Valiente II/Tonkawa vs. Las Monjitas

03/11/2012, 12:00 pm |

Valiente II/Tonkawa - 8, Las Monjitas - 6

In a low-scoring battle between the talented lineups of Valiente II (2-0) and Las Monjitas (0-2), Valiente II emerged victorious with an 8-6 win.

It was nearly two-and-a-half minutes into the game before Alejo Taranco scored the first goal of the game for Valiente II. Las Monjitas managed s single goal from Javier Astrada with 90 seconds on the clock and the teams deadlocked at 1-1.

Las Monjitas went up 2-1 with a penalty goal from Eduardo Astrada, two minutes into the second period. Pelon Stirling responded with a goal from the field for Valiente II just a minute later, and the score stood. The teams were all even at 2-2 after the first two chukkers.

Las Monjitas got two more goals in the third on penalty conversions from Eduardo Astrada, but Valiente II wasn’t a spectator in the game. A penalty goal from Taranco and a pair of goals from Adolfo Cambiaso (one on a penalty shot and one from the field) had Valiente II sitting on a narrow 5-4 halftime lead.
Two goals from Stirling in the fourth were scored against a silent Las Monjitas offense as Valiente II stretched their lead to three goals, 7-4.

The Valiente II defense scored a second consecutive shutout of the Las Monjitas attack in the fifth, but managed just a single goal from Stirling. The Valiente II lead had now ballooned to four goals, 8-4, with seven minutes left to play.

Javier Astrada and Inaki Laprida had both scored goals earl in the final chukker, but that was where it stopped. The Valiente II defense ate up precious time while controlling the ball for much of the final chukker as Las Monjitas suffered their second loss in an 8-6 Valiente II victory.

Stirling led the Valiente II attack with four goals (one on penalty). Cambiaso and Taranco each scored two goals (each of them had a penalty goal).

Javier Astrada set the pace for Las Monjitas with four goals. Eduardo Astrada and Laprida added single goals in the loss.