Las Monjitas vs. Alegria

04/07/2012, 4:00 pm |

Alegria - 8, Las Monjitas - 6

Alegria (1-1) picked up its first win of the US Open with a hard-fought 8-6 victory over Las Monjitas (0-2) Saturday afternoon.

Eduardo Astrada gave Las Monjitas an early 1-0 lead after converting a penalty shot for a goal. Five minutes later, Fred Mannix scored the tying goal for Alegria, 1-1. Eduardo Astrada scored his second goal of the chukker with five seconds on the clock to put Las Monjitas in front, 2-1, after the first chukker.

Alegria came back in the second period, scoring two unanswered goals to move ahead of Las Monjitas, 3-2. Fred Mannix scored his first goal from the field, and Tomas Garcia Del Rio scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty shot.

The pace was fast in the third chukker, with Fred Mannix scoring from the opening throw-in to extend the Alegria lead to two goals, 4-2. Eduardo Astrada scored on a penalty shot for Las Monjitas and the first half of the game ended with Alegria holding on to a narrow 5-4 advantage.

Del Rio converted a penalty shot for a goal in the fourth followed by a goal from the field from Javier Astrada. Julian Mannix closed out the scoring in the fourth with a goal from the field and a 6-4 Alegria lead.

Eduardo Astrada converted a penalty goal in the fifth, but Mariano Aguerre scored a goal from the field for the only offense in the chukker. After five periods of play, Aguerre was ahead, 7-5.

Hooks and hard bumps began to define the character of the final chukkers of play with Aguerre adding another goal from the field and Eduardo Astrada responding in kind for Las Monjitas with less than two minutes left in the game. Time expired with Las Monjitas trying to score one last goal and Alegria rode off the field with the 8-6 win.

Eduardo Astrada scored four times for Las Monjitas. Javier Astrada added two goals in the loss.
Julian Mannix was credited with three Alegria goals. Aguerre and Del Rio scored two goals apiece and Fred Mannix added a goal in the victory.