, 11-8 as the fifth chukker opened, but Coca-Cola rallied with Arellano scoring from the field. Zacara continued to lead, 11-9, with one chukker left to play.
Arellano scored the opening goal of the sixth chukker, and teammate Erskine tied it at 11-11 with his second goal of the game. Zacara fought valiantly to take back the lead, but scoring suddenly became a rare commodity. With Coca-Cola pressing its attack, Zacara made a mistake in their end of the field, and put the indomitable Arellano at the penalty line with four seconds left in regulation time.
With a swift single stroke of the mallet, the goal was scored and Coca-Cola celebrated the hard-fought 12-11 win.
Arellano led the Coca-Cola attack with ten goals. Erskine added two goals.
Del Tour scored five times for Zacara. Llambias and Blake added three goals apiece in a losing effort.
