La Ensenada vs. Lechuza Caracas

03/29/2012, 4:00 pm | IPC 4

Lechuza Caracas - 15, La Ensenada - 7

Lechuza Caracas and La Ensenada started out at a quick clip in the opening chukker, but play hadn’t quite settled into a workable pace when halfway through the period 10-goaler Sapo Caset put Lechuza on top, 1-0 on a penalty conversion. Two minutes later Juan Garcia Grossi tied it up with a goal from the field. The first period ended in a 1-1 deadlock.

Matias Magrini scored a goal from the field in the first 30 seconds of the second chukker for a 2-1 La Ensenada lead. Lechuza team captain victor Vargas tied it up at 2-2 with his first goal of the game moments later. Lucas James converted a penalty shot for a go-ahead goal for La Ensenada, but that would be the last lead they would enjoy. Vargas scored his second goal of the chukker and teammate Facundo Obregon gave the lead back to Lechuza Caracas with his first goal of the game, 4-3. A final penalty conversion from Caset ended the chukker with a 5-3 Lechuza Caracas lead.

James and Caset exchanged goals in the third with Lucas converting a penalty shot and scoring a goal from the field. Two penalty conversions from Caset kept Lechuza Caracas in the lead, 7-5 at the end of the first half.

If there were any doubts about the strength of the Lechuza Caracas offense they were dispelled in the fourth. Four consecutive goals from the Lechuza Caracas lineup were combined with shutout defense. Goals from 10-goaler Juan Martin Nero, Obregon, Vargas and a penalty goal from Caset had given Lechuza Caracas a lofty six goal, 11-5 advantage over a struggling La Ensenada foursome.

La Ensenada cut the lead to five goals in the fifth. Penalty goals from Magrini and James were countered by a single penalty goal from Caset. Lechuza Caracas had matters well in hand with a five goal, 12-7, lead and one chukker left to play.

There was plenty of fight left on the field for the final period of play, but the action belonged to Lechuza Caracas. Single goals from Nero, Obregon and Caset closed out the scoring for the night in a one-sided, 15-7 victory romp.

Caset accounted for seven goals for Lechuza Caracas (six times on penalty shots). Vargas and Obregon scored three times apiece and Nero added two goals for the win.

James scored four times for La Ensenada. Magrini added two goals and Grossi scored once in the loss.